Kofi Asante

Kofi Asante is a business and economics reporter based in Kumasi. He covers trade, finance, entrepreneurship, and economic development across the Ashanti Region and greater Ghana. A former analyst at the Bank of Ghana, Kofi holds an MBA from KNUST and brings data-driven reporting to stories about markets, commodities, and Ghana's growing tech sector.

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Articles by Kofi Asante

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ECOWAS, China Development Bank Set To Do More

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the China Development Bank (CDB) are to enhance their...

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Stanbic Bank Gives Hope To Children of Deceased Kidney Patient

The fund will be used to support the education of Edwin’s two children The Finance Department of Stanbic Bank has set...

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ECG Faces PURC Sanctions Over Staff Strike

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has warned management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to...

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Transport Minister Orders Withdrawal of Terminal Handling Charges

The Ministry of Transport has ruled against the introduction of the Terminal Handling Charges at Ghana’s ports. A...

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Work To Begin On Tema Port Expansion Project This Year

Work on the $1.5 million Tema Port expansion project will begin on October 1, 2016. The project, which would be...

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Galamsey, Real Estate Invade Irrigation Lands

Public irrigation schemes in some parts of the country are under threat from the activities of illegal mining...

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Non-Traditional Exports See Marginal Growth

Exports of non-traditional products from January to December 2015 amounted to US$2.522billion or GH?9.210billion,...

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Agric Export Earnings Shoot Up To $396 Million

Statistics recorded by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority has revealed that earnings from the agric sub-sector...

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Transport Ministry To Make Final Ruling On THC

The Ministry of Transport will by the close of today make public its ruling on introduction of Terminal Handling...

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ECG Workers Begin Two-Day Strike Over Privatization

The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has directed workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana not to attend to...

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IMF Deal Critical For UK Investor Confidence In Ghana

British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, says it is important for Ghana to strive harder to tackle...

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National Airline Will Not Fly In October- Transport Ministry

The Ministry of Transport has denied reports that the new national airline will commence operations by October this...

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Abide By Escrow Account Rules

The Ghana Bankers Association has appealed to power companies to abide by rules governing the Escrow Account with the...

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Petroleum Commission Optimistic of More Oil Discoveries

Petroleum Commission is confident more oil would be discovered in the very near future to the benefit of the economy....

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Banks Call On BoG To Streamline Mobile Financial Services

Some banks are impressing on the Bank of Ghana the need to possibly streamline the regulations for Mobile Financial...

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Add Value To Crude

Energy analyst Kwame Jantuah has called for the expansion of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) in order to refine crude from...

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Terkper Courts IMF With Legacy Debt Deal

Finance Minister Seth Terkper has expressed hope that a milestone agreement reached with creditors over VRA’s debts...

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Atewa National Park To Yield $ 5.8 Million A Year

A study on the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, shows that the establishment of a national park is estimated to yield $5.8...

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DKM Customers To Begin Receiving Cash By September

Citi Business News can confirm customers of DKM Diamond Microfinance limited will begin receiving their locked up...

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Energy Sector Levy Revenue Hits GHc350m

Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has disclosed that the Energy Sector Levy Account has accrued 350 million cedis as at...