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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GCB Bank To Grow SME Sector

GCB Bank Limited (GCB) has said it will foster a very close relationship with its SME clientele through its appointed...

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Moody’s, IFS, CEPA Slam Government

Three economic research agencies have rejected government’s claims of a robust Ghanaian economy in 2017 and have...

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Demand For ‘evidence’ Impede Eviction of Foreign Retailers – GUTA

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Barima Dr. Ofori Ameyaw I, has blamed the...

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Labour Unions Push For Passage of Safety Law

Labour groups have called on the government to expedite the passage of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) draft...

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Give Home Buyers Value For Money

The President of the Ghana Real Estate Developers (GREDA), Mr Kwakye Dopoah-Dei, has asked members of the association...

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Government, Banks Agree On SOEs Debt Repayment

Government has reached an agreement in principle with local banks to restructure the debts of State Owned Enterprises...

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Shippers To Build Freight Park

The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has acquired a 25-acre land at Akatakyiwa in the Central Region for the establishment...

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Trade Volume Between US-Ghana To Double

The American Ambassador to Ghana Mr. Robert Jackson has disclosed that the United States government is seeking to...

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PIAC Wants Government To Invest Oil Revenues In Other Sectors

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says government must invest into other sectors as the revenues...

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PUWU To Stage 3-Day Demo Over ECG Privatization

The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), has declared a three-day demonstration nationwide beginning Wednesday,...

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GUTA Renews Calls To Get Foreign Retailers Sacked

Traders in the various markets in Accra have renewed pressure on the leaders of the parent body, the Ghana Union...

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Banks Increase Deposit Rates To Attract Funds – Bankers

The Bank of Ghana’s recent publication on how much the commercial banks charge on their deposits, show that the banks...

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Ghana Can Learn From Korea

Korean Ambassador to Ghana Lyeo Woon-Ki has stated that Ghana has a lot of useful things to learn from Korea to advance...

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Economic Rebound Will Attract ‘good’ Interest For Eurobond – Terkper

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper says he is hopeful Ghana will attract the best interest rate for the country’s...

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Ade Coker Advocates More Working Hours To Boost Economy

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker says the...

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Wa Airstrip To Begin Full Operations Before September Ending

Even though just under 60 per cent of rehabilitation works had been completed, Mr Kwaw Solomon-Ayeh, the resident...

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Banks Raise Interest To Attract Savers

The average interest paid on deposits in the banking sector have started climbing as banks bid to attract deposits from...

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2016 Economic Growth Will Go Above 5%

President John Dramani Mahama has expressed optimism in the economy, predicting that Ghana will experience growth above...

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Upgraded Tamale Airport Makes First International Flight

President John Mahama on Friday inaugurated the first phase of the upgrade and expansion of the Tamale Airport and the...

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TEN Can Transform Ghana

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has welcomed the flow of first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntome...