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.

4759 Articles Joined March 2026

Articles by Kofi Asante

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IMF Under Fire Over ‘unworkable’ Economic Programme

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is coming in for harsh criticism from within the organisation itself for its...

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BoG’s Policy To Fight Inflation Crippling Businesses

Ghana’s central bank has been asked to reduce its policy rate to alleviate the high cost of borrowing which is...

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Delta Airlines To Cancel Over 100 Flights Today

Delta Airlines says it expects more than 100 flight cancellations today morning as it continues to recover its...

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2016 Second Quarter FDI Increases By Over 400 Percent

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) results recorded during the second quarter of this year increased by over 400% in the...

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GhIPSS Charges Banks To Expand Instant Pay Service

The Ghana Inter-bank Payment and Settlements Systems (GhIPSS) has charged banks in the country to expand the Instant...

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CIPS Speaks Against Impostors Infiltrating the Profession

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) has expressed disquiet about what it calls unprofessional...

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Return To Work Or Forfeit August Salaries

Employment and Labour Relations Minister Haruna Iddrisu is warning striking members of Civil and Local Government Staff...

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I’ll Use SMEs To Transmute Ghana’s Economy

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government intends...

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Ghana’s Cocoa Production Is Being Threatened – Cocobod

The Cocobod has raised the red flag over the unrestrained take-over of cocoa farms and farmlands by small-scale miners...

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We’ll Not Borrow At Any Price But Bond Issue Not Called Off -Terkper

The government says it is not under pressure to refinance the country’s maiden bond issued in 2007 "at any price",...

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Civil Aviation Now Charging 10 Dollars On Passenger Tickets

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is to place a Safety Charge of US$ 10.00 on passenger tickets for...

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AngloGold’s Share Capital Increases

The issued ordinary shares of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) increased to 408,003,687 as of June 30, 2016. This was as a...

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Palm Oil Regulatory Board To Be Established

Plans are advanced to give approval to the establishment of a Regulatory Board for the oil Palm sub-sector, Dr Ahmed...

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HFC Awaits Court’s Ruling In Finatrade Debt Saga

HFC bank has told Citi Business News it will await a court ruling before it makes its next move following Finatrade’s...

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Oil Companies Owe Ghana Over $700,000m

Nine out of 16 oil companies failed to pay a total of 721,000 million dollars in surface rentals to government last...

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Cut Down Expenditure, Increase Income

As government looks for options to raise funds to retire the 2017 Eurobond, the Chief Executive Officer of Dalex...

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GSE To Introduce Single Window Market On Bloomberg

The Ghana Stock Exchange(GSE) has announced that it is working on creating a single window market through the Bloomberg...

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Retail Business Booms On Social Media

They may be platforms for idle chat for some people but others have embraced social media as a useful business aid....

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Seek Partnerships With Chinese Investors

Kojo Amoo-Gottfreid, President of the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA), has called on Ghanaians to crave...

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Large Quantity of Seized Goods Destroyed

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has destroyed large quantity of seized unwholesome and...