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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CFAO, Societe Generale Ghana Launch ‘Ride In Style’

Societe General Ghana have partnered car distributors CFAO Ghana to launch a finance offer to enable members of the...

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Bank Savings Accounts Are Not Investment Accounts

Savings consists of the amount left over when the cost of a person's consumer expenditure is subtracted from the amount...

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Peg Banks Recapitalization At GHS500m To Urge Mergers

Some financial analysts are not hopeful the reported recapitalization of about 250 million cedis yet to be announced by...

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Ghana To Lead Cashew Production In Eight Years

Mr Collins Ntim, Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development has hinted of plans by government to...

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SEC Petitioned To Probe Ofori-Atta Over $2.25bn Bond

The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has petitioned the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a $2.25...

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Volumes of Trade To Rise Above Last Week’s Level

Trading activity in terms of volumes on the stock market increased by 95.82% in the week under review as volumes of...

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AngloGold Maintains Full-Year Guidance

AngloGold Ashanti has said it has set new safety records and achieved its first-ever March quarter without a fatal...

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Pension Contributions To Be Paid Via Mobile Money

Employees in Ghana’s informal sector have been given a flexible opportunity to enroll on a Pension Scheme. The move...

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Gold Coast Financial Holding CEO

Chief Executive of Gold Coast Financial Holding, Mr. Kwame Ofori Asomaning, has called on government to significantly...

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MoFA Embarks On Outreach For ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Programme

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has began a sensitisation programme to engage stakeholders and...

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Ghana Rated Among the Best Aviation Spots In Africa

Ghana is one of the best aviation regions in West Africa, that according to International Air Transport Association...

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Defaulter of Insurance Recapitalization To Lose License By Mid 2017

All but one of the fifty insurance companies have met the new minimum capital requirement set by the National Insurance...

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Government To Accelerate Regional Airports Expansion – Aviation Minister

Government is keen on accelerating the expansion of other regional airports to ease the pressure on Kotoka and boost...

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Weak Agro-Chemical Control Life-Threatening – CropLife

The absence of strong regulations on the importation and use of agro-chemicals poses a threat to human life and food...

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Ghana Rated Among the Best Aviation Hub In Africa

Ghana is one of the best aviation regions in West Africa, that according to International Air Transport Association...

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We’ll Empower Customs To Check Dumping – Deputy Trade Minister

A Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, has indicated that the government is working to...

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Fidelity Bank Holds 10th Anniversary Grand Ball

The largest privately owned Ghanaian Bank in Ghana, Fidelity Bank has treated its customers and partners to a grand...

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Industrial Sector In Terrible Shape …ends 2016 With -1.4% Growth

Erratic power supply, high inflation, high taxes, exchange rate volatility, and the high cost of credit, among a host...

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12m People Without Pension As Fund Managers, Telco Devise New Strategy

An estimated 12 million people in the informal sector of the economy are without any form of pension, a situation that...

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USAID Promotes Investment In Ghana’s Agric Sector

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the U. S. government’s Feed the Future...