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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Golden Star Reports Strong First Quarter Results This Year

Golden Star Resources Ltd. has recorded the strongest quarterly production since cessation of refractory operation, the...

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UBA Ghana Nominated For Best Retail Bank In Africa Award

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the UBA Plc, which is one of Africa's leading financial...

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First Quarter Gold Demand Down 18% From Last Year’s Exceptional High

Global gold demand in Q1 2017 was 1,034.5t. The 18% year-on-year decline suffers from the comparison with Q1 2016,...

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GHL Announces Public Sector Mortgage Schemes

Ghana Home Loans (GHL), the mortgage specialists, has initiated collaborations with several public sector groups to...

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Ghacem, Diamond Cement Are Exploiting Ghanaians – Retailers

The United Retailers Association of Ghana is appealing to the Minister for Trade and Industry to investigate the...

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Fishermen Applaud Chairman For Steady Supply of Premix Fuel

Fishermen in the country’s coastal zones have expressed confidence in the Management put in place to distribute and...

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Cocoa Processing Companies To Benefit From Special Intervention Program – Deputy Trade Minister

The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has emphasised government’s commitment to boost the...

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Government Woos Renewable Energy IPPs With Attractive Waivers

Government has rolled out waivers for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) of renewable energy at a time that it has...

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NBSSI Gets First Female Executive Director

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Ms Kosi Antwiwaa Yankey as the Acting Executive Director of the...

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FDA Urged To Crack Whip On All Forms of Irresponsible Advertisement

The Institute of Leadership and Development, a non-profitable organization has called on the Food and Drugs Authority...

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Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana Ready To Work With NLA

The Executive Secretary of the Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana (CLAAG), Mr. Kwaku Duah-Tawiah has made...

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Fuel Smuggling Killing OMCs – GOIL

The Managing Director of GOIL, Patrick Akorli, has said Oil Marketing Companies (OMC’s) are shutting down and laying...

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IHRMP Pays Courtesy Call On Employment Minister

The governing council of the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP), has paid a courtesy call on...

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Volta Chiefs Laud Man Capital Partners For Opening A Branch In Ho

Ghanaian-owned funds advisory and investment management company, Man Capital Partners, has stated explicitly that many...

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Fuel Prices To Remain Fairly Stable In May

Fuel prices will remain fairly stable in the first pricing window in May. This is a prediction by the Institute for...

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Ghana Loses $2.1bn On Tax Incentives Annually – Study

Ghana is said to be losing about 2.1 billion dollars annually due to tax incentives and holidays alone. This is...

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Non-Bank Financial Institutions Appeal For Cheaper Funds

The current high lending rate offered to non-bank financial institutions by the Central Bank is rendering them...

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Gifty Klenam Is New Ghana Export Promotion Authority Boss

Gifty Kekeli Klenam is now the CEO of Ghana Export Promotion Authority President Akufo-Addo has appointed Ms Gifty...

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Government Likely To Extend IMF Programme

government is expected to extend programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which should be ending in April...

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Aggrieved ‘ghost Workers’ Beat Time To Claim April Salaries

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is optimistic of meeting the deadline for the SSNIT biometric...