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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Cocoa Sector Players, Otumfuo Pledge Support For Cargill’s New Initiative

The Ministers for Food & Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Executives of COCOBOD and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu...

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Full Details of ECG Concession Amendment Must Be Disclosed – ICU

The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Solomon Kotei wants government to come...

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New Minimum Capital For Banks Pegged At GHc200-260m

Commercial banks in Ghana would have to increase their minimum capital for operation to at least 200 million cedis....

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BoG Limits CEOs Tenure To 15 Years

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to implement new corporate governance guidelines for the banking sector next month, as it...

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We’ve Settled SSNIT Arrears – E&P

Construction firm, Engineers and Planners(E&P) has responded to allegations by the Social Security and National...

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Halt Fuel Smuggling In 48hours – OMCs To Government

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) has expressed concern about activities of ‘black marketers’ who...

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26,589 ‘ghosts’ Busted; Government Saves GHc433million

The issues about ghost names on the government payroll seem far from over, as another payroll fraud syndicate is said...

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BoG Directs Banks To Plug Loopholes

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has prescribed remedial measures both general and specific to the risk exposure of each...

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Jubilee Fields To Shut Down

The Jubilee Oil field would be shut down again during the second half of this year The Jubilee Oil field would be shut...

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Jinapor Questions MCC Deal Renegotiation

The disclosure by President Nana Akufo-Addo that the government of Ghana has been able to renegotiate the Millennium...

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Kumasi Commercial Drivers Worried Over Minor Hawkers

Commercial drivers in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi have called for action from the local authorities; the Kumasi...

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Ghana Health Service Pays GHc61,000 To Government,out of GHc 116,400 Vehicles Auctioned

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has paid Gh?61,000, being part payment of the GH¢ 116,400 realised from the sale of...

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Bank of Ghana Puts 15-Year Limit On Bank CEOs

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to implement new corporate governance guidelines for the banking sector next month, as it...

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Government Settles On 49% Shares For ECG Concessionaire

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced three major amendments to the Power compact under the Millennium Challenge...

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NIB Opens Branch At Kumasi City Mall

MD/CEO of NIB, John Kweku Asamoah, being assisted to cut the tape THE National Investment Bank (NIB) has opened a...

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U.S Tops Most Remitted Funds To Ghana

Ghanaians all over the world continue to send money back home to families and friends Ghanaians all over the world...

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Glo Gains More Than 110k Subscribers As Expresso Woes Continue

MTN Ghana continues to occupy the top spot in mobile voice subscriptions for the period ending February 2017 recording...

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COCOBOD To Destroy Aging Cocoa Trees

The regulator of cocoa sector in Ghana, Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), is to undertake a rehabilitation of cocoa farms in the...

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Ecobank Bags $75m Profit In First Quarter of 2017

Ecobank Group has delivered a return on tangible equity of 16% on pre-tax profit of $75 million, from continued cost...

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Mortgage Rates Seen Falling

More workers are expected to qualify for mortgages to buy homes, as the local currency stabilises and Treasury Bills...