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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Developing Countries Including Ghana Risk Losing Credibility – World Bank President

World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim has warned that developing countries including Ghana stand the risk of losing...

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Power Deals Must Not Sink Our Fortunes – Akufo-Addo

The country has “not fared well” in electricity deals it has signed with private sector entities, President Nana...

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Banks To Merge Over Projected GHC260m Capital Review – Zenith Bank MD

The Bank of Ghana’s decision to peg the new minimum capital requirement for commercial banks at an estimated 260...

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Government Already Creating Enabling Environment For Private Sector – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that, his government is already putting in place measures to help the private...

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We Will Derive Maximum Returns From ECG Power Compact Agreement

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday said government was amending Ghana’s Power Compact Agreement with the...

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HFC Bank Records Losses

HFC Bank Ghana Limited and its subsidiaries recorded a widening loss-after-tax and non-controlling interest of...

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Ghanaian Workers Have No Respect For Working Hours’ – Akufo-Addo

Ghanaian workers have no respect for working hours and engage in unproductive acts, the country’s President Nana Addo...

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33% of Cocoa Trees Unproductive

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Mr. Boahen Aidoo has indicated on Rainbow Radio...

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Taxi Drivers Attack Uber Operators In Ghana

Uber operators are under attack from some taxi drivers in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The traditional Taxi drivers at the...

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Work At Takoradi Harbour Begins

Work began in earnest last Monday to evacuate hundreds of undelivered containers at the Takoradi Harbour in the Western...

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Ghana Loses GHc850m To Illegal Fuel Importers

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has disclosed that Ghana loses about GH¢850 million annually in taxes due to...

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Government Saved GHc433 Million From Removal of ‘ghost Workers’ – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that through a payroll audit conducted by the Ministry of Finance in...

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We Want 51% In ECG Privatization Compact

President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will stand by its decision to amend the Private Sector Participation...

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Ghana Has “failed In Economic Management” – TUC

General Secretary of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, on Monday blamed the challenges being faced...

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Bonzali Rural Bank Holds10th Annual General Forum

The Bonzali Rural Bank has held its 10th annual general meeting at its headquarters in the Kumbungu district of the...

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Banking Population To Increase To 75% By 2020

The Ministry of Finance has set a target to increase the country’s banked population from 58% to 75 % by the year...

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Groupe Ideal President Adjudged Best Entrepreneur For 2016

Dr Nii Kotei Dzani, President of Groupe Ideal has been adjudged the Overall Best Entrepreneur of the year 2016 for his...

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Peasant Farmers Inaugurate Watchdog Committee To Curb Fertilizer Smuggling

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has inaugurated fertilizer security watchdog committees in all border...

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Aggrieved Cocoa Farmers Give PBC Ultimatum

Some aggrieved cocoa farmers at Annorkrom in the Bia-West District of the Western Region, have asked the Produce Buying...

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Highways Authority Receives Proposal To Use Drones For Road Inspection

The Ghana Highways Authority (GHPA), has received a proposal by a Japanese company, CLUE, Inc. to include modern...