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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HFC Bank Records Mixed Financial Results In 2016

HFC Bank recorded an 18% growth in its assets from GH¢1.6 billion to GH¢1.89 billion in the 2016 financial year. The...

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Energy Bank CEO Gets Award For Women Development

THE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Bank, Christiana Olaoye, has been specially rewarded for...

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BoG Clarifies Position On Bauxite Exports

The Central Bank has reacted to recent media reports which suggested that proceeds from Ghana’s bauxite exports in...

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Let CHRAJ Investigate…we’re Unshaken – Government

The government says it is unfazed by the petition to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)...

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MEST Signs Partnership With PARIS&Co

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and PARIS&Co, the economic development and innovation agency of...

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VRA Still Owes Gas Suppliers – WAPCo

Citi Business News can confirm that Ghana is yet to settle outstanding debts owed Nigeria Gas Company and subsequently,...

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PAC Helps Retrieve GHC61,000 From GHS

The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) has said it had helped to retrieve GH¢61,000 from the Ghana Health...

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Ghana Is the Best Place To Invest

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has assured the business community of higher returns on their...

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ECG Lost GHC94,671.24 To Bush Fires In 2016

More than seventy-eight high tension and forty-nine low tension electricity poles were destroyed by bush fires in the...

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Private Investors Keen To Invest In Domestic Airlines

Ghana’s quest to be become an aviation hub in West Africa has received a major boost as some private investors have...

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President Cuts Sod For World’s Largest LPG-Fired Power Plant

Ghana’s quest for energy efficiency to propel her industrial revolution agenda has received a major boost with the...

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Trade Liberalisation In West Africa Critically Important – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the critical importance the regional market of ECOWAS represents to...

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Ghana’s Telecom Policies Outdated and Need Review

Ghana’s Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is vowing a thorough review of the country’s policies on...

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Time To Build Capacity For Contract Negotiations

The quest to attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs) into the economy has brought up the need for the country to...

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Ghana Open To Business Again – Bawumia To Investors

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has re-echoed the NPP government’s plan to make Ghana an investment destination...

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Stanbic Bank Supports UDS Leadership Lectures

Stanbic Bank is the lead sponsor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Africa Leadership Lectures, the fifth...

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Ghana Risks EITI Sanctions

Ghana risks being sanctioned by the International Secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...

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Glo Records Highest Subscriber Figures For Feb 2017

Telecommunication companies Tigo and Airtel were the losers in February 2017 as the total number of voice subscribers...

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E-Zwich Patronage Grows By 170% In Quarter 1

More people continue to use e-zwich leading to an impressive growth in patronage by over 170 percent in the first...

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Construction of US$1bn 400MW Bridge Power Begins

The construction of a US$953million 400MW power plant, known as the Bridge Power, has commenced in Tema, with the first...