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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Trade Liberalisation In West Africa Critically Important

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stressed the critical importance the regional market of...

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Stakeholders Attend Workshop On Horticultural Exports

The Ministry of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the European Business Organisation - Ghana (EBO-GH), has...

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Ursula Applauds Tigo Ghana

Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has applauded Tigo for remaining a strong competitor in the industry...

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Housing Minister Pledges Support For Local Architects

Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Kyei, has pledged to engage the services of local architects across the...

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Banks Stop VAT Charge On Financial Services

Financial institutions operating in the country have with immediate effect stopped charging 17.5 percent Value Added...

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BoG Cautions Banks To Guard Against Cyber Attacks

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is advising the country’s banks to guard against vulnerability to cyber attacks. “The...

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Origin8 Named Official Event Organizer of Maiden African Air Expo

Origin8, Ghana’s only true Integrated Marketing Communications Company, has been named the official event organizer...

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Total Ghana Introduces Two New Lubricant Products

Total Petroleum Ghana Limited has rolled out two new lubricant products in the Total Quartz range – Total Quartz INEO...

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Producer Price Inflation Rises To 6% In March

The year-on-year inflation from the Producer Price Index (PPI) for all industry rose to 6.0 per cent in March 2017,...

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Voltic Ghana Holds Financial Experience Seminar For Customers

Voltic Ghana Limited has held a one-day financial experience for its customers as part of activities to end their month...

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Market Women Adopt New Technology To Eliminate Post-Harvest Losses

Market women in major market centers in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana...

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Illegal Fuel Importers Cost GHC850m Loss Annually – NPA

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

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FDA Orders Recall of Adonko Bitters From Market

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the manufacturers of Adonko bitters to recall the product from the...

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Thousands Register Under ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ In Brong Ahafo

More than 27,000 farmers in the Brong-Ahafo Region have registered to benefit from the 'Planting for Food and Jobs'...

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Asamoah-Boateng Appointed CEO of State Enterprises Commission

The President has appointed Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng as the Chief Executive of the State Enterprises Commission...

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Yantai Jereh Group Clarifies Reports On Ghana Gas Contract

The Chinese multinational oil fields service conglomerate, Yantai Jereh group has confirmed signing a project...

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COCOBOD To Rehabilitate Cocoa Farms

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is to undertake massive rehabilitation of cocoa farms in the country. In view of this,...

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Economy Sinks To 22-Year Low; Grows By Only 3.5% In 2016

The country’s economy last year grew by 3.5 percent, the lowest rate in the past 22 years and the fifth consecutive...

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Modernizing Ghana’s Business Laws

The President believes that private sector led growth is the surest way for Ghana to sustain economic growth. Hence,...

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NAGRAT Welcomes 3-Day Ultimatum For SSNIT Registration

Some public sector workers who were likely to lose their April salaries over non-compliance with a directive to enroll...