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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Ghana and Russia Building Stronger Economic Ties

For nearly six decades, Ghana and Russia have had an excellent diplomatic relations and still looking to build a...

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GHc1.14 Bn Needed To Restore Galamsey Affected Lands In Western Region

It will cost Ghana at least GH¢1.4 billion to restore about fifty percent of lands affected by illegal mining...

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10-Years Mortgage Plan Introduced For Appolonia City Serviced Plots

Appolonia City and Ghana Home Loans are offering the country’s only 10-year mortgage that allows buyers to start...

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BNI Probes Missing GHC32 Million At Venture Capital

Details are emerging that the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) has virtually been depleted due to alleged corrupt...

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World Vision Ghana Constructs Gari Processing Plant At Agyina

World Vision Ghana, an international NGO, has constructed a GH¢75,000 gari processing plant at Agyina in the Kintampo...

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$41m Bauxite Receipts ‘missing’ In Audited Accounts of BoG – PAC

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to provide data on bauxite exports for 2015 to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of...

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BoG Backs Laws To Demand Data On Gold Exports

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has backed moves for laws to compel the Minerals Commission to submit data on export proceeds...

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Trade In Other Currencies To Relieve Pressure On Dollar

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appealed to importers who trade from other countries apart from the United States to trade...

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BoG Missed 2015 Targets

Bank of Ghana (BoG) missed all its projections for the first half of the year 2015, resulting in huge variances in the...

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PAC Chairman Cautions Witnesses Against Perjury

Dr James Avedzi Klutse, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has cautioned officials who would...

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SSNIT Organises Workshop For Staff

SOCIAL Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has held an employers’ workshop on online contribution report...

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Airtel CEO Calls For Enabling Regulatory Environment

Airtel Ghana’s CEO, Lucy Quist has called on the government to streamline the regulatory environment in the telecoms...

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10 Investors Move To Set Up Domestic Airlines

The abolishment of the tax was seen as an incentive to increase passenger numbers Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena...

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Nana Addo Targets 8.5 Trillion Underperforming Global Fund

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo is targeting the 8.5 trillion dollars underperforming global fund to be used to...

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World Bank Confirms $2.2bn Support To Ghana

Ghana will benefit from 2.2 billion dollars from the World Bank for next three 3 years according to the Country...

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Vodafone Ghana Sacks 33 Managers

Vodafone Ghana has dismissed 33 Territory Sales Managers across the country. According to a publication by...

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Car Rental Association Appeals To Gov’t

Car Rentals Association of Ghana (CRAG) has appealed to government to grant them some tax exemption to help revamp...

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Galamsey Operators Vow Not Stop Mining If…

Illegal small-scale miners also known as (galamsey) in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region have threatened...

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$2.25billion Bond Was Transparent – BoG

The Bank of Ghana has cleared the air on the controversial $2.25billion bond it issued last week saying it was done in...

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BoG Officials Clear Finance Minister In Controversial $2.25 Bn Bond Issue

Officials of the Bank of Ghana have exonerated the Minister of Finance in the controversial $2.25 billion bond issued...