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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Ameri Deal Followed Due Process – Jinapor Throws Out Addison’s Report

Former deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor has rejected claims by the Philip Addison-led committee that the previous...

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Committee Reviewing AMERI Deal Too Partisan – Jinapor

The former deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor has pointed out that the committee charged to review the AMERI power...

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NPA Launches Tracking Scheme To Block GHc43m Annual Loss

THE National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says GH¢43million in petroleum profits were stolen by cabals due to the absence...

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EU Affirms Its Continuous Support To Ghana

The Charge’ d’ Affaires of the European Union in Ghana, Mr Paolo Salvia, has reiterated the commitment of the...

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Stop Habits That Reduce Productivity

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to desist from hiding behind the cloak of religiosity to...

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Opportunity International Trains Money Lenders

OVER 50 Money Lending Businesses across the southern belt of Ghana have benefited from Opportunity International...

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Cost of Borrowing Killing Poultry Industry

The Chairman of Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers, Victor OppongAgyei, has bemoaned the high cost of...

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Parts of Ameri Deal Didn’t Get Parliamentary Approval – Report

Parts of the $510million power deal between Ameri Energy and the Government of Ghana (GoG) did not get parliamentary...

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Full Report On AMERI Deal

A 17-member committee set up by the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has recommended for a review of the AMERI emergency...

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Operators of Ameri Must Go For Renegotiation of Deal

The Institute of Energy and Climate Change Policy (IECP) has charged operators of the Ameri Power Plant to accept the...

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CBOD, COPEC Want Govt Action Against ‘powerful’ Petroleum Cartel

Revelations that the state lost some $490 million last year to the activities of a petroleum cartel has gotten the...

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SEC To Award Best Performing SOEs

State Enterprises Commission (SEC) is taking steps to boost productivity and efficiency of enterprises under it with...

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Government Must Halt Sale of Cocoa Farms To Miners – Farmers

Some cocoa farmers in the country have called on the government to halt the indiscriminate sale of cocoa farms to small...

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Ghana’s Public Debt Hits 72.5% of GDP

Ghana’s public debt has hit GH¢ 122.3billion representing 72.5% of GDP at the end of February 2017, according to the...

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CBOD, COPEC Want Government Action Against ‘powerful’ Petroleum Cartel

Revelations that the state lost some $490 million last year to the activities of a petroleum cartel has gotten the...

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India EXIM To Increase Ghana’s Credit Lines

The Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) of India is seeking to increase Ghana’s Lines of Credit (LoC) from the present $400...

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UBA Profit Grows By 32%

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan-African financial services group, operating in 19 African countries, has...

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Proposed BoG-Sibton Switch Contract Cancellation

There are indications that the Interoperability for mobile money contract awarded Sibton Switch Systems by the Bank of...

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BOST Senior Staff Defend CEO Over Ghana@60 Donation Claims

The Senior Staff Association of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) has denied allegations that its Chief...

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Support For Entrepreneurs Will Turnaround Economy, Reduce Unemployment

President Nana Akufo-Addo says the fastest way to resolve the issues of regarding the economy and an alarming rate of...