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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Ghana Gets Vice Chair At African Alliance For E-Commerce

Ghana has been elected to occupy one of the five Vice Chair positions of the Executive Council of the African Alliance...

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No End In Sight

Despite the huge public outcry against toxic diesel sold in Ghana which endangers the health of the citizens, in the...

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Protecting Ghanaian Employees of Foreign Missions In Ghana

I made a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) in December 2015...

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Ghana Gov’t Devices System To Tackle Unemployment

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatious Baffoe Awuah, has stated that government will soon roll out...

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China Taking Over Africa’s Economy – Lecturer

China is currently an economic giant in Africa and gradually taking control of Africa’s economy, Esther Armah, an...

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Government’s Commitment Towards Renewable Energy Laudable – 3SIL CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Security Systems International Limited (3SiL) the parent company of Strategic...

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Online Passport Centres For All 10 Regions – Veep

The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says government would provide the necessary support to facilitate the ease of...

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NIC Lashes Out At Government For Breaching Insurance Act

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has bemoaned the practice where governments sign major contracts with foreign...

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Pension Scheme Not Microfinance Investment – Informal Sector Workers Told

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority has explained to the informal sector workers that pensions scheme is...

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Ghana’s Power Mix To Have 10% Renewable Sources By 2020

The World Bank and the EU have embarked on several lending options over four decades Ghana’s power generation mix is...

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National Insurance Commission Arrests CEOs Over Failure To Insure Property

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) Task-force has arrested the heads of two companies in the Greater Accra...

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NLA To Chase Banker-To-Banker Operators

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has indicated that it will soon clamp down on the activities of illegal lotto...

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BoG Likely To Reduce MPR By 100 Basis Points

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank is set to announce a new Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), on Monday...

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Government Debt To Banks, Fuel Suppliers Hits $1.2 B

Net debt owed banks and fuel suppliers alone under the energy sector debt hit 1.2 billion cedis at the end of 2016....

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Nana Addo Returns From Africa CEO Forum

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has returned from the Africa CEO Forum which took place in Geneva,...

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Pwalugu Meat Factory To Rehabilitated Into Abattoir

The Upper East regional Minister, Mr. Rockson Bukari Ayine has hinted that the defunt Pwalugu Meat Factory will be...

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Consumers Owe GWCL GHc57.5M

Consumers in the Central Region owe the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to the tune of GH¢57,555,428.00 with...

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Societe Generale Ghana Launches ‘Unlock Your Dreams Loan 2017 Promotion’

Societe Generale Ghana yesterday March 23, 2017 launched the “Unlock Your Dream Loan 2017 Promotion”, which is...

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GSA Deepens Understanding of New Trade Rules

A day’s forum to deepen understanding of the United Nations Convention on contract for the international carriage of...

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US$750m Eurobond Adjudged Best Sovereign Bond In Africa For 2016

Ghana’s US$750 million Eurobonds which sold last year and was oversubscribed by more than five times has been...