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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Goverment Committed To Placing Private Sector At Forefront of Economic Recovery

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government’s first budget presented to Parliament recently was...

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Support Entrepreneurs If You Want To ‘fight’ Poverty In Africa

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) has entreated the African Development Bank (AfDB) to refocus its...

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Good Corporate Governance Practices Key To Curbing Mismanagement

Former Deputy Senior Partner at accounting firm KPMG, Reindorf Perbi has attributed the slow pace of adoption of good...

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Bawumia Markets ‘One-District, One-Factory’ In Mauritius

The Vice President of Ghana, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has been selling the Nana Akufo-Addo government’s...

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Vice President Bawumia Markets ‘One District One Factory’ In Mauritius

The Vice President of Ghana, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has been selling the Nana Akufo-Addo government’s ‘One...

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Budget Will Collapse Manufacturing Companies

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has noted that some policies and programmes in the...

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Government To Industrialise Rural Districts Soon – Hajia Mahama

Member of Parliament for Nalerigu-Gambaga, Hajia Alima Mahama, has said the Akufo-Addo-led government is committed to...

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Ghana To Export Labour

The government is exploring the possibility of exporting labour to countries with scarcity in their labour...

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Finance Minister Submits Tax Cut Amendment Bills To Parliament

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has submitted to Parliament Tuesday amendment bills of some laws to allow for...

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Fuel Prices To Fall By 3%

Fuel prices will fall by three per cent later in the month on the back of the drop of Brent crude, gasoline and gasoil...

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Agric Initiative Will Increase Income Levels — Dr Akoto

Ghana will increase agricultural productivity to international standards through the new policy initiative, “Planting...

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Uneasy Calm At Airtel, TiGO As Staff Unaware of Their Fate After Merger Announcement

There is uneasy calm among staff and some management members of Airtel Ghana and Millicom Ghana, operators of tiGO....

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Gov’t To Add 1,227MW of Installed Power Capacity To the National Grid

Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, has announced that government will add a total of 1,227MW of installed power...

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Stanchart Offers Lowest Base Rate As Lending Rates Drops

The latest data on Annual Percentage Rates (APR) of interest charged on loans and credit advances and the Average...

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Energy Minister Swears In Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Board

The Minister of Energy, Hon Boakye Agyarko has sworn into office, the Board members of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The...

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Akufo-Addo Provides ‘new Hope’ – UBA Boss

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, of his...

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Drop In Infrastructure Allocation May Affect Free SHS Policy- SEND Ghana

SEND Ghana has warned government that its Free Senior High School Policy is likely to create overcrowding in boarding...

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New Law’ll Revolutionise Banking In Ghana – Ibrahim

The passage of a newly proposed banking law by the Bank of Ghana will improve the operations of banks as the country...

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2017 Budget Creditable Due To NDC’s Good Initiatives – Kofi Adams

The National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams says it is ideal for anyone to...

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Gov’t To Renegotiate Fifth Freedom Rights…as National Airline Looms

Government is to renegotiate existing Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights as it firms up plans to establish a new national...