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.

4760 Articles Joined March 2026

Articles by Kofi Asante

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Heritage Bank Donates GHC 50,000 To Ghana@60 Committee

Heritage Bank Limited, as a responsible corporate citizen, has responded to the President’s call for the private...

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Ghana Records 2,900 Millionaires In 2016

The High Network of Wealthy Individuals (HNWI) in Ghana is expected to grow by 80% in the next 10years reaching 5,200...

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Budget Built On Weak Foundation

Economic fundamentals remain weak, and so the 2017 budget lacks a strong foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...

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200 Ghanaians Join Class of Dollar Millionaires In 2016

Two Hundred Ghanaians joined the elite class of dollar millionaires in 2016, raising the tally of the High Net worth...

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MTN Targets More Than Ghc3 Billion Revenue In 2017.

MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in the country has revealed at its annual Stakeholders and Media...

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Ensure Clear Road Map On ECG Concession – Nana Addo To MiDA Board

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn-in Board of the Millennium Development Authority to advise...

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MTN Ghana Readies For IPO This Year

Telecoms giant, MTN Ghana, is working towards listing on the local bourse as part of the conditions under which it...

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Give Us Powers To Sanction Officials Misusing Oil Money – PIAC

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it needs to be vested with the authority to sanction...

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UK Firms Now Willing To Do Business In Ghana

Many firms in the United Kingdom (UK) are now willing to do business in Ghana to take advantage of the government’s...

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Kwabena Duffuor Applauds 2017 Budget

A former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has advised the government to focus on stabilizing the economy this year...

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BoG Asked To Sanitise Operations of Financial Institutions

The President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, has called on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to sanitise the operations of...

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MASLOC Gets New Deputy CEO

Abibata Zakaria has been appointed the deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

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Airtel Premier Rewards Customers In Wo Mmere Nie Promo

Airtel Ghana, the Smartphone Network, through its Airtel Premier sub-brand is rewarding hundreds of customers with...

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Moves To Push For New US Africa Trade Policy

The President of US-Africa Business Centre at the US Chamber of Commerce, Mr Scott Eisner, has expressed the resolve of...

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Exploit Full Potential of Agric Sector

A former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, says Africa must fully exploit the potential of the...

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MTN Ghana Maintains Dominance In Mobile Data

MTN Ghana is still in the lead as far as its subscriber numbers and market share for mobile data is concerned. The...

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MTN To Spend $143 Million On Network Expansion In 2017

MTN Ghana plans to spend an amount of $143 million in capital expenditure in 2017 in a bid to boost a raft of network...

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Agriculture Could Be Bait For Economic Development In Africa

Mr. Kofi Annan, former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, has said agriculture could be a powerful bait in the...

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Government To Lay Tax Cut Policies To Parliament Under Certificate of Urgency

The government on Tuesday will lay the tax abolishment and reduction policies in the 2017 budget statement to...

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Danger! Upsurge In Bitters Producers Threaten Extinction of Ghana’s Forest Reserves

Large quantities of trees are harvested daily from Prakaw Forest Reserve to brew bitters, Salifu Baba Adams, a member...