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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Use Euphoria On Tax Cuts To Broaden Tax Ne T- PricewaterhouseCoopers To Government

Auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) has advised government to take advantage of the Tax Administrative Law as it...

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Reduction In Public Lighting Levy Et’ Al Woefully Inadequate

Minority Member of Parliament for Damango constituency, Adam Mutawakilu has argued that the reduction in public...

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Government Raises GHC1bn Domestic Bond At 21.5%

Government has raised a total of 1.01 billion cedis three-year domestic bond issued at a yield of 21.5 percent. The...

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Cedi Will Stabilise Within A Month – Osafo Maafo Predicts

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has predicted that the Ghana cedi will stablise within a month after foreign investors...

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Government Raises GHS1bn Domestic Bond At 21.5%

Government has raised a total of 1.01 billion cedis three-year domestic bond issued at a yield of 21.5 percent. The...

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Cedi Begins Losing Streak – GN Research

Ghana’s currency, the Cedi is likely to record high levels of depreciation during the year if the government does not...

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Cedi’ll Stablise But Appreciating Will Be ‘utopian’ – Osafo Marfo

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has stated that some measures are being taken by government to help stabilise the cedi...

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Arrest DKM CEO – Aggrieved Customers

Over 500 aggrieved customers of Care for Humanity International have called for the immediate arrest of Martin Delle...

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No Increment In Transport Fares Yet – Transport Unions

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council say they have not officially...

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Tax Cuts To Deepen Cedi Depreciation – GN Research

Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi...

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Tax Cuts To Continue Cedi Depreciation – GN Research

Some currency analysts have warned that the government’s tax cuts would lead to a further depreciation of the cedi...

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GPRTU Denies 15% Transport Fare Hikes

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has dismissed claims by a section of the public that transport fares...

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BEIGE Acquires Empire Mutual Health Insurance

The BEIGE Group (TBG), a financial services provider, has ventured into the provision of Health Insurance Services...

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IEAG Fights Unapproved Port Charges

Business operators at the ports have expressed worry about the hikes in fares by some shipping lines at the ports....

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Asanko Gold Ups 2017 Guidance

Asanko Gold Inc. (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) has confirmed its 2017 production guidance of 230,000 - 240,000 ounces at...

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Visa Delays Impede Investments In Ghana

The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, has cited the high cost of air travel and the undue delays in visa...

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Cedi Woes May Erode Tax Gains

The depreciation of the local currency against major trading currencies, particularly the US dollar, may erode gains to...

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End ‘sex For Job’ Trade – MP Tells National Service Girls

Member of Parliament (MP) for Domeabra-Obom constituency of the Greater Accra Region, Madam Sophia Karen Ackuaku has...

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Government Predicts Cedi Stability By Close of March

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, is certain the three-month streak of the Cedi's depreciation against the major...

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ECG Takes Steps To Improve Customer Care

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region, has scaled up the effort to improve customer care through...