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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‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign Gets To Volta Region’

The Volta regional technical committee for the implementation of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ campaign has been...

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Ghana To Host Conference On International Trade

The conference is expected to be opened with a keynote address Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rescue Shipping and...

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Transport Fares Up By 15 Percent?

Some transport operators in the nation's capital, Accra have increased their fares, a move that has been caused by an...

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Nana Addo’s Key Policy Initiatives To Cost Over GHC 2b

President Akufo-Addo’s key policy initiatives which includes the much touted one-district one-factory, one-village...

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Depreciation of Cedis Not Unprecedented – Oppong Nkrumah

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the current depreciation of...

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PwC Describes Gov’ts 2017 Budget As Business Friendly

Accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has described the 2017 budget of President Akufo-Addo as a...

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Public Sector Workers To Lose Salaries

All public sector workers who have not been biometrically registered with Social Security and National Insurance Trust...

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Textile and Garment Workers Cancel Demo Against Government

The planned demonstration against the government by the Textile and Garment Workers Union to among other things demand...

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2 Illegal Microfinance Institutions Closed

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has closed down two illegal micro-finance institutions, Agro Development Fund Services Limited...

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Advertising Standards Bill Vital For Sanitising Industry – AAG

The Advertisers Association of Ghana (AAG), is pushing for the passage of the Advertising Standards Bill to sanitize...

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Beige Ventures Into Health Insurance

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

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‘We’re Ready To Raise Needed Money For Akufo-Addo’s Projects’

The Ghana Revenue Authority says it is prepared to raise the needed revenue to finance government’s projects – many...

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Atiwa MP Silences Minority On Budget

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atiwa East in the Eastern Region, Abena Osei-Asare, got the...

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Ghana Gov’t Back On Bond Market

Government is accepting bids from both domestic and foreign investors for the issuance of a three-year domestic bond....

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We Haven’t Found Formalin In Any ‘koobi’ – FDA Allays Fears

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says results from its samples of koobi (salted dried tilapia) tested for formalin so...

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No Money Lost In Website Hack

GN Bank has allayed the fears of its customers following the hacking of its official website a few days ago, assuring...

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Chinese Mayor Pledges Support For ‘one-District-One-Factory’

The Zhaoqing Municipal Government of Guangdong Province has indicated its commitment to support the "one district, one...

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400 Staff of Rider Steel To Lose Jobs

About 400 workers of the Rider Steel Company Limited in Tema risk losing their jobs by March 15 if the company does not...

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Businesses Appeal To Government

Businesses in the country are calling on the government to focus attention on stabilising the cedi to complement recent...

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Sliding Cedi Could Mop Up Tax Cut Gains–Dalex Boss

Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited, Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, has indicated that the...