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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GMO Cowpea Hits Local Market Next Year

Ongoing field tests on genetically modified cowpea (Bt cowpea) have produced successful results and will be ready for...

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We’ll Be More Competitive – Global Access

Global Access, a Ghanaian-owned savings and loans company, is set to deepen its efforts to increase its remittance...

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Ofori-Atta Justifies Tax Cuts

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has justified the removal of and reductions in some taxes on goods and services in the...

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New GHS5 Note To Be Circulated Today

The new GHC5 notes will be in circulation from today The Bank of Ghana’s new commemorative GHS5 cedi note will go...

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Food Sovereignty Tackles Osei-Owusu On GMOs

Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) has said it “totally rejects the false impression” that the chairman of parliament’s...

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SuperPrice.com, An E-Commerce Marketplace Where You Are the Boss

Yes, you heard right. With new online shopping site Superprice.com, You are the boss. So what do I mean by that? Well,...

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MTN Foundation Constructs New Building For Palm Oil Production

More than 200 women who are into palm oil production at Juaso in the Asante Akim North District of the Ashanti Region...

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Jubilee FPSO Completes First Phase of Turret Remediation Project

Tullow Ghana Limited has completed the Interim Spread Mooring of the Jubilee FPSO, Kwame Nkrumah. This milestone...

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SIGOS Partners Vodafone, NCA To Fight SIMBOX Fraud

The partner of Interconnect Clearinghouse operator, Afriwave Telecoms Ghana in fighting SIMBOX fraud, SIGOS, also...

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Ghana Opens Investment Ties With the Gulf With New Relations With Qatar

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that Ghana would build strong diplomatic and economic relations...

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GPHA Records 59 Per Cent Increase In Transit Trade

The Golden Jubilee Terminal at the Tema Port in 2016, recorded a 59 per cent increase in the number of transit trade it...

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Let’s Join Hands In Building Our Economy – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to eschew excuses and join in building the nation for economic prosperity....

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Let’s Eschew Excuses, Join In Nation Building- Nana Addo

President Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to eschew excuses and join in building the nation for economic prosperity....

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NIC Blames GRA For Non-Insured Imports

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has appealed to the Ministry of Finance to help remove challenges that hinder...

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Over 150,000 Eggs In Ghana Go Waste Annually

The Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers has told Citi Business News over 10% of eggs produced annually are...

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Government To Add 1227MW Power

Government has indicated that it will add a total of 1,227MW of installed power capacity to the national grid to meet...

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Switzerland Imports $ 2bn Worth of Gold From Ghana

Switzerland imported over $2 billion worth of gold from Ghana in 2016 alone for conversion to finished products for the...

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Regulate the Importation of Used Spare Parts

Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Ebo Turkson has lauded government for abolishing some...

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Gov’t May Reduce Expenditure Over Tax Cuts – Terkper

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has cast doubts over the government’s ability to meet potential revenue...

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Ghana Will Continue To Share EU’s Vision – Minister

Mr John-Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, said Ghana would continue to share the vision of the...