Former Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo will replace Maurizio Sarri as Juventus manager. Sarri was sacked on Saturday after Juventus went out of the Champions League to Lyon on Friday night. OFFICIAL | Andrea Pirlo is the new coach of the First Team.https://t.co/riVxl1enbJ#CoachPirlo pic.twitter.com/pf9QRbJ6Ll — JuventusFC (#Stron9er ) (@juventusfcen) August 8, 2020 The Read more…
A Bolgatanga based Actress, Ms Munira Alidu, known in showbiz circles as Empress Ali, says “rebirth” of the Ghana film industry is needed to push the movie industry to a higher level to benefit younger and upcoming actors and actresses. “I wish to appeal to all filmmakers and film directors, Read more…
Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. They say business needs certainty to succeed, but new tech startups are still getting funded aggressively despite the pandemic, recession, trade wars and various large disasters created by Read more…
Nearly eight years ago, Hamet Watt and Stacy Spikes launched MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticketing service that captured the minds and dollars of investors and brought thousands of cinephiles a too-good-to-be-true deal for all-you-can watch movie passes. Watt, who came to MoviePass as an entrepreneur in residence at True Ventures, Read more…
There’s a certain kind of panic that at some point gets us all. You just got to work but did you leave the oven on at home? The gut-punch “call me ASAP” message from your boss but now they’re not answering their phone. Or that moment you unexpectedly see your Read more…
A 42-year-old businessman has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a man of $200,000, possessing an AK 47 rifle and two foreign pistols. Mohammed Umar aka Baba Guntu charged with robbery and possession of firearms without lawful authority has pleaded not guilty. Umar has been admitted to Read more…
In a bid to meet the increasing demand for its goods, Miniso has launched a new office to deliver a series of products in cooperation with Marvel Entertainment worldwide. The new shop located at the Achimota Mall adds up to two; the number of shops Miniso has opened in the Read more…
Barcelona boss Quique Setien says “at no point” has he considered that the Champions League second leg with Napoli could be his final match in charge. Setien, 61, was appointed in January but his future is in doubt after Real Madrid won La Liga. “We have prepared thinking me and my coaching Read more…
Senegal has reintroduced restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, following a pronounced rise in cases. The Senegalese Minister of the Interior Aly Ngouye Ndiaye told a press conference in Dakar that, since the lifting of the state of emergency, the government had noticed what he called “a certain laxity” Read more…
Italian giants Juventus have sacked Maurizio Sarri as manager after just one season. Sarri guided Juventus to a ninth straight Serie A title but they were knocked out of the Champions League by Lyon at the last-16 stage. Juve won 2-1 in Turin on Friday but the French side progressed on Read more…
The Efua T Sutherland Drama Studio at the University of Ghana was designed for research, workshops and performances by the three main academic disciplines of the School: Music, Dance Studies and Theatre Arts Departments and other organizations within the University and outside it. It was built in the year 1991 Read more…
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded two persons into police custody for allegedly robbing a man of his taxi cab valued at ¢25,000. Evans Nuetey, 27, driver and Prince Ayitey, 25, barber pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and robbery. The prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Christine Bansah told the court presided Read more…
Two persons have died at Mpatuam Bontefufuo, a farming community in the Amansie West District after a ‘galamsey’ pit collapsed on them last night. The deceased, Yaw Asiedu, 35, and 54-year-old Osei Kwame were mining in the restricted area when the dugout sand came crashing down. Some colleagues, who rushed Read more…
Nana Akontomre Kwame Frimpong, Chief of Yabi, who allegedly instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds on another person has been granted a ¢50,000 bail with a surety by the Nkawie Circuit Court. The chief is said to have instructed one of his subjects to inflict cutlass wounds Read more…
Cities they say are the mottos of civilisation. In this breadth, books are the melting pots of ideas and continuity of society. More so historical accounts. History, when recounted in a form of memoir, presents to its varied readers the many shades of a rainbow – preferences a reader’s choice. Read more…
The government’s gigabit voucher scheme has £70m available to poorly served communities. Source: BBC
A new project encourages adults to communicate more with their kids and focus less on their devices. Source: BBC
Trump escalates his campaign against Chinese tech companies, Facebook extends work from home until the middle of 2021 and Netflix adds support for Hindi. Here’s your Daily Crunch for August 7, 2020. The big story: Trump signs orders banning US business with TikTok owner ByteDance and Tencent’s WeChat Both orders Read more…
I sent money from abroad to my mother to purchase two stores for me at Makola Market in my quest to resettle in Ghana to start a trading enterprise after my long stay abroad. To my surprise, I arrived in Accra on Friday, May 11th, 2012 to a “no show” Read more…
Prof Kwamena Ahwoi happens to be one of the first of the Ahwoi brothers that Chairman Rawlings invited to join the PNDC in the early 80s. All the while, everything was fine and in Kwamena Ahwoi’s mind, Rawlings was indeed a saviour – Junior Jesus. He enjoyed his working relationship Read more…