James Stranko Contributor James Stranko is a writer and independent advisor to American tech companies expanding abroad. He was on the founding team of Fuel, McKinsey’s practice serving VC firms and pre-IPO tech leaders. Daire Hickey Contributor Share on Twitter Daire Hickey is managing partner of 150Bond, a strategic advisory Read more
Springboard, an online education platform that provides upskilling and reskilling training courses to people looking to learn in-demand roles, has raised $31 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to more geographies. The Series B financing round for the San Francisco-headquartered startup was led by investment Read more
Electric vehicle charging network ChargePoint raised $127 million in funding in a bid to expand its platform for businesses and fleets in North America and Europe. A mix of existing investors from the oil and gas, utilities and venture industries added to the round, including American Electric Power, Chevron Technology Ventures, Read more
UK adults spent double the usual amount of time watching small screens, research shows. Source: BBC
Thousands of people were affected when public services were knocked offline earlier this year. Source: BBC
SpaceX has been developing Starship, its next-generation spacecraft, at its site in Boca Chica, Texas. The company has built a number of different Starship prototypes to date, include one prior version called the Starhopper that was essentially just the bottom portion of the rocket. Today, the company flew its first Read more
How did the social media platform get so big and where could it be heading? Source: BBC
High-risk, high-reward – Microsoft has announced it is in negotiations to buy TikTok. Source: BBC
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has been sentenced to 18 months on one count of stealing trade secrets. Judge Alsup said that home confinement would “[give] a green light to every future brilliant engineer Read more
The giant firm will launch a new streaming site as it battles the effects of the coronavirus crisis. Source: BBC
Medical Superintendent at Effiduase Government Hospital says the facility is reeling under financial crisis due to Covid-19. Dr David Antwi-Agyei says the situation requires urgent stakeholder support to save the hospital and other such public facilities from imminent bankruptcy. He said because of the pandemic, patients are unwilling to come Read more
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has organized a tree planting exercise at Pikworo Slave Camp in Paga in the Upper East region as part of activities to mark this year’s Emancipation Day. This year’s celebration themed; “Emancipation, our Heritage our Strength” and sub-themed; “Leveraging our Resilience: Black Lives Matter” is Read more
Fulham beat Brentford in the Championship play-off final to secure an immediate return to the Premier League thanks to two extra-time goals from Joe Bryan. The left-back caught Bees goalkeeper David Raya off guard from 40 yards in the 105th minute of the game at Wembley, with the Spaniard expecting Read more
Singer Wiyaala says that comments by pundits about her not being a part of the local music industry have cost her gigs both internationally and locally. Speaking on Showbiz A-Z she revealed that she was once booked to perform at a Mo Ibrahim concert with Angélique Kidjo and get paid Read more
President Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the commencement of construction of the Nsukwao Basin Drainage Project, in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP). It will be recalled that the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme was launched on 7th May 2019, in Koforidua, with Read more
Those wondering whether The Walt Disney Company would eventually give up on a traditional theatrical release for “Mulan” now have their answer. While the coronavirus pandemic prompted Disney to accelerate the streaming release of some movies like Pixar’s “Onward,” and to send certain lower-profile movies like “Artemis Fowl” straight to Disney+, Read more
The National Democratic Congress Communicator, Sammy Gyamfi says hundreds of Ghanaians in the Ahafo-Ano North constituency have been disenfranchised because they do not bear Akan names. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on recent violent developments at registration centres across the country, Sammy Gyamfi said the military rather than Read more
Founder and Group Executive Chairman of the CH Group of Companies, Kwaku Bediako, was so passionate about doing business that he was willing to sacrifice his academics to prove this point to his father. As a child, Mr Bediako’s father preferred that he study science courses, however he differed in Read more
Disney+ had more than 60.5 million paying subscribers as of yesterday, according to The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Chapek. Chapek shared the number during a call to discuss the company’s latest earnings report, which covered the company’s most recent quarter ending on June 27. He was essentially offering an Read more
Introduction Good morning distinguished friends from the media. It is always my greatest pleasure to welcome you to the headquarters of the great National Democratic Congress. We remain grateful to you for availing your esteemed platforms to us to engage the Ghanaian people on national issues that are critical to Read more