Running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s flagbearer says the next NDC government will focus on building human capacity in the country. Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang said the party believes that human resource is the greatest asset any country has. “If the country wants to attain economic development – Read more…
The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, Professor Naana Opoku-Agyemang has dismissed claims that she cancelled the book and research allowance for teachers during her tenure as former Education Minister. She said such accusations are driven by political propaganda. “I have left the ministry and all the Read more…
The change to UK law ends a loophole allowing drivers to use phones to take photos or play games. Source: BBC
Pear, the eight-year-old, Palo Alto, Calif.-based seed-stage venture firm that has, from its outset, attracted the attention of VCs who think the firm has an eye for nascent talent, staged its seventh annual demo day earlier this week, and while it was virtual, one of the startups has already signed Read more…
The New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Yapei Kusowgu constituency in the Savannah Region, Abu Kamara has died in a fatal road accident. According to the Savannah Regional NPP Director of Communications, Mohammed Issah, the car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision with an articulator truck Read more…
A man has been “assassinated” in an Islamist terror attack in the Paris suburbs “because he was a teacher”, France’s president has said. The history teacher, who is said to have discussed images of the Prophet Muhammad with his pupils, was beheaded, it has been reported. The suspected attacker was Read more…
The Flagbearer of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has announced plans by the Party to establish a coal plant at Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region. The envisaged 2,000 megawatts (MW) plant will significantly augment the country’s hydro, thermal and solar sources of power generation of which Read more…
A team of palaeontologists in the UK have discovered a new species of small pterosaur, similar in size to a turkey. Pterosaurs were winged cousins to dinosaurs and varied in size between being as massive as a fighter jet to as small as a sparrow. The dinosaur is unlike any Read more…
The Parliament of Ghana on Friday passed the Complementary Education Agency Bill, 2019, that would soon change the name of the Non-Formal Education Division of the Ministry of Education to Complementary Education Agency, as it takes on more functions. When the bill is signed into law by the President, it Read more…
Scientific advisers to the government set out a “reasonable worst-case scenario” of 59,000 coronavirus deaths in the UK over the summer months, newly-released documents show. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) calculated the figure for “direct Covid-19 deaths” in hospitals, care homes and the community from 18 May to 6 September. Read more…
The late Samuel Kwasi Owusu former Black Stars Captain will be laid to rest on Saturday, November 7, 2020, in Sunyani. This was revealed by ex-Black Stars players and family members of Ex-Black Stars striker, Samuel Kwasi Owusu to the Ghana Football Association. The delegation which included Rev Osei Kofi, Read more…
Chadwick Boseman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2016, died in August without a will. Now his wife Taylor Simone Ledward has filed a probate case in Los Angeles, where she requested to be named administrator of his estate with limited authority, Page Six reports. Boseman’s estate is estimated to be valued at $938,500. Read more…
Joe Biden has flown on a plane with a crew member who later tested positive for Covid-19, his campaign has said. His team confirmed that the Democratic presidential candidate was not in close contact with the person and will not need to self-isolate for this reason. In a statement posted Read more…
US based It’s Just Us Production in partnership with Ghana-based PSG Consult LLC have launched a talk show called It’s Just Us (IJU) Ghana Live. The show which will be broadcasted on both an online radio and YouTube is to connect Africans at home and Africans in the diaspora by Read more…
Election Day approaches! Still not sure where the nearest polling place or ballot drop box is? Google wants to help. This morning the company rolled out a handful of features across Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Search, all meant to kick in when a user seems to be looking Read more…
A New York Post story forces social platforms to make (and in Twitter’s case, reverse) some difficult choices, Sony announces a new 3D display and fitness startup Future raises $24 million. This is your Daily Crunch for October 16, 2020. The big story: Twitter walks back New York Post decision Read more…
Twitter has taken another step back from its initial decision to block users from sharing links to or images of a New York Post story reporting on emails and other data supposedly originating on a laptop belonging to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. The story, which alleged that Read more…
Lawmatics, a San Diego startup that’s building marketing and CRM software for lawyers, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Matt Spiegel used to practice law himself, and he told me that even though tech companies have a wide range of marketing tools to choose Read more…
Welcome back to Human Capital, where we look at the latest in tech labor and diversity and inclusion. Because election day is quickly approaching and given that California’s Prop 22 puts the “future of labor” at stake, as Instacart worker and co-organizer at Gig Workers Collective Vanessa Bain told TechCrunch Read more…
PearPop a new Los Angeles-based company, is on its way to racking up nearly 25,000 users in less than a month, and has already landed seed funding from the firm Rocket One Capital. The company’s premise is simple. Allow fans to bid for shared screen time with their favorite TikTok Read more…