Maven, a startup that helps professionals teach cohort-based classes, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The round places A16z general partner Andrew Chen on Maven’s board – and is his latest lead check in a creator-focused company, similarly pouring millions into recent rounds Read more…
HP today announced a series of ambitious goals aimed at driving “a more diverse, equitable and inclusive” tech industry. The tech giant, of course, is not the first company to have made strong claims about its intentions around diversity. As former TC reporter Megan Rose Dickey reported extensively, diversity and Read more…
If you’ve ever been self-employed you know what a pain it is to keep up with the hassles of running a business. From bookkeeping to invoicing to paying taxes — it’s one big headache. Freelancers and self-employed people often turn to a number of different solutions to try and address Read more…
Kenya is set to get a new chief justice, as Martha Koome becomes the first woman to head the country’s judiciary. Koome is to be sworn in on Thursday and takes up the role at a sensitive time, amid tensions over a failed attempt to bring about constitutional reforms. President Read more…
Unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed 15 civilians at a baptism in Burkina Faso, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The attack took place overnight in a village in the north of the country, the regional governor said in a statement. Who exactly carried out the shooting and their motives were unclear. Read more…
Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe’s return to the ring receives a critical test when he clashes with Adam ‘Bluenose’ Lopez in Las Vegas on June 19. For Dogboe, it will be another chapter in the calculated journey to regaining world championship status while for Lopez, it will be a stage to Read more…
Image Credits: Louis Douvis / Getty Images Pour one out for Internet Explorer, the long-enduring internet browser that’s been the butt of countless jokes about its speed, reliability, and probably most notable of all, security, which will retire next year after more than 25 years of service. Microsoft said it Read more…
When Privacy.com was founded in 2014, the company’s focus was to let anyone generate virtual and disposable payment card numbers for free. The goal was to allow those users to keep users’ actual credit card numbers safe while allowing the option to cut off companies from their bank accounts. In Read more…
TikTok today is introducing a feature that will allow creators to deal with online abuse in an easier way. The company is launching new tools that will allow creators to bulk delete comments and block users, instead of having to moderate comments one-by-one. The update may be somewhat controversial, as Read more…
GPS is one of those science fiction technologies whose use is effortless for the end user and endlessly challenging for the engineers who design it. It’s now at the heart of modern life: everything from Amazon package deliveries to our cars and trucks to our walks through national parks are Read more…
A two-day stop in the UK has ignited speculation that the tech mogul is looking for factory sites. Source: BBC
The hugely popular short-video app was regularly criticised by former President Donald Trump. Source: BBC
Members of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) chapter of the Kufuor Scholars Program (KSP) have paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor of the institution Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson. The scholars were at the Vice Chancellor’s office to introduce the program to her and to Read more…
The Oyemam Autoimmune Foundation has appealed to the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders to come to the aid of lupus patients in Ghana by making access to treatment visible and clear to lessen the burden of care and treatment on them. The foundation said Read more…
The power of a pickup truck is not all about torque, horsepower, towing and hauling. Ford’s newest electric F-150 Lightning, which was unveiled Wednesday, is trying to change the meaning of truck power with a system that can provide energy to a customer’s home in the event of an outage. Read more…
The Ford F-150, the profitable cornerstone of the U.S. automaker’s business, now has an all-electric sibling. Ford unveiled Wednesday the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric pickup truck that is a critical piece of the company’s $22 billion investment into electrification. The vehicle is one of a trifecta of Ford EV debuts and Read more…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture with support from the Global Affairs Canada has supported 18 women groups from five different districts in the Bono East Region with 56 mini rice harvesters as part of measures taken to boost local rice production in the area. The move according to the Read more…
Professor George K.T. Oduro, the immediate past Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to create a support system for teachers to facilitate the application of learner-centred teaching approaches in the classroom. He said this would help achieve the purpose for which Read more…
Mohammed Kudus has urged FC Nordsjælland winger, Kamaldeen Sulemana to join him at Ajax, describing him as the ‘perfect player’ for the Dutch champions. Sulemana shot into the limelight for Nordsjælland this season, scoring 10 goals and providing four assists in the league. The 19-year-old’s impressive performances have caught the Read more…
An acute water shortage has hit Kabanya line, a suburb of Kajeji in the Sene East District of the Bono East Region disrupting the domestic, economic and social activities of inhabitants. The only borehole facility that provides water for the people has been without water for days and the residents Read more…