The Delegation of the European Union to Ghana, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the COCOBOD have hosted the second multi-stakeholder roundtable on Sustainable Cocoa in Accra The environmental sustainability of cocoa production is at the heart of the second online roundtable discussion organised in the framework of the Read more…
There’s growing evidence pointing to a smaller notch in the iPhone 13, and a new report today says that a smaller Face ID chip will play a role in making this possible. Reports of a smaller notch in this year’s iPhone lineup date back to January, with additional evidence emerging Read more…
Andy Murray will not play at the French Open and will instead focus on preparing for the grass-court season. The British former world number one played doubles with Liam Broady at the Italian Open but turned down a wildcard for this week’s Geneva Open. Murray’s doubles return was his first Read more…
Spotify founder Daniel Ek says he has had an offer to buy Arsenal rejected. Amid the fallout from the European Super League collapse in April, Ek said he was interested in buying the club. On Saturday, he released a statement on Twitter to deny reports he was yet to make Read more…
Rafael Nadal secured his place in the Italian Open final with a 6-4 6-4 win over American Reilly Opelka. At 2-1 down in the first set Nadal had to save four break points, but he then broke his big-hitting rival in the next game before going on to claim the Read more…
A first half goal from Justus Torsutey was enough to sink Legon Cities at the WAFA park. The Academy boys started the game stronger creating the majority of chances in the early exchanges. Their early pressure paid of as Torsutey scored his third goal in four games to give WAFA Read more…
Youri Tielemans produced one of the great FA Cup final goals to give Leicester City the trophy for the first time in their history with victory over Chelsea at Wembley. The Belgian settled a closely contested encounter with a spectacular right-foot drive that flew beyond Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga into Read more…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has called for an independent investigation into the alleged abuse of Citi FM journalist Caleb Kudah by National Security officials. Speaking on Newsfile, Ken Ashigbey said that although the National Security Ministry says it has launched an investigation into the Read more…
Juan Cuadrado scored a late penalty to keep Juventus’ hopes of qualifying for the Champions League alive with a dramatic victory over Inter Milan after playing with 10 men for 35 minutes. The referee awarded two first-half penalties following VAR reviews, before sending off Juve’s Rodrigo Bentancur and Inter’s Marcelo Read more…
Robert Lewandowski has equalled Gerd Muller’s 49-year-old Bundesliga record for the most goals scored in a single campaign after he netted in Bayern Munich’s draw with SC Freiburg. The striker has now scored 40 goals in 28 league games this season. Muller averaged a goal every 77 minutes when he Read more…
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been ruled out of this summer’s European Championship because of a knee injury. The 39-year-old was recalled to the Sweden squad in March after coming out of international retirement. A post on Sweden’s official Twitter account said Ibrahimovic had told coach Janne Andersson he could Read more…
Private Legal Practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has called for the disbandment of the Ministry of National Security. According to the Lawyer, operatives of the Ministry have failed to deliver on their mandate as an intelligence-gathering unit of the state. Rather, they have constantly engaged in the abuse of their powers Read more…
I feel hungover. No, not in the traditional sense, but in the dizzying way you feel when half of your world is celebrating double vaccinations and no masks, and the other half, across the world, is mourning death and not a shred of light at the end of the tunnel. Read more…
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Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, at the weekend inaugurated a four-unit classroom block constructed by the Rotary Club of the Sunyani Central District for the SDA basic school at Yahima in the Sunyani Municipality. Attached to the facility, which has offices and stores, is a 10-seater micro flash Read more…
A Co-Principal Investigator for the University of York and member of the University of Ghana Galamsey Research Team, has attributed the failure of the government in its anti-galamsey campaign to the lack of involvement of leaders of the local communities in which the illegal mining activities occur. Dr. Gladys Nyarko Read more…
Glorious home call Mrs Ernestina Quartey-Auntie Antwiwaa, (1934 – 2021) Laying in state: May 29, 2021, Time: 4am Venue: Ashaley Botwe, near Church of Christ (GD-114-0194) Burial and Thanksgiving Service: 29th & 30th May 2021, Kaneshie Presby Church Private Burial – Larteh Attire – Black and white Source: JoyOnline
Williesha Morris Contributor Share on Twitter Williesha Morris has been a journalist and freelancer off-and-on for over a decade. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, playing video games or chatting about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2011, a product developer named Fred Davison read an article about inventor Ken Yankelevitz Read more…
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes Read more…
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Marketers Association says its members will fully cooperate with the Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to facilitate the lifting of the suspension of new gas retail outlets. This follows an appeal to government to expedite action on the lifting of the ban on the Read more…