Cocoa farmers in the Bodi district, in Western North Region, have expressed worry over dying cocoa trees. Almost two-thirds of cocoa farms in the region have been affected by the harsh effect of the sun leaving the cocoa trees extremely dry with discoloured leaves. A visit to some farming communities Read more…
Social gatherings of more than six people will be illegal in England from Monday – with some exemptions – amid a steep rise in coronavirus cases. A new legal limit will ban larger groups meeting anywhere socially indoors or outdoors, No 10 said. But it will not apply to schools, Read more…
The General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the launch of the 2020 election manifesto has described the party’s manifesto as a “product of the people’s own thinking”. On 7th September 2020, the National Democratic Congress launched its manifesto at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) for Read more…
Panasonic is adding another production line to the massive factory it operates with Tesla in Nevada, an expansion that will increase battery cell capacity by 10%. The Sparks facility, dubbed Gigafactory 1, is the centerpiece of Tesla’s plan to expand global battery capacity and reduce the cost of electric vehicles. Read more…
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) of Ghana has appointed Keskine Owusu Poku, as its new PR Coordinator. Mr Owusu Poku, who is currently studying for his PhD in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK, is a very active social and strong youth advocate. He had Read more…
Fall Guys has had millions of downloads, but even fluffy obstacle courses can’t make everyone happy. Source: BBC
Students of the College of Technology of the University of Education have developed an automatic energy-efficient system that controls lighting in a given area. The system is able to turn off lights and other electrical appliances connected to an installed facility when the room is vacant after 10 minutes. “Automatic Read more…
The Ghana Publishers Association (GPA) with its stakeholders celebrated the ‘World Literacy Day’ on Tuesday. As part of the celebration, it reviewed programmes and efforts of various institutions and organisations at enhancing the country’s literacy rate. It also brought to the fore, the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and Read more…
Disrupt 2020 is mere days away, but we’ve added pre-Disrupt events to help startup founders up their game, increase their ROI and drive their business forward. What’s next on the agenda? If you’re a founder with big ideas, get ready for a rare opportunity designed to help you fund your Read more…
I quite like the iPad Pro 11 inch with the Magic Keyboard. In the Land of Pandemic, where every day is Saturday, the tablet is king. With no real purchase on the chaotic flow of life, the rules — any rules — of the road are very dear to me. Read more…
Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has won the Professional Footballers’ Association men’s Players’ Player of the Year award. De Bruyne, 29, praised City manager Pep Guardiola for helping him earn the honour, saying “he just lets me be me”. Beth England, 26, won the women’s award having helped Chelsea do Read more…
Online advertising is a game of scale, but one attempt to consolidate two competitors to better take on Google and Facebook has fallen apart. Taboola and Outbrain, startups that each provide publishers with ad-based content recommendation platforms, have called off a planned $850 million merger that would have valued the Read more…
Olivier Giroud scored his 40th international goal as France beat Croatia 4-2 in the Nations League, in a repeat of the 2018 World Cup final. Chelsea striker Giroud, 33, marked his 99th cap with a penalty after coming off the bench to move one goal behind France legend Michel Platini. Arsenal Read more…
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo became the first European to score 100 international goals in men’s football and then passed that mark with both goals in the Nations League win over Sweden. The captain curled a stunning free-kick into the top corner – the 57th of his career – to reach the Read more…
Apple strikes back at Epic Games, Android 11 is here and Microsoft announces a new stripped-down Xbox. This is your Daily Crunch for September 8, 2020. The big story: Apple files countersuit against Epic Apple has made the latest move in a legal battle against Epic Games, filing a lawsuit Read more…
Twitter is working to make its real-time Trending section less confusing. Last week, the company announced it would begin pinning to the trend’s page a representative tweet that gives more insight about a trend and promised more changes would soon be underway. Today, the company says it will begin writing Read more…
The tech giant said its dispute with the firm behind the game was a “basic disagreement over money”. Source: BBC
After months of teasers and announcements, Lucid Motors will finally reveal its first all-electric luxury sedan, the Air, during a live stream on September 9. But of course, the day before the big reveal, a little bit of news has trickled out. Lucid Motors has previously alluded that it will Read more…
A graphic video of a man committing suicide spread across TikTok early this week, and the company is still working to remove it. Originating on Facebook Live, the clip was uploaded onto TikTok over the weekend and began to take root in users’ algorithmic recommendations. While the video first made Read more…
DNX Ventures, an investment firm that focuses on early-stage B2B startups in Japan and the United States, announced today that it has closed a new $315 million fund. This is DNX’s third flagship fund; along with supplementary annexed funds, this brings its total managed so far to $567 million. Founded Read more…