Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says it is in the interest of government to continue and complete unfinished projects started by previous administrations. At a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, Dr Bawumia stressed that projects particularly health facilities, started by Read more…
Security experts warn there’s been an increase in online fraud during the coronavirus pandemic Source: BBC
Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has said government is focused on the holistic development of the country, touting the Akufo-Addo administrations infrastructural projects around the country. According to him, the numerous infrastructure projects initiated by the NPP administration since its Read more…
Kentaro Kawamori and Jason Offerman, the co-founders of new startup Persefoni, which aims to make carbon reporting easier for large corporations, know a few things about carbon emissions. The two men met at Chesapeake Energy Corp., an Oklahoma City-based energy Read more…
SpaceX raises a huge funding round, Apple launches new radio stations and we review the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. This is your Daily Crunch for August 18, 2020. The big story: SpaceX raises its biggest round yet The $1.9 billion Read more…
Jelani Memory, an entrepreneur and father, had been wanting to write a kids book for years. While in the midst of raising a Series B round for his startup Circle Media, he started to feel burned out and wanted to Read more…
Paris Saint-Germain cruised into their first-ever Champions League final thanks to a sparkling performance from their front three of Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Kylian Mbappe. They were far too clever and sharp for RB Leipzig, who failed to turn Read more…
Mikhail Kokorich Contributor Share on Twitter Mikhail Kokorich is CEO of Momentus, the first company providing in-space transportation services for satellites. The universal glee that surrounded the launch of the crewed Dragon spacecraft made it easy to overlook that the Read more…
Don’t know what you’re in the mood to watch? Netflix’s new “Shuffle” feature could help. The company confirms it’s currently testing a feature that puts a big button labeled “Shuffle Play” right on the Netflix home screen, beneath your user Read more…
Hey everyone, how are you? Are you doing well? Great. Or, condolences, depending. Anyway, last week the Equity crew was discussing bankers, and how they love to talk up stuff. The topic matters as there is a big impending transaction Read more…
Commercial electric vehicle startup Xos Trucks has raised $20 million, funding it will use to ramp up production ahead of potential new demand fueled by a landmark emissions rule adopted by California that will require more than half of all Read more…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has made changes to the date and venue of its upcoming Ordinary Session of Congress. Originally set to take place online via video conferencing technology Zoom on August 27, the meeting has now been rescheduled Read more…
TikTok is right in the jaws of a thorny situation with the U.S. government regarding its ownership, but it’s sending a clear message today that it is not sitting on its heels with big deals. Yesterday, it announced a deal Read more…
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has exonerated Dr Osei Kufuor Afreh, the immediate past Upper West Regional Director of Health Services of allegations of wrong-doings leveled against him. The EOCO, after exonerating Dr Afreh, charged the Coalition Read more…
If, like me, you can’t afford a full-sized Tesla because your life has been a series of bad investments (one day my early Fyre Festival backing will pay off), then Radio Flyer’s newest product might be just the thing for Read more…
Nine more Ghanaians have lost their lives to Covid-19 while 340 more have tested positive for the virus. This pushes the country’s death toll to 248 out of a cumulative case count of 42,993 confirmed cases. So far, 40,796 persons Read more…
Apple is revamping its streaming radio service. Starting today, its flagship radio station Beats 1 will be rebranded to Apple Music 1 — a change that more closely associates the station with Apple’s subscription-based streaming music service, Apple Music. In Read more…
Walmart reported earnings this morning. Most of the numbers are immaterial to you and I, having little to nothing to do with the world of private capital and startups, but one metric did leap out: In its quarter ending July Read more…
A security expert with the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Centre has called on government to desist from giving the military for playing key security roles in the upcoming general election. According to Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd), exposing them to the political Read more…
Website-building platform Wix is expanding today with the launch of a customer support product (and new company) called Wix Answers. Joe Pollaro, the general manager of Wix’s U.S. business, said that while the company has “been expanding into much larger types Read more…