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The president has published four videos but has only 11,000 followers. Source: BBC

The actions will stop the firm buying computer chips made using US tech, even if made abroad. Source: BBC

From insurance and healthcare to social media and policing, algorithms are used all around us. Source: BBC

A court in Accra has fined 30 year old Christopher Ayittey an amount of GH¢ 3,600 for administering multiple fist blows to his sons cheek. The marketing consultant’s act against his 11-year old son resulted in the loss of the Read more

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding Read more

The Referees Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in consultation with the Assessors and Classification Panel have approved a list of 30 referees for next month’s FIFA/MA ELITE Online Course. The FIFA course will run from 30th September to Read more

The NBA playoff pool is deeper than ever this season. Playoff teams will split a record $23,287,266 for making the NBA postseason, a figure that’s up about $1.6 million from last year. And the Milwaukee Bucks stand to grab the Read more

They have millions of followers, but Egypt’s social media stars are paying a heavy price. Source: BBC

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated a 29-member Volta Regional Campaign Team to prosecute vigorous strategies to retain the party going into the December general elections. The team’s duty is to give visibility to the Party’s Presidential candidate, Nana Read more

There’s an increasing demand for fast turnaround time in the satellite imaging industry, especially among clients across government and defense, who want responsive, near-real time performance because of how quickly situations on the ground can develop and change. BlackSky, a Read more

President Akufo Addo has lifted the limit on the numbers of persons who can attend conferences, workshops and award events. Addressing the state yesterday, August 16, the president stated that “the limit on the number of persons who can attend Read more

Actor Clement Bonney aka ‘Mr Beautiful’ has said the creative arts industry is dormant due to the vindictiveness of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Speaking in an interview in Cape Coast on Saturday, he said the current government’s quest Read more

SpaceX is preparing for yet another launch of Starlink satellites on Tuesday – its tenth launch of production versions of the satellites to date. In addition to 58 Starlink satellites, the Falcon 9 flying the mission will also carry three Read more

The tech firm is fighting efforts to make it pay for local media content. Source: BBC

Tencent just added another portfolio member to its expanding global gaming empire, this time, to up its game in mobile casual plays. Voodoo, the French company behind a slew of popular casual games, announced Monday that Tencent has become a Read more