It’s been some week in European football with Joy Sports, as the two top competitions have served back to back drama from last Monday. With the Europa League quarterfinals, showing on pay-TV giant StarTimes, ultimately seeing Manchester United, Inter Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk and X go through, the rest of the Read more…
President Nana Akufo-Addo will Sunday evening address the nation on the measures taken against the spread of coronavirus in the country. His 15th televised address comes at a time when the country’s active Covid-19 cases has dropped significantly as reported by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Ghana continues to make Read more…
After releasing his first five albums on Def Jam, DMX left the label and signed to Columbia Records in January 2006. According to Ruff Ryders co-founder Darin âDeeâ Dean, then-Def Jam president JAY-Z cleared DMXâs sizable $12 million debt to the label so the New York rapper could make the moveâdespite their tenuous relationship. During an appearance on The Read more…
Robert Trump, 71, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, died Saturday at a New York hospital, Donald Trump announced in a statement. “It is with a heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight. He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. Read more…
Managing Director (MD) of Consolidated Bank Ghana, Daniel Wilson Addo has given a rare insight into how banks have supported to revive Ghanaâs economy amidst the mitigating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at Ghanaâs Most Respected CEOs breakfast series under the theme: Bringing the economy back to life: the Read more…
R Kelly’s manager has been charged with threatening to open fire on a New York cinema – forcing an evacuation and police to cancel the screening of a documentary alleging the singer sexually abused women and girls. Donnell Russell was arrested before being charged with conspiracy and threatening physical harm by interstate Read more…
The Cavern Club, best known for launching The Beatles, faces ruin as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It opened in Liverpool in 1957 and hosts about 800,000 visitors per year. Bill Heckle, one of the club’s directors, said it had lost ÂŁ30,000 a week since the lockdown began in Read more…
After years searching in vain, a father’s nightmare is brought to an end using an unlikely source. Source: BBC
The Black Codher Bootcamp, the first of its kind, will train 50 women to become software developers. Source: BBC
Dropshippers buy cheap products from China and then pay internet celebrities to promote them. Source: BBC
The Tema Sakumo Wulormor, Nuumo Ashiboye Kofi ll, has celebrated what he says is a cordial relationship that the Tema Traditional council has with President Akufo-Addo and the Member of Parliament for Tema West, Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah. âNo one person can do it all and that is why when Read more…
Last year ended on a historic note for tourism in Ghana. The sector, which is the fourth highest foreign exchange earner for the country after Cocoa, Gold as well as Oil and Gas raked in $1.9 billion through programmes associated with the âYear of Returnâ. The initiative, which increased arrivals Read more…
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is worried about the thin-spread of petroleum revenues for projects, resulting in paltry allocations. It said the inadequate funding made it difficult to appreciate any meaningful impact associated with the expenditure. In an assessment of the management and utilisation of the Annual Budget Read more…
It was a joyful scene on Saturday at the Christian Centre Assemblies of God Church in Tema as family and friends joined gospel artist Joe Mettle and wife consummate their white wedding. The wedding comes after Mr Mettle and his wife, Salomey Selassie Dzisa held their traditional marriage on Thursday, Read more…
The Minority in Parliament on Friday raised red flags over an agreement between government and Agyapa Royalties Limited which they say will give the firm $1 billion revenue expected to be accrued from Ghana’s mineral resources. Deputy Finance Minister Abena Asare laid the Minerals Royalty Investment agreement before parliament on Read more…
Manchester City suffered more Champions League woe as Lyon claimed a shock 3-1 victory to dump Pep Guardiola’s side out of the competition at the quarter-final stage in Lisbon. The French outfit stole in front on 24 minutes when Maxwel Cornet curved a superb finish beyond the stranded Ederson after Read more…
Government is satisfied with the work done so far in its declaration of ‘Year of Roads’ which it says has been backed by real work on the ground. Construction of roads according to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia are ‘springing up across the country’ and will even gain momentum in Read more…
The Gillmor Gang â Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Tuesday, August 11, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang Newsletter and join the notification feed here on Telegram. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @fradice, @mickeleh, Read more…
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. Itâs broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend enjoyment. Ready? Letâs talk money, upstart companies and spicy IPO rumors. Sadly the best news of the Read more…
They say money does not smell, but a lucrative venture thought up by a German circus is proof that money can actually stink. The Krone Circus in Munich is in the business of selling lion poop. Circus are forbidden from performing during the pandemic, so many of them have been Read more…