Coalition for NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) says evidence on the ground does not support Sanitation Minister’s claim that government’s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020 is 85% complete. According to the Coalition, government does not have blueprints, road maps or strategic plans developed Read more…
Today after the close of regular trading Tesla, a well-known American electric vehicle company, announced that it intends to split its shares 5 for 1. The split announcement comes after a sharp rally in the value of Tesla equity in recent quarters. The company’s shares quickly rallied on the news, Read more…
Social Enterprise Ghana has started nationwide advocacy for its over 600 members to improve the economic rights of vulnerable women and youth. This is to enable them to access government services which will help them attain an adequate standard of living to create sustainable livelihoods. The advocacy started with the Read more…
Tomorrow’s a big day for early-stage startup founders preparing to exhibit in Digital Startup Alley at Disrupt 2020. We’re kicking off the first of three exclusive, interactive webinars to help exhibitors make the most of their Startup Alley experience. Tune in tomorrow, August 12 at 1 p.m. PT/ 4 p.m. Read more…
Several companies offering phone-spying apps — known as “stalkerware” — are still advertising in Google search results, despite the search giant’s ban that took effect today, TechCrunch has found. These controversial apps are often pitched to help parents snoop on their child’s calls, messages, apps and other private data under Read more…
The automotive industry is knee deep in the vast transition to electric, but one place where gas is still going strong is out on the water. Seattle startup Zin Boats wants to start what you might call a sea change by showing, as Tesla did with cars, that an electric Read more…
Jeanne Casey Contributor Share on Twitter Jeanne Casey is a principal on the investment team at MetaProp, where she leads new investments into compelling proptech companies and works closely with portfolio companies on strategic growth initiatives. On a Wednesday at 4 p.m. in June 2017, I was in a small, Read more…
The chain’s last store in the US state of Oregon is to give locals the chance to stay the night. Source: BBC
The rail firm said free wi-fi was removed from standard-class carriages because of coronavirus. Source: BBC
Ghanaian attacker Samuel Tetteh has joined Major League Soccer club, New York Red Bull on loan from Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. New York Red Bull announced the transfer on Tuesday, six days after Joy Sports broke the news. He will occupy an international slot on New York’s roster through Read more…
S2G Ventures, the Chicago-based investment firm focusing on startups developing technology and services for human and planetary health, is launching a new investment vehicle focused on seafood and oceanic cultivation. The firm was an investor in Beyond Meat, the $9 billion-valued publicly traded meat replacement startups that’s been one of Read more…
Microsoft’s game streaming service is about to launch – despite arguments with Apple over it. Source: BBC
Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah says government’s promise to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa by 2020 is 85% complete. In an interview with Joy News’ Piesie Nana Yaw Safo during a cleanup exercise in parts on Nima Tuesday, she stated that government has done its best to make Read more…
Shipwrecked on the Mauritian coastline of Pointe d’Esny late July, Wakashio, the vessel carrying just under 4,000 tonnes of oil and 200 tonnes of diesel which has already been spilling its contents from the ship’s hold over the last several days; threatened to break in two on Sunday. Mauritian Prime Read more…
President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a 400-bed maternity and gynaecology facility at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The €145m facility to be constructed by Messrs HEBEDI JV will replace the dilapidated six-storey maternity building which is currently being used. The 12-storey project which is expected Read more…
Everybody wants their skin to look naturally beautiful all the time. Which is why in lockdown, they turned to home care and home remedies, in the absence of beauty salons. Now, more and more people seem to like the fact that their skin is only receiving the best of home Read more…
Freelance journalist and a symbol of free speech in Algeria, Khaled Dareni, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being accused of undermining the integrity of the national territory. Khaled Drareni condamné à 3 ans de prison ferme par la justice du téléphone.-Il a vendu de la cocaïne? Read more…
Competition of market dominance in the automobile industry intensifies as the dream of every Ghanaian to drive a brand new car gradually becomes a reality. Government has thus introduced a niche market to not only make this dream a reality but also complement its industrialization and job creation agenda. Events Read more…
The California court gives the two ride-hailing firms 10 days to challenge the ruling. Source: BBC
Nigeria has begun the handover ceremony for 200 ventilators donated by the US government. The ventilators were a promised by President Donald Trump during a phone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari in April. President Trump while making the promise said the US would support Nigeria during the pandemic. Nigeria’s Information Read more…