Running a startup accelerator comes with a number of occupational hazards, but “skepticism is the easiest thing to fall into when you’ve seen too many companies,” said Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston, “and it’s the thing you have to avoid the most.” Ralston joined me last week for an hour-long Read more…
Shares of Uber and Lyft dipped modestly after a California judge granted a preliminary injunction that TechCrunch reports could force the two American ride-hailing companies to reclassify drivers as employees in the state. Uber’s stock is off about 1.3% following the cessation of normal trading hours after dipping around 2% Read more…
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen Ghanaian local industries and scientists rise to the challenge of providing basic personal protection kits, conducting international standard research, and testing of Corona cases. From genome sequencing of the virus to production of hand sanitisers let us appreciate the efforts Read more…
Nine more persons have died from the novel coronavirus disease according to the Ghana Health Service. This brings the country’s death toll to 215. The Service’s website also indicated that 209 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total tally to 41,212. These are from samples that were Read more…
Selina Beb, multiple award-winning Ghanaian fashion brand, has been listed on Beyoncé’s ‘Black Parade’ directory on beyonce.com. The directory, which is an initiative aimed at supporting to black owned businesses worldwide, was created and curated by Ms Knowles’ stylist, Zerina Akers for Black Owned Everything. This recognition comes as an Read more…
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will outdoor its manifesto on August 22 ahead of the 2020 general elections. The Dr. Bawumia-led Committee drafted the policy document in the hope that Ghanaians will retain the party for another four years. According to the NPP General Secretary, John Boadu, Read more…
The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, on Monday, August 10th, 2020, paid a courtesy call on the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs and was welcomed on behalf of the House by Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, President of the Greater Accra Regional Read more…
Reddit is gearing up to run ads for President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election despite concerns from employees, TechCrunch has learned. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman addressed some of these employee concerns during an all-hands meeting last week, viewed by TechCrunch. “I know for many of you, [Trump] Read more…
California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman has granted a preliminary injunction forcing Uber and Lyft to reclassify its drivers as employees. This order is set to go into effect in 10 days. “The Court is under no illusion that implementation of its injunction will be costly,” Judge Schulman wrote in Read more…
SpaceX has big plans for its Boca Chica, Texas site – where it’s currently building and testing Starship, the company’s next-generation passenger and cargo spacecraft. A new job posting spotted by CNBC’s Micheal Sheetz seeks a “Resort Development Manager” to be based out of Brownsville, the nearest neighboring town to Read more…
The team at DoubleVerify, a company that helps advertisers eliminate fraud and ensure brand safety, said that it’s recently identified a new tactic used by ad fraudsters seeking to make money on internet-connected TVs. Senior Vice President of Product Management Roy Rosenfeld said that it’s harder for those fraudsters to Read more…
Popular Ghanaian hiplife musician, Patapaa Amisty has allegedly been poisoned, Adomonline.com has reported. The One Corner hitmaker is said to be in critical condition after surviving the suspected food poison on Sunday, August 9. A colleague musician, Bow Tyre who confirmed this to Adom News said they went out with some friends last night Read more…
5G is increasingly coming into focus as a set of technologies that has the potential to dramatically expand the quality, bandwidth and range of wireless connectivity. One of the major blocks to actually rolling out these technologies though is simply spectrum: there just isn’t enough of it available for private Read more…
Max Q is a weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. It wasn’t the busiest week in space tech news — much like a lot of the industry, it feels like we’re entering into a bit of a summer doldrums Read more…
Amazon has amassed at least 1 million subscribers for its Prime loyalty program in India, the e-commerce giant revealed today in a long rundown of how its platform fared during last week’s Prime Day in the world’s second largest internet market. More than a million Prime subscribers in India shopped Read more…
Some customers have reported problems with their online banking on computers and the app. Source: BBC
Skillshare CEO Matt Cooper said 2020 has been a year of rapid growth — even before the pandemic forced large swaths of the population to stay home and turn to online learning for entertainment and enrich. Cooper (who became CEO in 2017) told me that the company decided last year Read more…
Nigerian comedian, Afamefuna Klint Igwemba, popularly known as Klint Da Drunk, has lost his father. The veteran comedian shared the heartbreaking news with fans on his Instagram page though he did not state the cause of death. Announcing his father’s demise, he posted a dark photo on his page with 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 rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from Read more…
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding that government gives a detailed account of revenue collected by the Power Distribution Services (PDS) during its operation from March to October 2019. Addressing a press conference Monday, the party’s National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said the fraudulent deal between government and Read more…