The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) has condemned the action of some finalists for rioting over strict invigilation in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and also insulting the President. The Most Reverend Paul Kwabena Boafo, Chairman of the Council on Friday condemned the act, saying, “by Read more…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has lauded the Ghana Education Service (GES) decision to dismiss students involved in the recent unrest seen recorded in some Senior High Schools. This comes after the GES in a statement on Friday, dismissed 14 students who were found culpable in the protests and Read more…
I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. This week: supercomputers take on COVID-19, beetle backpacks, artificial spiderwebs, the Read more…
My name is Esi. I’m a medical doctor by profession and I am currently studying in the USA. My first issue with mental health was when I was much younger. Twice, I had what I have now come to realize were panic attacks. Then, I did not know what they Read more…
A federal judge has approved the Department of Justice’s efforts to end the Paramount Consent Decrees — 70-year-old court orders that prevented movie studios from engaging in a variety of anti-competitive behaviors, including ownership of movie theaters. U.S. District Court Judge Analisa Torres cited the rise of streaming services like Read more…
Early-stage startup founders who are embarking on a Series A fundraising round should consider this: their relationship with the members of their board might last longer than the average American marriage. In other words, who invests in a startup matters as much — or more — than the total capital Read more…
Sunny Dhillon Contributor Share on Twitter Sunny Dhillon is an early-stage investor at Signia Ventures in San Francisco where he invests in retail tech, e-commerce infrastructure and logistics, alongside consumer and enterprise software startups. More posts by this contributor From farm to phone: A paradigm shift in grocery An optimistic Read more…
The Chinese firm’s investments include Fortnite, Tesla and Universal Music – but it’s under fire in the US. Source: BBC
One of the best-kept secrets in the world of capital is that the federal government has billions of dollars it’s dying to give away to early-stage founders and inventors — and all you have to do is ask. Well, there’s a bit more to it than that, so here’s a Read more…
Since launching our membership product Extra Crunch 1.5 years ago, we’ve added a number of new features at the request of our community. This includes improvements to login stability, introducing the video Q&A series Extra Crunch Live, launching over a dozen Partner Perks and revamping our newsletters. We also listened Read more…
mmhmm, the latest project from Evernote founder Phil Libin and All Turtles, has today announced the launch of the mmhmm Beta 2. The 100,000-strong waitlist of people who have requested access are getting their invite to the platform today. Also part of the beta 2: a handful of new features Read more…
The Electoral Commission says regions along the nation’s borders had the most recorded challenge cases per the number of registered voters in the region. During the ECs ‘Let the Citizens Know’ press briefing Friday, the Deputy EC Chair; Dr Eric Asare Bossman stated that though the Greater Accra and the Read more…
My friend and colleague Natasha Mascarenhas has been reporting on the edtech beat quite a lot in 2020. So far reading her coverage, I’ve discovered that not only is edtech less dull than I anticipated, it’s actually somewhat interesting on a regular basis. This week, for example, India’s Byju bought Read more…
A relationship coach has cautioned against investing so much in relationships. Mama Cathy says persons who invest more in relationships are those who suffer severe emotional breakdowns when there is a breakup. “Love is a feeling, love is an emotion but if you go into a relationship armoured with those Read more…
President Akufo-Addo has nominated three Chief Executives for confirmation by their respective local assemblies. They are: Abdul Mumim Issah for the Sekondi- Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly in the Western Region, Barima Awuah Sarpong Asiedu, Akwapim North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region and Clement Opoku Gyamfi, Amansie South District of the Read more…
The Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA) has condemned an attack on a Daily Graphic reporter at the Bright Senior High School in the Eastern Region. The final year students assaulted Damalie Emmanuel Pacome who was at the examination centre to report on happenings during some disturbances during the West African Senior Read more…
“American Idol” creator Simon Fuller is turning to TikTok to find the next pop superstar, a sign of how much clout the controversial app has gained in the music world. Fuller said Friday that he’ll conduct an audition process over TikTok, the short-form video app that has become a kingmaker Read more…
The Proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been arrested for allegedly instigating students to protest during their West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Bright Ampomah who doubles as headmaster was picked up by the police on Friday when he was about to Read more…
Africa’s largest mobile operator, and South African telecom giant MTN, announced Thursday it would pull out of the Middle East the medium term to concentrate on its pan-African strategy resolving to simplify its portfolio and exit its Middle Eastern assets in an orderly fashion. The group will scrap its interim Read more…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. As ever I was joined by TechCrunch managing editor Danny Crichton and our early-stage venture capital reporter Natasha Mascarenhas. We had Chris on the dials and a pile of news Read more…