Facebook has been accused of multiple breaches of European Union consumer protection law as a result of its attempts to force WhatsApp users to accept controversial changes to the messaging platforms’ terms of use — such as threatening users that the app would stop working if they did not accept Read more…
Racist abuse aimed at football players following Sunday’s tournament finale has been widely condemned. Source: BBC
An original Zelda cartridge and a Mario game set successive records at auction within days. Source: BBC
On June 18, Babajide Duroshola, ex-Country Head, SafeBoda Nigeria, stepped down from his role two years after taking the job post-Andela. Less than a month later, the executive has found a new role as General Manager in Kenyan company, M-KOPA. His appointment coincides with M-KOPA’s broader expansion strategy, which includes Read more…
Flipkart said on Monday it has raised $3.6 billion at a post-money valuation of $37.6 billion in what is widely believed to be the pre-IPO round for the Indian e-commerce conglomerate as it works to list in the public markets as soon as early next year. The new round of Read more…
The government has come under intense pressure to speed up its vaccine programme. Source: BBC
Dovetail co-founders Ash Fogelberg and Nick Frandsen Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds. Dovetail helps them build companies from the ground up, preparing them for growth and more funding. Founded Read more…
The Football Association has condemned racist abuse aimed at England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Sunday’s Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy. All three players missed penalties in the 3-2 shootout loss and were targeted on social media after the game. The FA said it was Read more…
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been named Player of Euro 2020 by Uefa. The 22-year-old, set to join Paris St-Germain from AC Milan on a free transfer, saved two penalties in the Azzurri’s shootout win over England at Wembley that gave his country a first European Championship since 1968. Donnarumma Read more…
England’s Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy was “incredibly painful” but the players gave “everything they possibly could”, said manager Gareth Southgate. The Three Lions, appearing in their first major men’s final for 55 years, were agonisingly beaten on penalties following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes. “We are all Read more…
Google boss Sundar Pichai defends company record on tax – and explains his personal tech habits. Source: BBC
Why voice cloning is not just a threat to actors but could benefit cybercriminals too. Source: BBC
England’s bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in the familiar agony of defeat in a penalty shootout as Italy claimed the Euro 2020 crown at Wembley. On a night of anticipation, tension and ultimate heartbreak in a feverish atmosphere, England looked on course for their Read more…
Upper East Regional Police Command on Sunday, July 11, arrested three suspected armed robbers alleged to be involved in several armed robbery cases in the Nabdam and Zebilla Districts in the Upper East Region. This was revealed in a statement issued by the PRO of the Command, ASP David Fianko-Okyere Read more…
A former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Hohoe Constituency, Dr Bernice Adiku Heloo has been outdoored as Development Queen under the stool name “Mama Amenuvela Ngoryisi I” for her contributions during the construction of the road leading to Wli Todzi. The ceremony was held in Hohoe to officially outdoor Read more…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will begin a pilot of the digital cedi in a sandbox environment in September, the First Deputy Governor of BoG, Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said. Speaking after the opening session of a two-day training for Journalists for Business Advocacy on Understanding Monetary Policy in a Read more…
The Head of Regulations, Inspections and Compliance at the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Kwame Koduah Atuahene, is advocating for a change in the penalty for driving without licence. According to him, many Ghanaians are emboldened to drive on the road without the appropriate licence or none at all, because Read more…
The Tema Regional Command of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department of the Ghana Police Service has advised the public to be cautious when plying the roads to reduce the rate of road accidents. Sergeant Richard Timinka representing the Regional Commander of the MTTD– Ghana Police Service stated at the Read more…
President Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned an 85-bed Central Gonja District Hospital, located in Buipe, in the Savannah Region, at the start of his 2-day tour of the Region The Buipe Hospital, whose construction commenced in 2018, is one of six medical installations for which the Government secured an 80-million-Euro facility Read more…
Virgin Galactic has successfully taken its first passengers to space, including its billionaire founder Richard Branson. The event, at Spaceport America in New Mexico, was a field day for press and employees, complete with an early-morning Khalid set and hero walk by Branson and the crew. “Just imagine a world Read more…