Former Deputy Minister for Tourism, Dzifa Gomashie has stated that one of the problems she encountered while in Office is inadequate funding for operations of the Ministry. According to the MP for Ketu South Constituency, this is unfair to a Ministry government keeps touting as one with potential to attract Read more…
The Overlord of the Wala Traditional Area, Wa Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has lauded the Military High Command for swiftly sanctioning the soldiers who engaged in the brutality against civilians in Wa over an alleged missing phone. He said the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong Peprah, Read more…
Senior Vice-President of Imani Africa has blamed the excesses in public expenditure by the Executive arm of government, on Parliament’s failure to check the practice. Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile, Saturday, Mr Kofi Bentil said Parliament’s inability to effectively execute that task arises from its own luxurious expenditure. “I think that Read more…
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes Read more…
After months of beta testing, Y Combinator has launched a co-founder matching platform. The platform invites entrepreneurs to create profiles, which include information about themselves and preferences for a co-founder, such as location and skill sets. It digests that information and offers a number of potential candidates that fit those Read more…
The Bank of Ghana has assured customers of commercial banks that customers whose dormant accounts are transferred to the Central Bank will not lose such funds. As such, they or their legal representatives can make claims for the funds by presenting all relevant documentation. This follows reaction to information circulating Read more…
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. It’s the end of a short week, but instead of not having Read more…
Albert Wenger Contributor Share on Twitter Albert Wenger is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Digital technologies have disrupted the structure of markets with unprecedented breadth and scale. Today, there is yet another wave of innovation emerging, and that is the decarbonization of the global economy. While governments still Read more…
The Labour Court in Accra has struck out 41 pages of a 64-paged document submitted by lawyer for Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI), Rodney Heward-Mills, as defence against a petition by one of six former Pastors of the Church, Larry Odonkor. Judge Frank Aboadwe Rockson’s judgement on the defence filed by LCI Read more…
In Part 1, we stated that if the charterer goes beyond the laytime it is a breach of the charter party and the party in breach shall be liable to pay damages for such a breach. This liquidated damage is what is known as demurrage. It is important to know Read more…
Convener for the #FixTheCountry campaign has disclosed that there are ongoing talks with the family of Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed, the social activist who was murdered in Ejura, to rethink their decision not to testify before the three-member committee set to investigate the June 29, 2021 unrest. According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, Read more…
Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has described as bogus, claims by Military and Police personnel deployed in Ejura on June 29, that the protestors had guns which they fired at them. “It cannot be true. Look, we’ve seen different types of videos. They were armed, Read more…
The 1998 old students of Obuasi Senior High Technical School have presented two EV 6 robotic kits to the School Robotic Club to support the innovative invention. The items are to help the student develop their innovative skills, improve their understanding, and give them practical experience. The robotic team leader Read more…
Paint, or pixels? That’s the question that Prince Gyasi wants you to ask when you see his work. “You should be confused whether it’s a painting or a photograph,” he said. “If you’re not confused, it means I failed.” Manipulating his photos digitally to enhance or change colours, the 26-year-old Read more…
Media consultant and host of ‘Good Morning Ghana’, Randy Abbey, says intelligence picked by security agencies in Ejura of a possible rampage should have enabled them to put in measures to prevent the mayhem that occurred on June 29. Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, he said the key significance Read more…
The State, through the police, the Attorney-General, and the High Court, has for over a month frustrated and continue to frustrate a group of citizens from exercising a basic constitutional universal human right to hold a demonstration. It is provided in Article 21 clause 1(d) that “[a]ll persons shall have Read more…
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has attributed the surge in prices of some goods on the local market in recent times to a spike in freight charges by vessels docking at Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). According to the Association, “In some cases, freight has tripled just in Read more…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it has commenced processes to meter all fire hydrants in the country. This, according to the company, will check the illegal drawing and sale of water from the hydrants by employees of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). The service had alleged that Read more…
Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching the same Netflix TV shows and movies simultaneously. It also enabled them to dish about the action in a Read more…
One might think that a short week due to a U.S. holiday calls for a short weekly recap, but we have plenty to share about growth marketing from our coverage over the week. With the help of your recommendations, this week we were able to interview Peep Laja and Lucy Read more…