The Gang spends a lot of time these days on the streaming wars, so it seems appropriate that Congress wants to get into it. With Netflix’s success at overturning the structure of Hollywood’s broadcast television production and advertising processes, consumers are taking advantage of a Golden Age of choices. Senator Read more…
In 2013, eight tech companies were accused of funneling their users’ data to the U.S. National Security Agency under the so-called PRISM program, according to highly classified government documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Six months later, the tech companies formed a coalition under the name Reform Government Surveillance, Read more…
Peter Boyce II has left General Catalyst to start his own firm, a little over a year after the venture capital firm promoted him to partner. His new firm is called Stellation Capital, and filings indicate that he is looking to raise up to $40 million for the debut investment Read more…
Instacart has appointed Facebook executive Fidji Simo as its new CEO, just seven months after she joined the grocery delivery company’s board of directors. Simo, formerly the vice president and head of the Facebook app, will replace Instacart founder and current CEO Apoorva Mehta on August 2. Mehta will transition Read more…
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One viewer said on social media they had missed 14 minutes of Wednesday’s England v Denmark game. Source: BBC
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has stated that the President allows him to work without any interference. He made this statement in an interview with Kojo Yankson on Joy News AM Show, Thursday. “We have a President who allows you to work, when he designates you to represent Read more…
Circle has announced that it plans to become a public company. The cryptocurrency company will merge with Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC. Circle is better known as one of the founding members of the Centre consortium with Coinbase. Along with other crypto partners, they have issued USD Coin (USDC), a Read more…
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has disclosed that the traders who were relocated from Agbogbloshie to Adjen Kotoku, will be medically screened. This is to ensure that they are healthy to undertake their economic activities. The health screening has been necessitated by the fact that the traders have been Read more…
The Baatsona Police have rescued 10 Nigerians from their traffickers at Coastal Estates down, on the Spintex road. In a police report sighted by JoyNews, an SOS call to the police is said to have been sent on Tuesday, July 6, at about 4 pm. Giving more details, the report Read more…
The pandemic has been a time for a lot of reflection on both a personal and business level. Tech companies in particular are assessing whether they will ever again return to a full time, in-office approach. Some are considering a hybrid approach and some may not go back to a Read more…
Legacy TV services like HSN and QVC may have put live shopping shows on the map for consumers, but livestream commerce got a completely new boost of life in the pandemic, with retailers and e-commerce leviathans tapping a perfect storm of the craze for video entertainment, a trend (or even Read more…
The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Ghana has increased by 652 in less than two months. In 38 days, Ghana’s active Covid-19 cases have ballooned to 1,849 cases per the latest data available on the Ghana Health Service’s website. Out of the 1,849 active cases, 23 are in Read more…
A 34-year-old man, Kwasi Kumi who allegedly murdered his wife, aged 39, after a misunderstanding that ensued between them on Tuesday, is under police arrest at the hospital. After murdering his wife, Kwasi Kumi attempted suicide, which landed him in hospital. The incident occurred at Breman Asikuma, a suburb of Read more…
A 2016 study by global consultancy PwC states that an estimated 90% of sales in Africa’s major economies come through informal channels like markets and kiosks. In sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of these household retail transactions are carried out via a network of about 100 million MSMEs. Africa’s retail payments, mostly Read more…
Five months after announcing a $3 million seed round from Spero Ventures, shopping-focused live video host Talkshoplive is back, this time with a $6 million seed extension led by Raine Ventures. The new round of funding gives Los Angeles-based Talkshoplive $10.5 million raised to date and enables it to scale Read more…
Beyond Meat today announced the arrival of its new plant-based Chicken Tenders at upward of 400 U.S. based restaurants. The news follows continued growth for the California-based faux meat giant, which includes expansion to Walmart stores, Taco Bell restaurants and a big push into China over the past year. The Read more…
Founder of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, says he has “had enough of the deliberate and malicious campaigns that have been waged against his person, his family and businesses the past four years. In what he says is a first firm step to deal with the “viciously orchestrated lies” Read more…
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has revealed that government will soon establish a City Response Team to assist the security agencies to enforce bylaws in various Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in the region. In an interview with JoyNews on Thursday, Mr Quartey stated that the move is to Read more…
The Attorney General’s Office has been sued by two NDC MPs over Parliament’s approval of salaries for the spouses of the President and Vice President. The MPs are Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor of South Dayi and Dr Clement Apaak of Builsa South. They are joined by Frederick Nii Commey. They are Read more…