Dr Zanetor Rawlings, Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency, has urged young women to strive to discover themselves, if they are to make a difference in the world of politics.
She said one lesson that politics and public li…
The African Union (AU) has tagged 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption year, aimed at elevating the efforts and activities that key players are deploying and implementing in fighting corruption on the continent this year.
Mrs. Charity H…
Dwight Howard insists he holds no grudges against the Atlanta Hawks and coach Mike Budenholzer.
They traded him to Charlotte after one forgettable season, but Howard, in his 14th season and with his third team in three years, believes i…
Leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to glean information from large data sets is the greatest technology opportunity of a generation. After a decade of acquiring talent from startups and research universities, tech comp…
Mr Lloyd Alexander Djangmah, former Principal of Offinso College of Education, has said that a corrupt class of teachers could harm the nation more seriously than a class of corrupt and perverted police, politicians or technocrats.
He t…
Dr (Mrs) Edem Sokpor, Executive Director, Deon and Noed International (DNI), has advised students to acquire employable skills, including competency and creativity.
She said because of fewer job openings vis-a-vis the increasing number …
Pop star Rihanna urged fans on Thursday to delete Snapchat after the social media app ran an ad making fun of her 2009 beating at the hands of then boyfriend Chris Brown.
Shares of Snap Inc (SNAP.N), the company that makes the app, were…
Côte d’Ivoire marks the pilot launch of the digital bank
Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the Bank’s first digital bank in Africa and the first-of-…
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ruled that five other women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault over the years could testify at his retrial on charges of drugging and assaulting a former friend, giving prosecutors an ear…
Ghana will on March 22, join the rest of the world to mark the World TB Day in Accra to the theme: Launching: 22 March, 2018 on the theme: “World TB Day on the theme “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free World”.
The Day, which falls on March…
President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for the newly created municipal and district assemblies to show more creativity to woo investors. They should focus on finding innovative ways to efficiently manage the natural and human re…
Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday signed a US$39.01 million loan agreement to support government’s Flagship Programme in Agriculture: Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ).
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, s…
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking and sends its deepest condolences to his loved ones.
"Stephen was a huge supporter of AIMS. His only visit…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies fought, rallied and were on the verge of snapping their losing streak, only to have an ill-advised foul lead to two successful free throws and another defeat.
Chicago rookie Antonio Blakeney conve…
Facebook wants you to pay for internet. This week TechCrunch was tipped off that Facebook had quietly launched an Express Wi-Fi Android app in the Google Play store that lets users buy data packs and find nearby hotspots as part of Face…
This week the campaign targets 2.7 million children in the southern and central states, along with 1.1 million children in Somaliland
A nationwide campaign continues in Somalia to protect millions of children against the potentially d…
Persuading China’s Iron and Steel Association to do their business in Africa neatly blends environmental concerns with the government’s geopolitical motives to push investment in Africa
In 2015, The economist published “It’s a STEEL!”…
Egypt Launches Digital Forensic Lab to Improve Intellectual Property Rights' (IPR) Protection and Enforcement
Govt. made great strides to combat cyber-crime and crack down on IP infringement
The Government of Egypt has announced to…
Unilever, the consumer goods giant that makes Marmite and Dove soap, has chosen Rotterdam over London for its headquarters.
The Anglo-Dutch firm said it would now be one legal entity in the Netherlands in a bid to become "more agile".
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The Group Nduom (GN) Bank, an indigenous private Ghanaian owned commercial bank, has unveiled GN Mobile Money system in the Upper West Region to better serve and give its customers new experience in modern banking.
The new mobile money …
Parliament on Wednesday approved the formula for sharing the GH¢924 million of the Ghana Education Trust (GETFund) for the 2018 fiscal year. Out of the amount approved for the GETFund, GH¢328,136,603 has been allocated to tertiary inst…
Media practitioners have been challenged to report on the mechanisms, declarations, protocols, charters, and instruments of the African Union (AU), to enable the citizenry to be abreast with its activities.
The body has established many…
The final report of the West Africa Growth Ring Corridor Master Plan (WAGRIC) that contains the action plans and strategies aimed at achieving spatial and economic integration of the sub-region has been presented.
The plan aims at enhan…
The much-awaited Premier League season kicked off on a blistering note as Inter Allies thrashed Bechem United 3:0 in Kumasi.
Dan Amanfo scored the historic first goal of the season before Nigerian Victorien Adje Adebayor’s hit a remarka…
The US has imposed sanctions on 19 Russians, accusing them of interference in the 2016 US election and alleged cyber-attacks.
They include 13 individuals charged last month by Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Treasu…
The chief executive of a company that created highly-secure smartphones allegedly used by some of the world's most notorious criminals has been indicted.
Canadian-based Phantom Secure made "tens of millions of dollars" selling the modif…
The Deputy General Secretary (Operations) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Koku Anyidoho, has advised political parties in the country to take a cue from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Af…
As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern and southern Syria in recent days, activists say.
Russian air strikes reportedly killed 31 people in the Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus on Friday, …
The head of the most influential U.S. business lobbying group warned the Trump administration that unilateral tariffs on Chinese goods could lead to a destructive trade war that will hurt American consumers and U.S. economic growth.
U.S…
On March 7, news broke that uniBank Ghana Limited had taken over the Agricultural Development Bank after a consortium of four institutional investors, led by Belstar Capital Limited, had pledged its shares and all the accompanying entitlem…
Government has been asked to stop the re-engagement of retirees on contract to facilitate the fresh employment of graduates, the Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo has said.
The Auditor General observed with displeasure that most gove…
A teacher who resorted to drawing on a chalkboard for his computer skills class because his school in Ghana had no working PCs, has been given a star treatment at an international educators’ conference hosted by Microsoft in Singapore.
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Kotoka International Airport’s ambitious Terminal 3 is now ready for use. Its completion is as much a tribute to continuity after a change of political administration as it is the result of the vision of Ghana Airports Company itself, repo…
More than 200 Ghanaians are currently studying medicine in Cuba and are due to become fully fledged doctors in about a year’s time.
With Cuba globally acclaimed for its robust health system, their return home is expected to strengthen t…
Ghana’s large food import bill presently amounts to two million dollars a year, a development which will affect the country’s economy without a quick change in policy.
The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Ron striker who said this i…
Ghana, the west African nation known as one of the world's largest cocoa producers, is on course for skyrocketing economic growth this year thanks to an entirely different commodity.
Ghana is "about to have an oil boom," Imad Mesdoua, s…
Three African countries that are home to the bulk of the continent’s elephants have signed a petition asking Britain and the rest of the EU to ban the legal trade in antique ivory.
At a wildlife summit in Botswana, the country’s preside…
BlackBerry Ltd, has extended Executive Chairman and Chief Executive John Chen’s contract by five years through November 2023, the Canadian company said on Thursday.
Chen joined BlackBerry in November 2013, charged with breathing life in…
Uber [UBER.UL] said on Thursday it will share data gathered from the millions of trips its cars make in London in the latest move to meet requests from the city’s regulator, which stripped the taxi app of its license last year.
Uber is …
Max Riedel has just admitted to losing hundreds of thousands of euros before the age of 30, and he is being enthusiastically applauded.
The Berlin-born business owner is addressing an unusual audience - young techies gathered on a Thurs…
A team-up between rapper Drake and top Fortnite player Ninja has broken the record for the most people watching an individual's Twitch stream.
More than 600,000 people tuned in to watch the pair play the survival co-op shooting game on …
Killer selfies and carefully constructed social media profiles are the very currency of the Kardashians.
However, youngest sister Khloe's latest campaign - "Khlo-C-D" - has faced an online backlash from fans.
The week-long series, wh…
Actor Pierce Brosnan has told Indian authorities that he was "cheated" by a mouth freshener company that had employed him to promote its brand.
He had been asked to explain why he was in an ad for Pan Bahar which is linked with an addic…
Nikola Jokic was cool after his eighth triple-double of the season.
With good reason: He was covered in ice packs -- one on his right wrist and another on his back, no doubt courtesy of his tussle with big man counterpart Andre Drummond…
When Ricky Rubio was shoved to the floor twice, it didn't take long for the rest of his Utah Jazz teammates to come to his defense.
"On this team, we all love each other, so that makes it easy to stick up for each other," rookie Donovan…
There was no celebrating in Houston's locker room on Thursday night after the Rockets clinched the Southwest Division title.
"It's good, but not this year. We want that No. 1 seed and that's the main goal right now," Eric Gordon said.
…
Toronto's DeMar DeRozan figured out how to beat Indiana at its own game.
He sped things up and eventually, the Pacers wore down.
DeRozan scored 16 of his 24 points in the second half, Jonas Valanciunas finished with 16 points and 17 …
Mathieu Bastareaud will captain France against Wales in Cardiff after Guilhem Guirado was ruled out with injury.
Guirado will sit out Les Bleus' final Six Nations match with a knee problem, while fullback Hugo Bonneval is also sidelined…
FIA president Jean Todt is against extending Ferrari's veto over Formula One's regulations when it expires at the end of 2020.
The longstanding veto was upheld under the last commercial agreement between the sport and teams in 2013 and …
Alun Wyn Jones will return to captain Wales against France in Cardiff on Saturday, but there is no place for Steff Evans or Aaron Shingler.
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Evans and Shingler have been among Wales' top …