Scientists are to test whether an experimental drug can prevent potentially deadly blood clots associated with Covid-19.
The trial, funded by the British Heart Foundation, will test the theory the clots are caused by a hormone imbalance…
As businesses re-open their doors across Ghana, they have help from a contact tracing app based on New Zealand's successful COVID Tracer.
Widely credited for helping New Zealand reach zero active cases, the NZ COVID Tracer assigned ea…
Government’s commitment to diversify Angola’s economy continues to offer opportunities for investors in the power sector
Angola expects to implement a USD 400 million two-phase project in the clean energy segment, funded by the World Ba…
My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be offered virtually this year
Today, Facebook (www.facebook.com) announced the launch of …
#ACACaresCovid19: The economics of advertising - Association for Communications and Advertising (ACA) invests in futures
ACA is spearheading and making possible Bizcommunity’s weekly series, acknowledging South Africa’s creative marketi…
Most kids in Ghana in few days’ time will be going back to school. During time, man of such kids will be going through mix of emotions .
Easing back after the holidays can range from feeling really excited and eager to concern, fear or an…
As the pandemic continues to influence how organisations operate and behave, African businesses need to adapt its workforce and technology considerations
There is something remarkable about the African continent, the scarcity and comple…
As part of Fidelity Bank’s COVID-19 response strategy, the bank has partnered with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to present a four-part webinar series to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with financial and business…
Annecy Film Festival Artistic Director Says Animation Is Thriving as Pandemic Creates Major Challenges for Global Entertainment Business
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival based in the town of Annecy, France recently prese…
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady, Sunday called on all healthy Ghanaians to donate blood and save lives, as the world marks Blood Donor Day today.
"Today I am supporting the call for all healthy Ghanaian citizens, to be Champions…
Ghana has confirmed 304 new infections of the COVID-19, bringing the country's case count to 11,422, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced.
Additionally, it has confirmed three new deaths, increasing the country's death toll to 5…
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has warned that anyone found in public space without a face mask will be arrested by the Police.
He said the act constituted an offence and the Police have been instructed to enforce this directive…
Some 141 Ghanaian students stranded in Benin on Saturday arrived in the country through the Aflao Border in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region.
The students, 17 males and 124 females from three tertiary institutions in the …
Lizzo is calling out her “fat-shamers” with a message on TikTok about body positivity and her ongoing health journey in response to those who speak negatively about her figure.
“I’ve been working out consistently for the last five years…
When US Democrats in Congress proposed legislation to reform the police following weeks of protests over the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of a white officer, commenters on social media only wanted to talk about one t…
Mr Jonathan Osei Owusu, Executive Director, POS Foundation, has commended the Ghana Prisons Service for the preemptive protocols adopted, which has contributed significantly towards safeguarding the security of prisoners and ensuring their…
It's been a rough few weeks for Donald Trump. A spate of polls with bad news, reports of turmoil in his campaign. And his presidency has been beset by a seemingly interminable series of crises. Is his re-election bid in serious peril?
D…
Compassion International Ghana (CIG) has presented a cheque for GH¢50,000.00 each to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Institute (NMIMR) and the Ghana Health Service for their support in contributing to COVID-19 response.
Mrs G…
Iran has seen a rapid surge in the numbers of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, sparking fears it might be facing a second wave of the pandemic.
Iran started to relax its lockdown in mid-April, after the number of infections declined, …
Adding streaming services will give Africa’s biggest pay-TV group, MultiChoice, a head start when online viewing takes off on the continent, it said on Thursday, after revealing it had deals with Netflix and Amazon.
CEO Calvo Mawela, in…
At Snap’s Partner Summit, the company shared its newest effort to entice third-party devs to Snapchat . It’s called Minis.
Snap Minis are lightweight third-party programs that live inside the app’s Chat section, which users can quickly …
Freight forwarders worried about delays in clearing goods at the ports due to challenges in accessing the new Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) have called on President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene to save the country the…
Stanbic Bank has donated Covid-19 items to three health care institutions to help fight the pandemic.
The institutions are Ghana Health Service (GHS), Cardiothoracic Unit of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, and 37 Military Hospital.
The GHS…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is optimistic on the country's economy, the largest in Africa, despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Buhari says the pandemic has had a "moderate" effect in the country compared to other e…
Organizers of the Coachella music festival confirmed on Thursday that the event would no longer take place this year because of the coronavirus epidemic, but announced new dates for April 2021.
Coachella, one of the biggest music festiv…
Snap is announcing at its Snap Partner Summit that the first games that will take advantage of Bitmoji will roll out soon. The feature was announced last year, and it looks like developers can finally take advantage of that SDK. You’ll be …
The Bia East District Assembly in the Western North Region has presented items and cash all valued at GH¢56,400.
00 to 50 persons with disabilities (PWD's) in the District.
In all, 22 received deep freezers, while one received a bran…
Some economic trees in some parts of the Upper East Region are under serious threat as they are continuously being destroyed in the course of clearing land for agriculture activities.
Among the trees most affected are the shea and baoba…
For the thousands of farmers living in communities along the Babaso-Attakura No.1- Attakura No.
2 road in the Ejura Sekyedumase Municipality, the construction of that stretch means they are getting back their livelihoods.
The poor na…
Researchers at St. Petersburg State University - the alma mater of Russian President Vladimir Putin - continue their battle with the coronavirus infection, but coming up with new tools that will help defuse not only COVID-19, but its cou…
As part of precautionary measures to stem the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the Sunyani Municipal Assembly has set up clinics in market places in the Municipality to attend to suspected cases of the virus disease.
Accord…
Construction works will start on a six-acre land at Gbedzekope in the Akame Electoral Area for a Cassava Processing Factory for Ketu South Municipality under government’s One District One Factory (1D1F) project in 14 days.
The New Patri…
Delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been cautioned not to change the Presidential and Parliamentary tickets that the party fielded for the 2016 elections.
“As the adage goes, you don’t change a winning team; you don’t…
Ten African countries are driving the spread of Covid-19 in the continent, the World Health Organization has said.
South Africa, Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Ivory Coast acc…
Economic damage caused by the pandemic could plunge 400 million more people into extreme poverty, according to a new study, with those in south and east Asia worst affected.
The paper, published by the UN, lays out several scenarios to …
San Diego Comic-Con organizers have settled on dates for this year’s all-virtual event. The at-home version of the annual convention, officially called Comic-Con@Home, will be held from Wednesday, July 22 through Sunday, July 26.
Badges…
Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta, the Minister for Roads and Highways on Wednesday inspected two ongoing road projects in the Northern and Savannah Regions.
The two road projects are the Upgrading of the Salaga-Bimbilla stretch of about 71 kilometer…
Villagers in the Huancavelica region of Peru are detaining eight technicians who were repairing an antenna, over fears their work would spread Covid-19.
The villagers mistakenly believed that the workers - who had come to fix a wirele…
If you’ve ever wanted to try out OpenAI’s vaunted machine learning toolset, it just got a lot easier. The company has released an API that lets developers call its AI tools in on “virtually any English language task.”
Basically, if you’…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife, 42-year-old Olena Zelenska, has tested positive for Covid-19.
In a Facebook post, the president's office says the first lady is feeling well and has no symptoms. She is being treated in iso…
Byta, the music sharing service for pre-releases and other use cases where there is a need to share sound files privately, has picked up around $1.4 million in seed funding.
The round was led by the Canada Media Fund, with participation…
British rapper Stormzy said on Thursday he will donate 10 million pounds over the course of a decade to causes that empower black people.
“The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit, is that black…
Ecobank Ghana Limited, as part of its corporate social responsibility has supported the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund with an amount of GHC1.3million.
The donation, which was in collaboration with Ecobank Foundation, comprises a ca…
The impact of the UK's coronavirus lockdown is "going to be tough for a few months but we will get through it", Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
The PM was speaking after new figures showed the country's economy had suffered its b…
The Tema West Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Dennis Amfo-Sefah, has highlighted candor as one of the selling points of President Akufo-Addo that sets him apart from others.
“It is not for nothing that…
U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries’ media unit Network18, about a multi-year partnership to source content, three sources told Reuters, in a move that would e…
Mr Benjamin Kpodo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho Central Constituency has presented 10, 000 nose masks to people in the Constituency to stem the spread of Covid-19.
He described the presentation as a "rescue mission to empower my…
Reverend Robert Seddoh, Chairman for the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS) in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region has said it would be difficult for private schools in the District to reopen for final year stud…
In a bid to control and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic on school campuses, Waste Management giant Zoomlion, in collaboration with the Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) will undertake a mass disinfection and fumigati…
Dr. E.K Obeng, NPP parliamentary aspirant for Tafo-Pankrono constituency, has pledged to make judicious use of the Member of Parliament (MP) share of the Common Fund to promote development in the constituency.
He said as a medical offic…
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