Amazon announced Friday that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery store chain, for 42 U. S. dollars per share, in an all-cash deal valued approximately at 13.7 billion U.S. dollars. Following the announcement, shares of Whole Foods spiked over 27 percent, while shares of the e-commerce giant rallied 3 percent. The deal is … Read more
Fiercely intelligent, acerbic and relentlessly liberal Rachel Maddow has defied ultra-feminine stereotypes to become the most watched news host in the United States, riding the wave of the Trump presidency and chaos at Fox News. The 44-year-old former Rhodes Scholar who has lived publicly as a lesbian since college looks like no other woman on … Read more
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has received a gift of furniture from Mobility International to replace the old ones and fittings at the GOC secretariat in Accra. Presenting the furniture to the GOC last Friday, the Co-Founder and CEO of Mobility International, Muhammad Abid, stressed the need to support the GOC in order to transform … Read more
Over 50 high school students from the United States and Ghana faced off in Washington, DC on March 18 to create innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) solutions to critical global challenges. Team “Big Bang Brains of the World,” comprised of students and teachers from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Edinaman … Read more
Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban and the ensuing heightened security procedures for travelers from outside the U. S. have caused a great deal of trouble for visitors to the country. On Sunday, though, things got taken to the next level when the Customs and Border Protection office reportedly claimed its latest victim: 28-year-old Celestine Omin, … Read more
After a dearth of technology listings in 2016, Snapchat parent Snap is set for its market debut as early as this week. The initial public offering (IPO) if successful could presage a wave of listings from the sector’s so-called “unicorns” — those with a valuation of at least $1 billion based on private funding sources. … Read more
Orios Capital, an emerging patient capital firm established to co-invest into scalable and impact-based startups in Africa, has announced plans to raise more than one million dollars. The move is in line with the company’s vision to become the name behind a global business giant from Africa. It also forms part of its strategy to … Read more