Douglas Tompkins’s widow vividly remembers the suspicions the late billionaire raised when he started buying up land in Patagonia, the natural paradise at the bottom of South America. Some accused him of preparing a storage site for American nuclear waste, she says. Others said he was starting a cult, still others that he wanted to … Read more
Tesla on Wednesday announced plans to raise $1.15 billion in new funding to help fuel production of a mass market-targeted Model 3 electric car set for release this year. Tesla said that it planned to offer $250 million in common stock and $750 million in convertible notes, with underwriters being given the option to buy … Read more
3FM’s mid morning host, Miriam Osei Agyemang, says books are still prohibitively expensive for the economically struggling poor communities in Ghana. She observed “the door to economic prosperity remains closed for many children in the rural areas and knowledge will be the key to that door”. Miriam made the observation while speaking at Manya Jorpanya … Read more
Australia’s prime minister held talks with Elon Musk on Sunday after the US innovator offered to solve the energy crisis plaguing a southern region in a hundred days — or install the technology free. Musk, the entrepreneur behind electric carmaker Tesla, made the pledge in response to power woes in South Australia, which was last … Read more
Uber’s rise to the top of the ride-sharing industry is due in large part to its hard-charging founder and chief executive, Travis Kalanick. But while Kalanick has steered Uber to a valuation in the tens of billions of dollars with operations worldwide, he and the company have been bruised by this aggressiveness, prompting a search … Read more
Beach soccer club managers, association executives, officials and other key stakeholders have met in Accra ahead of their congress. The gathering lasted almost three hours at the home of beach soccer, Laboma Beach resort in La. In attendance were the President of the association, the Vice, assistant national team coach, protocol officer, the organising secretary … Read more
U. S. Based Ghanaian Digital Entrepreneur Benoni Tagoe is working on a new project with Basketball star Lebron James. The former will be consulting on digital strategy and the development of UNINTERRUPTED, a podcast network owned by the Cleveland Cavaliers player. Tagoe is a Business Development Executive of Issa Rae Productions, and is the brain behind … Read more
Elon Musk, boss of electric car firm Tesla, says he can help solve South Australia’s power crisis within 100 days – and if not he’ll do it for free. The offer follows a series of blackouts in the state. On Thursday, Tesla executive Lyndon Rive had said the company could install 100-300 megawatt hours of … Read more
President Donald Trump is facing his biggest foreign policy challenge yet after North Korea fired a ballistic missile salvo in a supposed training run for an attack on US bases in Japan. Pyongyang blasted at least four missiles across the ocean toward its eastern neighbor on Monday, and three of the rockets splashed down into … Read more
Rapper M.anifest over the weekend joined DJ Edu on BBC 1Xtra for a Ghanaian Independence Day special. M. Dot spoke about his career, upcoming projects and also dropped a fire freestyle. M.anifest is an internationally acclaimed award-winning Hip Hop artist from Accra, Ghana, known for musical boundary crossing multilingual wordplay, and a refreshing hybrid songwriting … Read more
Broadcast Journalist Nana Aba Anamoah has been appointed as the News Editor of GhOneTV. Her new mandate started on March 1, 2017. Anamoah joined the EIB Network owned station in December 2016 as a lead news anchor. She also hosts ‘Cheers,’ a female dominated sports discussion show on the Ridge based Television station. She is also the … Read more
The Finance Minister says government would focus on improving liquidity for banks through the payment of State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) debts. Ken Ofori-Atta said government would pay debts owed banks over the short to medium-term in line with its debt sustainability framework. Presenting the 2017 maiden Budget Statement to Parliament Thursday, the Finance Minister said creating … Read more
The Akufo-Addo government would introduce a national digital property addressing system to protect lands and other properties of citizens. Presenting the 2017 Budget Statement to Parliament Thursday, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attah said this is aimed at facilitating improved ownership data and unique identification of properties across the country. “A proper identification of properties would ensure … 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
Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles will participate in the 24th season of US reality show “Dancing With the Stars,” broadcaster ABC said Wednesday, joining a lineup that also includes former figure skating darling Nancy Kerrigan and 1980s star Mr T. Starting in 2005 and modeled on the British program “Strictly Come Dancing,” the show pairs … Read more
Snap Inc, owner of popular messaging app Snapchat, will price its initial public offering after the U. S. stock market closes on Wednesday in the most eagerly awaited technology IPO since Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba went public in 2014. The pricing will be the first test of investor appetite for a social-media app beloved by … 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
While Apple is putting the finishing touches to its ‘Spaceship’ campus in Cupertino, Google has unveiled the latest plans for a new ‘flower power’ campus in nearby Mountain View. The tech giant has shared new renders of its Google Charleston East campus, which highlights a two-story building that boasts a flower petal-like canopy structure on … Read more
Tesla reported on Wednesday that it slipped back into the red in the recently ended quarter while revenue revved, with orders for some of electric car models hitting record highs. The company forecast that demand for its cars would show strong growth in the first half of this year, and shares rose more than 1.5 … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Smartbid Ghana Company Limited says government spends about twenty million Cedis annually on publication and advertisement for procurement. According to the Co-founder of Smartbid Company Limited, the government can easily save about thirty percent (30%) of the money spent on publications if only the state can rely on online bidding … Read more