On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) trading activity in terms of volumes on the stock market increased by 287.18% in the week under review as volumes of shares traded scaled up by 2,646,371. Further, the total values of shares traded increased to GHS 4,603,367 representing 1.06% appreciation week on week. There were 7 gainers and … Read more
Horizons Offices proudly presents, a one of a kind art exhibition. Put together in collaboration with KingsCrown Media and Level 8, the Goddesses of Art Exhibition which comes off on Wednesday March 8th looks to curate a unique night of music, stimulating dialogue, and compelling art. Featuring works exclusively from female painters, the event is in commemoration of this year’s International Women’s … Read more
IBM has made its quantum computing system commercially available to businesses and beefed up an existing system used by the research community. The firm is hoping to boost the numbers of people able to use such computers. The machine, based in New York, has been available via the internet since May last year. Future applications … Read more
Pan African Mobile Phone and electronic brand, Rlg Communications Group was among a number of product manufacturers that took part in the just-ended Mobile World Congress in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital … Read more
The President of the Madagascar FA and member of the CAF executive committee, Ahmad says there is an urgent need to reform football in the continent. Ahmad who is also the only man challenging the long standing president of CAF, Issa Hayatou told journalists in Abuja yesterday that he decided to contest the election because … Read more
Vice President for Sale in Africa at Japanese technology company NEC, Chad Baker told Adom News in an exclusive interview at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that “smart cities is not relevant for Africa now.” He cited, in the main, infrastructural, regulatory and attitudinal hurdles that the continent has to deal with to … Read more
The last time Ken Ofori-Atta presented a budget it was perhaps before a small group of NPP bigwigs and he did so as chairman of NPP fundraising committee. That budget was key to how the NPP won the general elections. But today, he presents another type of budget – an exponentially different responsibility because this … Read more
MANAGING Director of Subah Infosolutions Ghana Limited, a wholly Ghanaian owned ICT and telecom solutions provider, Mr. Birendra Sasmal, has disclosed that his outfit saves the telecos US$10 million every month be helping to detect Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) fraud operations. According to him, over the last four years, his company has managed to save the … 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
Parliament’s select committee on communications on Monday toured two facilities of Subah Infosolutions, a leading Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunications solution provider in the country. The visit by the committee members was to enable them acquaint and understand the working procedures of the IT Company. The facilities the Members of Parliament (MPs) visited, included the … Read more
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce (GNCC) has expressed its support for the Indian government and the Trade Promotion Council of India’s (TCPI) initiative of increasing trade relations. The initiative seeks to promote economic growth in Ghana through trade, employment generation and value addition to the country’s raw materials. The Head of Marketing, Trade and … Read more
The Council of State has a very significant role to play in the governance of the country, as it is enjoined by the 1992 Constitution (Chapter 9, Article 89) to “counsel the President in the performance of his functions”. Its advisory role is akin to what pertains in many families where there are elders to … Read more
The Takoradi Technical University this weekend held its first congregation since it was converted from a polytechnic to a technical university. In all, a total of 2,940 graduated successfully in the 2015/2016 academic year. The number was short of 711 students comparing to the 2014/2015 academic year. In the 2015/2016 academic year, 91 students were … Read more
Other members of the Council of State are elected. And then the council helps the president make so many appointments. So Section 70 says: “(1) The President shall, acting in consultation with the Council of State, appoint- (a) the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and his Deputies; (b) the Auditor-General; (c) the District … Read more
A Ghanaian, Mark Amo-Boateng, has made it to the semi-finals of the $7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a three-year global competition challenging teams to advance ocean technologies for rapid, unmanned and high-resolution ocean exploration and discovery. Mr Amo-Boateng’s team is building intelligent low-cost modular AUV/ROV systems to democratize ocean discovery, using advanced artificial intelligence … Read more
Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer was hot on the heels of rookie co-leaders Cody Gribble and Wesley Bryan on Thursday after one round of the US PGA Tour Honda Classic. Bryan and Gribble both teed off early at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and produced six-under par 64s that none of the later … Read more
Between 1977 and 1979, the economic conditions in Ghana had created a huge imbalance in the Ghanaian society leading to serious corruption that was nick named “Kalabule” which virtually replaced National morality in this country. Living conditions had become so unbearable that Ghanaians referred to their own country as “Ogyakrom” meaning fire town in the … Read more
Aboriginal children are 24 times more likely to be detained than non-indigenous Australian children, Amnesty International said Wednesday in a report accusing Canberra of complacency amid a raft of rights abuses. From indigenous justice to offshore refugee processing and Canberra’s silence on the Trump administration’s promotion of waterboarding, the international rights group called on Australia … Read more
A diamond that “everyone was scared to sell”: More than a month after French police arrested the suspected robbers of TV star Kim Kardashian, investigators are piecing together what happened — they just haven’t found the jewels yet. Ten suspects were charged last month in connection with the hold-up of the reality star, who was … Read more
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Dzata George, has lashed out at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for failing to ‘tell the truth’ in his maiden State of the Nation Address on Tuesday. Reacting to the President’s presentation shortly after the State of the Nation address, the Ningo-Prampram legislator described as a hoax, the president’s … Read more