The United States approved two large military contracts totalling more than $1.4 billion on Monday after promising Saudi Arabia a huge arms package to counter any threat from Iran. Last month, on his first foreign trip, US President Donald Trump visited the kingdom and promised its leaders access to $110 billion in weapons and training. … Read more
Mr George Kyei-Baffuor, a local governance advocate says the best mode for communities to address crime in their midst is to report the offenders to the police for prosecution. He was however, quick to blame the inability of law enforcement agencies to ensure speedy adjudication of cases brought before them as a major setback. Speaking … Read more
All Nation University’s giant steps towards putting Ghana in the ‘League of Nations’ exploring space technology will attract global attention on Saturday as the country’s first satellite, GhanaSat 1, developed by Ghanaian students is set to be launched into space. The satellite will first be launched to the International Space Station by Space X CRS-11 … Read more
When General Motors CEO Mary Barra introduced the Chevrolet Bolt at the CES gadget show last year, she took a shot at Tesla. Buyers can be confident because Chevy has 3,000 U. S. dealers to service the new electric vehicle, she said. The implication was that Tesla, with just 69 service centers nationwide, can make … Read more
Apple said Thursday it has paid out more than $70 billion to app developers since opening its App Store in 2008, and that the ecosystem is still growing. “People everywhere love apps and our customers are downloading them in record numbers,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of marketing, in a statement ahead of … Read more
Private US companies hired at a blistering pace in May, accelerating from the pause in April back to the trend of the past six months, payroll firm ADP reported Thursday. With only two sectors showing declines, nonfarm private employment surged 253,000 in May, nearly identical to the gain in March. That far surpassed the consensus … Read more
Busy has launched the second phase of its e-learning and social portal, JUMP. Branded JUMP Academy, the addition to the already exciting online educational portal sees the inclusion of audio-visual materials covering various academic and professional courses put together by experienced professionals and lecturers tailored to the local curriculum. JUMP JUMP Academy has been added … Read more
The Forty under 40 Awards another initiative from Xodus Communications Limited seeks to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age forty from a wide range of industries we cover, who are committed to business growth, professional excellence and community service and have risen … Read more
Andy Rubin, one the creators of Google’s Android software, has launched his own high-end smartphone. Mr Rubin left Google in 2014 to create Playground, a technology investment company. Essential is one of the companies it funds – and the Essential Phone is its first product. The device runs the Android operating system and has gone … Read more
Shares of Amazon surged above $1,000 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in the rise of the American online retail giant. Near 14:10 GMT, the company’s shares were selling at $997.97, up 0.2 percent after earlier getting as high as $1,001.20. Amazon’s market capitalization stood at about $478 billion, more than twice that … Read more
Minister of Aviation, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has asked foreign companies that supply high-tech equipment to the airline industry in Ghana to train Ghanaians in the maintenance of such equipment to cut down cost. “Many a time, we have to fly down technicians from abroad to come and fix the least problem when there is … Read more
Chinese netizens fumed Thursday over a government ban on live coverage of Google algorithm AlphaGo’s battle with the world’s top Go player, as the programme clinched their three-match series in the ancient board game. The artificial intelligence (AI) programme won its second straight match against 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who will try … Read more
The Indian government has announced plans to roll out ‘Swachh Bharat Toilet Locator’ in 85 cities by 2 October 2017. The app is available for download on the Google Play Store to help people locate public toilets near their location. The app was published by the Ministry of Urban Development and it uses Google Maps … Read more
The awards comes with 15 categories, which will be judged by a board of JURY. The Ghana Events Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honor and celebrate indigenous Ghanaian Events and organizers who set the pace for excellence in event management across the country. An initiative of Event Guide Ghana in partnership with Avance … Read more
Almost two months after 3FM 92.7’s Community Connect programme took up the issue of the non-existence of a place of convenience for the Kanda Estates Cluster of Schools, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly has woken up to its task and finishing a 12-seater facility that was left idle for over two years. The lack of the … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has sued The Republic – a pro-National Democratic Congress (NDC) newspaper – over a publication suggesting that he had abused his office by using his position to extend diplomatic courtesies to the alleged Chinese galamsey (illegal mining) queen, Aisha Huang, in return for personal pleasures. The former Member … Read more
he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated pool water: Outbreaks of a parasitic diarrhea-causing infection linked to pools and water playgrounds doubled in the United States from 2014 to 2016, according to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report issued Thursday by the … Read more
The Ghana Events Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honor and celebrate indigenous Ghanaian Events and organizers who set the pace for excellence in event management across the country. An initiative of Event Guide Ghana in partnership with Avance Media, the awards is based on the need to promote & highlight organizations and people … Read more
Davi Moreira looks like any other young Rio de Janeiro beach lover as he heads down to the Ipanema surf each week – at least until he dons his blue mermaid’s tail. Other bathers watch on in astonishment as Moreira, 22, performs his weekly ritual. However, as part of a trend in Brazil and as … Read more
Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS) held its first-ever fundraising dinner in Ghana last Saturday to support needy children, who require complex spine surgery. The maiden fundraising will sow the seed for the FOCOS Endowment Fund. The event, which had the former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor as Guest of Honour, brought together … Read more