MTN Hosts Unilever Vice President
MTN, Ghana’s leading telecommunications company, and Business World, Ghana’s foremost business magazine, have announced that Mr Yaw Nsarkoh, Unilever Executive Vice President for Ghana and...
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Eight Years of IMANI On the Global Go To Think Tanks Index.
By: Franklin Cudjoe The Global Go To Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, organized annually by the University of Pennsylvania is an index, commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania. It is...
Jodie Foster and Michael J Fox Lead Anti-Trump Protest
Jodie Foster and Michael J Fox have led an anti-Donald Trump protest two days before the Oscars in Los Angeles. The United Voices rally was staged by Hollywood’s United Talent Agency instead of its...
Five Things To Watch At This Year’s Oscars Bash
It's no secret that "La La Land" is the big favorite to earn major Oscars glory on Sunday. But there are other stories sure to unfold on Hollywood's biggest night. Here are five things to watch for:...
Stars Recall Real-Life Pain Seen In ‘La La Land’ Auditions
In "La La Land," the nostalgic musical tipped for glory at Sunday's Oscars, Emma Stone channels some of the pain she and Ryan Gosling experienced in their early auditions. As her character Mia is...
Solar-Powered Cinema Opens In Burkina Ahead of Festival
A solar-powered cinema was unveiled in Burkina Faso Friday ahead of Ouagadougou's hosting of Africa's top film festival, even as movie theatres on the continent continue to disappear. The theatre,...
Assembly Members, Others Schooled On Monitoring Budgetary Allocations
A day’s workshop on how to monitor budgetary allocations to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) has been held in Tamale for some assembly members and community-based...
India Bans ‘lady-Oriented’ Film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
India's censor board has sparked outrage after banning a film called Lipstick Under My Burka about sexually liberated women. The movie tells the secret lives of four women including a college...
India Police Arrest ‘world’s Cheapest Smartphone’ Firm Boss
The director of Ringing Bells, the Indian firm which claimed to be selling the world’s cheapest smartphone, has been arrested on allegations of fraud. Mohit Goel was held after one of the phone’s...
Japan Punches Time Clock Early For ‘Premium Friday’
Japan's Prime Minister will spend Friday afternoon meditating while staff at some of the country's biggest firms are also quitting work early -- in time for a bit of shopping or maybe a boozy train...
Indian Censors Block Release of ‘lady-Oriented’ Film
India's censor board has refused to certify a film it describes as "lady-oriented", sparking a furious response from the director, in the latest case to highlight fears over creative freedom in the...
Israel To Deny Human Rights Watch Visas Over ‘bias’
Israel will stop issuing work visas to Human Rights Watch staff, the NGO said Friday, with the Jewish state accusing the group of being "fundamentally biased" against it. The New York-based watchdog,...
Ridge Hospital Denies Accusations Against Medical Director
Ms Eva Mam Atiboka; Public Relations Manager, Ridge Hospital on Thursday denied media reports accusing Dr Thomas Anabah, the Medical Doctor of engaging in a number of irregularities since he assumed...
Mercy Debrah-Karikari Appointed 1st Female Cabinet Secretary
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Ambassador Mercy Yvonne Debrah-Karikari as Secretary to the Cabinet. She becomes the first woman in Ghana’s history to hold this position....
Tight Security For Africa’s Top Film Festival In Burkina
Burkina Faso is laying on tight security for Africa's top film festival which kicks off Saturday in a nation hit a year ago by a major terror attack. More than 100,000 people are expected for the...
Israel Shuts Jerusalem School Accused of Hamas Links
Israeli police said on Thursday they had closed a private Palestinian school in annexed east Jerusalem, accusing its officials of belonging to the Islamist movement Hamas. The Al Nkhba School in the...
New Somali Prime Minister Named
Hassan Ali Kheyre, a former aid worker and oil executive, was named prime minister of Somalia on Thursday by the country's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Mohamed, popularly known as...
Rihanna Named Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year
Rihanna has been named the 2017 Humanitarian of the Year Pop star, Rihanna has been named the 2017 Humanitarian of the Year by Harvard University. She will be receiving the Peter J. Gomes...
Establish Film Fund For Producers – Director Tells Akufo-Addo
Award winning movie director Obiri Yeboah has made a passionate appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to set up a film fund to support the movie industry. The director, who is well-known...
Patrick Lumumba To Apologise For Plagiarism
Patrick Lumumba is currently the director of the Kenya School of Law. One of Kenya's top lawyers renowned for his eloquence has agreed to apologise within 14 days for plagiarising the work of a...