Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker
Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play music, run third-party apps and buy goods from the Chinese retail giant’s...
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Access Bank To Reward Over 5,000 Customers
In line with its commitment to improving savings culture in Ghana, Access Bank Ghana has unveiled an industry first family savings promotion tagged ‘Abusua Akyɛdeɛ’ to give customers a boost in...
At Ikea, Chinese Shoppers Make Themselves At Home
When it's sweltering in Shanghai, do as the locals do and settle down for a nap at Ikea -- if you can find an open bed. Chinese have a peculiar penchant for making themselves at home in the Swedish...
‘Don’t Cut Corners To Grow Business’
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the leading mobile telecommunications company, MTN, Mr. Ebenezer Twum Asante, has advised up and coming entrepreneurs against cutting corners to grow their business....
BNI Report On BOST Scandal “deficient” – Occupy Ghana
Pressure Group Occupy Ghana has watered down an alleged report by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security on the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) contaminated fuel...
This Tragedy Indeed Is A Wakeup Call!
IT appears the aggressiveness with which we waged the war on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in our local parlance, is gradually waning. THE situation now is more of a relaxed...
Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That
Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming "sharing economy". Where once Chinese consumers would look to shell out on items such...
US Fed Members Divided On Inflation Risk
US central bankers are divided over the risk of inflation and disagree over the timing of interest rate hikes into next year, minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting showed Wednesday. Monetary...
US Fed Members Divided On Near-Term Inflation Risk
US central bankers are divided over the near-term risk of inflation and disagree over the timing of interest rate hikes into next year, minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting showed Wednesday....
Emirates SkyCargo Receives Award
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has received yet another industry accolade for global excellence in transporting temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products. The air cargo...
Africa’s 15% Share of Global Trade Unacceptable – Rwanda Finance Minister
Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Claver Gatete has said that though African trade has witnessed remarkable growth over the last two decades, its share of global trade remains at a...
One Body Retrieved From Collapsed Mining Pit In Prestea
The body of one of the 14 persons trapped in a collapsed mining pit at Prestea Nsuta in the Western Region has been retrieved. The body was retrieved by the 15 member rescue team deployed into the...
Enterprise Group Welcomes New Strategic Partner
Enterprise Limited (Enterprise Group) has informed the Ghana Stock Exchange of an impending transaction to introduce a new strategic partner in place of Salam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited of...
The BOST Scandal and Its Implications [Article]
The BOST contaminated fuel saga is a major test case for the country’s resolve to fight corruption and the lack of accountability. It is also an evidence of our state as a people, a people whose...
Troubled China Tech Giant LeEco Confirms Assets Frozen
Assets linked to Chinese tech giant LeEco have been frozen in a dispute with a creditor, a unit of the troubled company has confirmed, highlighting the firm's perilous financial state. Chinese...
China Aid Joint Venture; Not A Loan
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has hit back at critics who say the government is unfairly using the country’s natural resources to contract a $15 billion loan facility from the Chinese...
BNI Covering Up BOST Over Sale of Contaminated Fuel – Minority
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is being accused of a cover up in its investigations into the controversial sale of some five million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage...
Tech Boss Dave McClure Resigns After Harassment Claims
The founder of Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist firm 500 Startups has resigned following sexual harassment claims by several women. Entrepreneur Sarah Kunst had claimed in the New York...
Zoomlion Schools Students On Waste Management In Benin
Leading waste management company in Africa, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, was the toast of audience consisting of waste managers, non-governmental organisations and students among others who trooped to...
Bangladesh Factory Blast Death Toll Rises To 10
The death toll from a blast at a Bangladesh garment factory has risen to 10 after two victims died in hospital, authorities said Tuesday, warning there could be more casualties. Dozens of workers...