Artificial intelligence can tell whether it is going to rain in the next two hours, research suggests. Scientists at Google-owned London AI lab DeepMind and the University of Exeter partnered with the Met Office to build the so-called nowcasting system. Traditional methods use complex equations and often forecast for only between six hours and two … The post AI can predict if
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are back up and running after an outage that lasted almost six hours, Facebook says. It blamed an internal technical issue, which not only affected Facebook’s services, but reportedly also employees’ work passes and email. The services were down from about 16:00 GMT until around 22:00 on Monday. … The post Facebook,
THE Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has introduced an inter-generational dialogue concept to help promote parent-child communication on sexual and reproductive health rights.Madam Abena Adobea Amoah, Executive Director of the PPAG, who launched the initiative at Bakpa in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region recently, said the data showed that 2800 girls … The post PPAG
Work on an Aviation Air Navigation Services Centre in Accra to assist pilots and engineers in air traffic management is about 92 per cent complete. The state-of-the-art project, which is being carried out by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), would be the second largest after South Africa’s Navigation Centre. Reporters learnt this when they … The post Work on air
The Ghana Airforce handball team defeated Ghana Navy 30-20 in their Greater Accra Handball Clubs Association (GAHLCA) league week nine game played at the Prisons court at Cantonment. Abdul Nuhu and Rudolpho Hekpo led the onslaught on the Navy team as they opened and extended the score in quick succession. Marshall Hagan and Emmanuel Ashigbi … The post Airforce ‘fly’ over Navy in
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) emerged winners at this year’s Ghana Armed Forces Athletics competition on Friday at the Elwak Stadium after winning in both male and female events. The dominant Armed Forces contingent scored a total of 177 points from 12 events in the Men’s division with the Ghana Prisons Service chalking second place … The post ‘Soldiers’ triumph at GAF
A determined, hungry-looking band of Black Stars players will storm the city of Cape Coast today to prepare ahead of their Group G World Cup 2022 back-to-back qualifiers against Zimbabwe. Most of the foreign legion landed last night and are all-too determined to light up the stadium with an endearing display of football under back-to-batan … The post Stars leave for
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has pledged its support to the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana (NPC-Ghana) to host the 2023 African Paralympic Games.A statement from the MoYS said, “The Ministry and government commit to offering all necessary support, logistics that will make hosting the African Para Games in 2023 possible as we … The post Ghana to host Africa
It was all thrills as athletes exhibited strength and endurance at the National Traditional Wrestling Championship which was held in Accra on Saturday. Organized by the Ghana Wrestling Association(GWA), the event attracted over 100 wrestlers from the Greater Accra, Volta, Ashanti, Northern and Upper West regions. They competed in weight categories including, 66kg, 66-76kg, 76-86kg, … The post GWA
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rolled out a regional education campaign dubbed: “Time with The SEC,” which started in Takoradi. The initiative forms part of SEC’s strategic thrust of educating members of the investing public and other key stakeholders on the Commission, the Ghanaian Capital Market and other important investment topics. The Commission, … The post Securities
The ARB Apex Bank Limited, which serves as a “mini” central bank for Rural & Community Banks (RCBs) says the increase in different types of fraud in rural banks is a cause for concern. According to the Bank of Ghana’s Banks & SDI Fraud Report for the year 2020, banks and rural community banks recorded … The post Rural Banks working to reduce reported
SMT Ghana has showcased its products to promote the mining and construction industry with a commitment to support its customers and stakeholders with the right equipment and services. As one of the leading dealers of construction, transport and mining equipment in the country, the company has held series of open house events throughout the country … The post SMT
The Ghana cedi will record relative stability to the dollar for the last quarter of this year, despite expected pressures during the Christmas period whereby traders will be importing goods to sell, Senior Economic Analyst at Databank Research, Courage Martey has said. He said the $1.5 billion Cocoa Syndication loan out of which $750 million … The post Cedi to record
Development Partners International (DPI) and African Capital Alliance (ACA) have sealed an investment partnership deal in Africa’s leading multi brand QSR group, Food Concepts Plc (Food Concepts). The deal will see the sale of 31 per cent of Food Concepts by DPI, a leading pan-African returns and impact-driven private equity firm with a strong track … The post DPI, ACA sealed partnership
Banks must examine the state of their security systems, identify gaps and design appropriate mechanisms to counter possible cyber attacks on their operations and processes, the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said. According to him, regulatory compliance by banks itself was not cyber security and banks must … The post Banks
The Seventh-Day Adventist Church at Ahenkro in the Afigya Kwabre North District in Ashanti at the weekend, celebrated its 40th anniversary in commemoration of four decades of successful spread of the Advent message. The event held on the theme “Advancing the three angels’ message”, which focuses on the central message of the world Seventh-day Adventist … The post Ahenkro
The Educational Unit of the Methodist Church Ghana has organised a conference for head teachers of basic schools in the Western and Western North regions.The theme for the three-day conference was, “Discipleship: Teaching everyone to live like Jesus Christ-Colossians 1:28-29”.Delivering the keynote address at the ceremony, Right Reverend Thomas Amponsah-Donkor, the Tarkwa Diocesan Bishop of … The post Methodist
The Public Affairs Counsellor and Acting Deputy United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Elliot, has urged Ghanaian youth to work hard to sustain the peace and democracy of the country. Speaking at the opening session of a two-day capacity building workshop on peace, democracy and good governance for youth, she said good governance and … The post Sustain
The Madina-Adenta branch of Intercessor Ghana, an interdenominational Christian group was on Sunday launched in Ashaley-Botchwe, with a call on Christians to pray for God to raise up upright leaders for the country. The group with a membership of about 120 pastors and bishops drawn from different denominations in and around Madina-Adenta and its immediate … The post Christians asked
Two prominent Korean car manufacturers, Hyundai and Kia Motors, are set to establish assembly plants in Ghana by 2022. This will spur economic growth and create jobs for the teeming unemployed youth in Ghana. The Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Lim Jung-Taek made this known on Sunday during the National Korean Foundation Day virtual celebration … The post Kia,
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