Facebook has defended the impact of its products, saying Instagram has “affirmatively helped” young people. Its global head of safety, Antigone Davis, testified to the US Senate, about child protection. It comes after a leak exposed how Instagram’s own research had found the platform could harm children’s well-being. Previously, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said the … The post Facebook

The claim was made in court, as Google made its case to appeal against a €4.3bn ($5bn) fine from the European Union for abusing its market power. The EU accused Google of using Android’s success in the smartphone market to make Google the default search engine. But Google says its service is simply the most … The post ‘Google’ is most searched word on Bing,

The Ghana National School Feeding Associations have alleged that there is a grand scheme at the Secretariat of the Ghana National School Feeding Programme (GNSFP) to milk the state for the personal gains of a few. The associations alleged that as much as GH¢12 million had been paid to individuals in the name of 511 “ghost … The post School feeding

The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) has acquired a GH¢6million equipment to test the quality of various metals, to help clamp down on the manufacturing and importation of low-standard metals like iron rods in the country. The acquisition of the brand new ICMP equipment was done through the Ghana Economic Transformation Project, which seeks to promote … The post GSA

Ghanaian Champions Hasaacas Ladies have been paired with Wadi Degla of Egypt, AS Mande of Mali and Malabo Kings FC of Equatorial Guinea in Group A of the maiden CAF TotalEnergies Africa Women’s Champions League. The Sekondi based club entered into the competition as winners of WAFU Zone B following a 3-1 win against Nigerian club … The post Hasaacas Ladies handed tough group appeared

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Division One League (DOL) Super Cup has released the schedule for the off season competition. The Division One League Super Cup, specially created for the best performing clubs in the second tier League, will see newly promoted Premier League sides Real Tamale United, Bibiani Gold Stars and Accra … The post DOL Super Cup LOC releases fixtures

The Ghana Wrestling Association (GWA) will on Saturday stage the National Traditional Wrestling Championship at Sabon Zongo Mankola in Accra. The event is expected to attract 120 wrestlers from the Greater Accra, Volta,, Ashanti, Northern,and Upper West regions of the country. They would compete in weight categories including, 66kg, 66-76kg, 76-86kg, 86-96kg and above 100kg. … The post All

The Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) has announced its fourth Elective Congress to be held on November 9. The congress will elect new officers for the association following the expiration of the current executive led by Mr. Evans Yeboah in November. Mr. Evans Yeboah told the Times Sports that members in good standing for the four-year … The post BAG Congress set for Nov 9 appeared first

GHANA’S newly-signed Coach Milovan Rajevac must have hit the ground running by naming a pool of 32 players around which he wants to build  the Black Stars for the rest of the AFCON and World Cup qualifiers, moments after he had put pen to paper  to seal a two-year pact with the Ghana Football Authorities. … The post Cup of Milo with sugar and milk tastes better! appeared

Mr Seth Twum Akwaboah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Ghana Industry (AGI), has called on members to develop proper governance structures to enable them benefit from the various interventions the Association was offering. He said some members had lost out on many international agency programmes for development and even national programmes because … The post Adopt

The United States Department of Agriculture has invested about $2 million in the poultry sector through the just ended Ghana Poultry Project. According to Technical Lead of the project, Raymond Denteh, the investment was given out as grant to modernise the poultry industry. Speaking on the sidelines of Ghana Chicken Regulatory Forum, he disclosed that … The post Poultry

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) says 2021 is proving to be one of the best performing years within the last five years. This is attributed to the continuous education about the market, the performance of listed companies, and the coming back of some investors to the equity market. Mr Ekow Afedzi, the Managing Director of … The post GSE: 2021 proving to be one of the best

Professor Peter Quartey, the Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, said Ghana needs to expand her resources to meet the growing population needs for sustainable growth. He said population growth came with demands for infrastructural development like hospitals, schools, and roads to address the inequality gap, especially in regions … The post Ghana

At least 7,000 youth have acquired digital skills to be self-employable, under the Ghana Startup Ecosystem programme, as part of the digital transformation drive for sustainable job creation in the country, Also 100 startups were trained in entrepreneurial skills and their business development plans enhanced for them to remain relevant and deliver quality products to … The post 7,000

The Bank of Ghana registered a profit of ¢1.57 billion last year compared to the ¢1.80 billion recorded in 2019, its 2020 Annual Report has revealed. The directors of the Central Bank however, did not recommend dividend to be paid to the shareholder (government). In 2019, it also did not pay dividend. The report said … The post Bank of Ghana records ¢1.57bn profit in 2020

Child Learning for Development, a community-based organization in Tamale, has organised reading activities for over 800 children in Savelugu, Tolon and Kumbungu Districts of the Northern Region to mark this year’s International Literacy Day celebration.The children, drawn from Chirifoyili in Tolon District, Vogu in Kumbungu District and Yemo in the Savelugu Municipality, were taken through … The post NGO

The out-going District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adansi Akrofuom, Mr Maurice Jonas Woode, has inaugurated two three-unit classroom blocks for the people of Kofi Gyaame and Annorkrom. The projects were funded from the assembly’s share of the District Assembly Common Fund.Mr Woode also distributed exercise books, pens, school bags, and school uniforms to pupils in … The post Adansi

The 2004 batch of the Old Students Union of Awudome Senior High School (OSUA ’04) has elected and sworn into office nine new executives to serve for the next two years. Their first task would be to organise a congress for members of the year group and to elect regional officers in the 16 regions. … The post OSUA ’04 elects new officers appeared first on Ghanaian

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched the Western Regional Substandard/Falsified Medicines Communication Campaign in Takoradi aimed at combating substandard and falsified medicines in the country.The launch formed part of the Authority’s collective commitment to ensure quality, safe and efficacious medical products are available on the Ghanaian market.Speaking at a stakeholders meeting to launch … The post FDA

The Sekyere Afram Plains District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Francis Oppong, has admonished the youth to contribute to the fight against violent extremism to promote peaceful co-existence, harmony and national cohesion. He cautioned that violent extremism was a threat to national peace, stability, security, unity, harmony, cohesion and development and … The post NCCE: