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The Ghanaian theatre industry has been bursting at its seams with great plays over the last few years. Almost every weekend at the National Theatre, there is a play showing. One name that can never be overlooked when modern Ghanaian theatre is made mention of is Uncle Ebo Whyte. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Roverman Productions has over the last decade written, produced and directed countless stage plays. His recent masterpiece, I Want Your Wife, saw National Theatre overflowing with patrons on the two weekends it was shown. On Monday on his live flagship program, FOOD FOR THOUGHT, on…

Military and police personnel have seized placards bearing anti-government messages from protesters in Navrongo during President Nana Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Upper East Region Wednesday. Ahead of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to the Kasena Nankana Municipal Assembly, which is located few metres away from the former NDC constituency chairman’s residence, some NDC supporters lined-up the street with placards that summed up their issues with the President. Messages such as “Mr President, stop renaming and build your own”, “Mr President, we want dams not dugout”, Mr President, where is our one million dollars?” and “NPP is a scam” were held by the…

Hundreds of workers were paid to transcribe voice recordings of Facebook users, it has emerged. Facebook is the latest company to confirm it has used third-party workers to do such work, following Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. The practice had been halted “more than a week ago”, Facebook said. Workers were given audio of people’s conversations but were not told how it was obtained, according to Bloomberg, which was first to report the news. Facebook said the recordings were being transcribed manually so that artificial intelligence systems used to automatically transcribe conversations could be improved. It added this had been done…

A new World Bank report has revealed innovative technologies, new administrative developments and the expansion of financial access points have helped transform Ghana into Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money market. The “Enhancing Financial Inclusion” report, released by the Bank in June, highlighted mobile money’s role in improving broader financial access in the country. Per the Global Findex Database of the World Bank, Ghanaian adults with a registered financial account increased from 41% to 58% between 2014 and 2017. This rise, per the report, was largely led by the increased uptake of mobile money, with the percentage of adults who hold such…

A new World Bank report has revealed innovative technologies, new administrative developments and the expansion of financial access points have helped transform Ghana into Africa’s fastest-growing mobile money market. The “Enhancing Financial Inclusion” report, released by the Bank in June, highlighted mobile money’s role in improving broader financial access in the country. Per the Global Findex Database of the World Bank, Ghanaian adults with a registered financial account increased from 41% to 58% between 2014 and 2017. This rise, per the report, was largely led by the increased uptake of mobile money, with the percentage of adults who hold such…

US President Donald Trump has suggested a “personal meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the political crisis engulfing Hong Kong. In a tweet Mr Trump said he had “ZERO doubt” that Mr Xi could “humanely solve the Hong Kong problem”. He also tied the protests to a US trade deal with Beijing, in the face of ongoing trade tensions. “Of course China wants to make a deal. Let them work humanely with Hong Kong first!” he tweeted. Mr Trump’s comments come after weeks of tumultuous pro-democracy protests sparked by opposition to an extradition bill in Hong Kong. Critics…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended the GH¢10 insurance deductions to make way for the policy to be regularized. The suspension will be in August only with deductions set to resume in September for only teachers interested in the scheme, which offers a life cover of GH¢18,000 in case of death or permanent disability. Some teachers had expressed disagreement with the reintroduction of the scheme in July and descended heavily on the Service for not informing them before effecting deductions. The scheme was formally introduced in June, 2018 but was suspended after agitations among staff. Sensitisation was intensified and…

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, former Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh and 98 other women have been listed amongst Avance Media’s 2019 100 Most Influential African Women. The list as released by the leading African rating and PR firm features distinguished women whose works and accomplishments continue to inspire the next generation of women in Africa. Speaking about the list, MD of Avance Media Prince Akpah noted that the list has a representation of 100 women from 35 African countries that are changing the feminine narrative and challenging the status quo of women on the continent. He also said some of…

Director General of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she will not resign from her position over the three Takoradi kidnapped girls case. Her response comes on the back of calls by some Ghanaians for her to resign over the ‘unprofessional’ manner in which she has handled the case involving the three girls. The three girls, who went missing in July 2018, are yet to be found despite assurances from the police that they were on top of issues regarding investigations. In April this year, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Daquah assured the public…