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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has seen a significant increase in revenue collection due to the drive towards government-led digitalization initiatives. Highlighting the impact of digitalization on revenue collection, he said the company’s monthly revenue has surged from GH¢450 million to over GH¢1 billion, highlighting the effectiveness of digital tools in improving operational efficiency. Ta. Addressing attendees at the 14th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of African Anti-Corruption Agencies, Dr. Bawumia highlighted the importance of leveraging digital tools in the fight against corruption and encouraged other Member States to take Ghana’s…

Record 2.38 million Fantasy Premier League Managers used a chip in Double Gameweek 37 (DGW37), setting an all-time record in the game. This week’s tally narrowly beats the previous best of 2.35m, which was set earlier this season in Double Gameweek 25. Chips used in DGW37 French fries Total Bench reinforcement 1,301,910 Triple Captain 726,437 Wild card 200,304 Free hit 150,332 Over 726,000 have used their Triple Captain chip, the second highest total this season after the 1.58m record set at DGW25. More than 200,000 have Wildcarded and 150,000+ have played their Free Hit chip. But by far the most…

Meta has unveiled a series of new security features designed to protect users, especially young people, from “blackmail” and intimate image abuse. The social media giant – which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – has confirmed that it will start testing a nudity filter in Direct Messages (DMs) on Instagram. This feature, called Nudity Protection, will be enabled by default for people under 18 and will automatically blur images sent to users that are detected to contain nudity, better protecting users from seeing unwanted nudity on DM them. When downloading nude images, users will also see a message urging them…

King Paluta’s song Aseda has taken Ghanaians by storm A video of a principal dancing to the song with her students has gone viral The touching moment thrilled many Ghanaian netizens who took to social media to share their admiration for the headmistressGhanaian singer and rapper Aseda’s explosive hit song Aseda has become an instant fan favorite and earned him nominations at the upcoming Telecel Ghana Music Awards. The musician recently performed in Dusseldorf as his growing catalog of hits, including Aseda, continues to delight fans at home and abroad.A video of a headmistress in a cheerful mood with her…

After more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is being withdrawn. AstraZeneca said it was “incredibly proud” of the vaccine but had made a commercial decision. He said the increase in new variants of the coronavirus meant that demand had shifted to newer, updated vaccines. His vaccine was credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, but it also caused rare, and sometimes fatal, blood clots. In the race to lift the world from pandemic lockdowns, the Covid vaccine was developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in record time. A process that normally takes 10…

Tick, tick, tock, time moves on. Kaiser Chiefs The expected new coach has not yet been announced. Meanwhile, two of the listed candidates are from the African continent. KAIZER CHIEFS LINKED WITH TWO AFRICAN COACHES According FARPost, Amakhosi bosses have drawn up a shortlist of coaches. One of the names is a coach from Tunisia who almost joined Kaizer Chiefs before the start of the 2023/24 season. “I wanted [Chiefs] to give me the opportunity to come with at least two members of my technical team to help me,” Nabi said. Sports Arena. “However, I have been told that they…

Police were out in force on Saturday as some protesters tried to enter the factory the day before. Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFPSource: AFPMore than a thousand environmentalists demonstrated outside Tesla’s factory near Berlin on Saturday, police said, a day after some of them tried to force their way into the factory.The protesters, accompanied by a large police force, unfurled anti-Tesla and anti-capitalist banners surrounded by a heavy police presence. Organizers of the demonstration put their numbers at around 2,000.While there were clashes between some of the protesters and police at the start of Saturday’s demonstration, the situation quickly calmed…

Yvonne Nelson during the 2015 “Dumsor” demo Renowned actress and producer Yvonne Nelson has alerted the Ghanaian police about plans for protests related to the unusual power outage. In a tweet on Thursday, May 9, the actress posted a letter co-signed by herself and two others, indicating her intention to leave for the wake on May 25. The letter to the police inspector general said the vigil would be held at Revolution Square at 8:30 a.m. and leave the premises at 12 midnight. “To demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the unacceptable and unstable power supply…to present to the President tangible evidence…

Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana The Vice President and flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the next phase of the government’s massive digitization drive will be the adoption of blockchain technology.According to him, the move will make it impossible to falsify government data and records as the government continues to fight corruption in the public sector by leveraging digital tools.Dr Bawumia, who has so far successfully driven the digitization agenda of the NPP government, explained that when blockchain technology is successfully implemented, the government could be the first on the African…

Alex Keble breaks down the stats to show why Chelsea are heading in the right direction and can look forward to the 2024/25 season. Chelsea thrashed West Ham United 5-0 last weekend to move above Manchester United into seventh, prompting many pundits to declare that Mauricio Pochettino’s plan is finally starting to move in the right direction.They are wrong. Since August it has been moving in the right direction. That may sound like an odd take on a long and challenging first year in the job for Pochettino. But in an industry driven by results, we often fail to spot…