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China is building almost twice as much wind and solar capacity as any other country combined. Photo: GREG BAKER / AFPSource: AFPHundreds of rows of glittering panels cover surfaces of pure sand at sunset in a remote northern desert in China — once the world’s largest solar farm.On the edge of the forbidding Tengger Desert, the solar farm generates 1.5 gigawatts of power — but it has since been eclipsed, and the largest is now located further west with more than double the capacity.China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter, is building nearly twice as much wind and solar capacity…

Starlink updated it website to show the price of Starlink service in Ghana. The company will charge the users GHC 770 as monthly fee to access its service. Details The company’s website has also updated its pricing for the Starlink hardware kit that will apply 5,390 GHC for a one-time purchase. The service plan for Starlink in Ghana includes; unlimited data meaning that users have no data caps on their usage, but will be subject to Starlink Fair Use Policy. Flashback The National Communications Authority approved Starlink’s license and operations in Ghana last week and said the company was due…

Actress and TV presenter Emelia Brobbey is full of praise for her colleague, Nana Ama McBrownIn a recent interview, Brobbey recounted how McBrown helped her settle in when she first broke into filmThe actress was speaking to Angel TV about the beginnings of her acting careerGhanaian actress and TV presenter Emelia Brobbey has paid a glowing tribute to her co-star, Nana Ama McBrown, for her latest role in her acting career.In a recent interview with Angel TV, Emelia Brobbey mentioned that McBrown helped her settle in when she first got into film.According to her, she got her first break after…

NFL team owners have voted to approve private equity investment in teams for the first time. Photo: JAMIE SQUIRE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPSource: AFPThe owners of the National Football League (NFL) voted on Tuesday to invest in private equity in a landmark move that could lead to billions of dollars in new funding for the sport, the US-based league confirmed.At a meeting in Milwaukee, owners of the NFL’s 32 teams gave the green light to a plan that would allow a select group of private equity firms to buy up to 10 percent of a team’s…

Kenkey for the Needy founder Tatas Caritas spoke about the amount of money raised by the 2024 edition of the charity eventIn a social media post, he said over GH90,000 was raised and wrote a heartfelt speech thanking Ghanaians for making it possibleMany people congratulated her and her team for raising so much money for the Noakam Basic School projectKenkey for the Needy founder Tatas Caritas shared the amount raised from the 2024 edition of the charity event, which took place on Saturday, August 3, 2024.The event saw actress Nana Ama McBrown, many stars and Ghanaians grace Afua Sutherland Park…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned that his new government’s first budget will be “painful”. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/POOL/AFPSource: AFPUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Tuesday that his new government’s first budget in just over two months will be “painful”, urging the country to “accept short-term pain for long-term good”.Starmer, whose Labor Party won an overwhelming parliamentary majority on July 4, used his first major speech since then to set the stage for the much-anticipated budget event on October 30.He also used the address, from the garden of Downing Street, to attack the ousted Conservatives, repeating claims they had…

Samuel Dowuona, Founder and Editor, Techfocus24 By Samuel DOWUONA The first installment of this two-part article looked at how the government has failed to show up when there is a cash call from the two telcos in which it has held golden shares since they entered the market. He also pointed out that if the government had just come forward for these two telcos, we could have averted a situation where today, MTN had to be called an SMP just to allow measures to be implemented to fix the yawning industry gap that government and agencies either sat back and…

1. Sudden completion of abandoned projects A common strategy is to revive and complete previously abandoned projects. For example, a road that was half-built and then neglected for years may suddenly see a flurry of activity in the months leading up to an election. Completing these projects creates a sense of accomplishment and progress, convincing voters that their concerns are being addressed. These last-minute efforts can leave a positive impression, making it appear that the politician is committed to development, even if the timing suggests otherwise. 2. Engaging in household chores with the electorate Another interesting tactic used by Ghanaian…

African B2B e-commerce businesses Wasoko and MaxAB have completed the continent’s largest technology merger after signing preliminary terms in Q4 2023. Done as a wholly owned transaction, the deal merges both entities to become a community of access to essential digital and physical goods, marking the evolution of Wasoko and MaxAB from B2B e-commerce companies to a multi-vertical ecosystem for Africa’s informal retail sector 600 billion dollars. Details Leveraging Wasoko and MaxAB’s extensive, hyper-located online and offline expertise across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Egypt and Morocco, the newly formed entity has the continent’s largest informal B2B retailer network of over 450,000…

Business tycoon Osei Kwame Everything, his son, Ernest Ofori Osei, graduated from Ashesi UniversityOfori Osei Received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University’s 20th Commencement CeremonyA video of the ceremony surfaced online, showing Ofori Osei and others receiving their honoursErnest Nana Ofori Osei, one of the sons of business tycoon Osei Kwame “Despite”, has graduated from Ashesi University.Ofori Osei was among the graduates at the school’s 20th commencement ceremony held at its campus in Berekuso on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Para’s son, Ernest Ofori Osei, graduated from Ashesi University. Photo Source: Ashesi UniversitySource: InstagramThe young man who graduated…