Pep Guardiola is enduring the worst statistical run of his managerial career after Manchester City lost their fourth straight game on Saturday. Brighton came from behind to beat the English champions 2-1 in the Premier League to leave sec­ond-placed City five points behind leaders Liverpool. City hadn’t lost four games in a row in all … The post Guardiola loses 4 straight games for first

Mr Alan Kyerematen, presidential candidate for Movement for Change, has said he would mobilise farmers, to transform the country’s agri­culture sector, towards increased productivity and food security. He, therefore, announced that he would form Ghana United Farmers Association, as a power­ful network, to ensure large-scale mechanised farming, if elected president on December 7. Mr Kyerematen … The post Alan

 This year’s Farmers’ Day was marked across the districts to honour farm­ers, fishers at the local levels for their enormous contributions to the development of agriculture in the country. For their contributions in promoting food security of the country, the winners apart from certificates, were presented with prizes such as, freezers, tricycles, Polytanks, cutlasses, agro-chem­icals, … The post Farmers,

 Adjeman football team, a community club, last Monday beat Gormli football team 4-2 on penalties to become the champions of the second ‘Nye Awo Kpakpa’ (Good mother) Community football tournament  The winners received a trophy, undisclosed cash reward, footballs and gold medals while the second placed team took home undis­closed cash, silver medals and  footballs … The post Team

 A 20-year-old motor tricy­cle rider, Kofi Gideon, has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Bibiani District Court for causing the death of a two-year-old boy in an accident. In addition to the prison sen­tence, the court, presided by Mr Lord Delvin Essandoh, ordered Gideon to pay GH? 6, 000 as compensation to … The post ‘Aboboyaa’ rider jailed 6 months

Bain Capital-backed Kioxia filed a registration statement on Friday which will allow the Japanese chipmaker to sound out investors for an initial public offering. Kioxia’s filings indicate it aims to conduct an IPO some time from December through June 2025. The chipmaker is targeting December, two people familiar with the matter said. Bain scrapped plans … The post Kioxia

French generative AI startup LightOn launched an initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Growth market in Paris on Friday, with a listing expected later in November. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT LightOn, which provides large language model (LLM) software to businesses and the French government, would become the first GenAI startup to be listed in Europe. … The post LightOn

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (0981.HK) , China’s largest chipmaker, warned on Friday that overcapacity in mature node chips will persist through 2025 and that it was turning cautious on building new capacity. The global semiconductor industry has struggled to recover since late 2022, when pandemic-driven shortages turned into oversupply, with many end users, including automakers, still working … The post SMIC

Sony (6758.T), reported on Friday a 73% rise in group operating profit in the July-September quarter, buoyed by strong sales in its game and network business. Sony, whose businesses includes music, movies, games and chips, maintained its profit forecast of 1.31 trillion yen ($8.51 billion) for the current year to March, largely in line with the 1.34 … The post Sony posts 73% jump in Q2

 Three Ghanaian-owned companies on Wednesday emerged as winners of the Ghana National Kaizen Awards 2024 for their excellence in opera­tional efficiency and innovation. KAIZEN is a Japanese philos­ophy and methods of quality and productivity which are key for Japanese industrial development and applied techniques. The awardees included Solution Oasis Limited, Yedent Agro Group of Companies, … The post 3

The Coordinator of the Affirmative Ac­tion Bill Coalition, Ms Becky Ahadzi, has asked the elec­torate to vote for more women aspirants in the 2024 polls to help in decision making of the country. “There is the need for more women in parliament to ensure the passage of gender responsive laws and policies,” she indicated. She … The post Vote for more women – Affirmative Action Coalition

The Electoral Commis­sion (EC) on Wednesday presented soft copies of the final certified voters register for the December 7 general election to all political parties and independent candidates contesting in the polls. This is in accordance with sub-regulation four of the Consti­tutional Instrument (C.1) 91. The register, which contains the valid voters register, the exceptions … The post EC

The President, Nana Addo Dank­wa Akufo-Ad­do, has accused the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, of lacking the courage and con­viction to champion the transfor­mation of the country. Rather, he explained that, the former President had demonstrat­ed his level of indecision as he changes his decision with the tide. He, … The post John

Protests have erupted in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu said a “crisis of trust” between the two leaders led to his decision, adding that his trust in Gallant had “eroded” in recent months and Foreign Min­ister Israel Katz would step in to replace him. Gallant said … The post Protests

The US Department of Justice is in talks with the office of special counsel Jack Smith over winding down the two federal cases he is overseeing against president-elect Donald Trump, according to US media reports. Last year, Mr Smith brought charges against Trump over the alleged mishandling of classified documents and his suspected role in … The post Justice officials in talks to drop Trump

 Ghana marks the 40th National Farmers’ Day to­day and it will be climaxed with a national awards night cere­mony to be attended by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. And as it is always, farmers and fishers who have distinguished themselves across the country during the year will be honoured in 15 award categories. The categories … The post  40th National Farmers’ Day to be held today

The running mate of the National Demo­cratic Congress (NDC) for the December 7 Presidential contest, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has ended her 3-day campaign tour of the Volta Region during which she was enstooled as a queen mother of Ave Dakpa in the Akatsi North Constituency under the stool name Mama Ngorgbe II. The chiefs … The post Prof. Naana enstooled Mama Ngorgbe II of Ave Dakpa

 The Gender-Based Violence Court has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Emmanuel Char­way, to 15 years in prison in hard labour for having sexual intercourse with an 11-year-old girl at Teshie, Accra. Charway, who claimed to be native doctor, was charged with defilement and threat of death, pleaded guilty. The court, presided over by Dora Eshun, convicted … The post Native doctor jailed

 Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S) said on Thursday it had successfully piloted a blockchain-based payment system it has developed to improve efficiency of cross-border transactions known as UBS Digital Cash. In the pilot, transactions were carried out with multinational clients and banks, including domestic transactions in Switzerland and cross-border payments in U.S. dollars, Swiss francs, euros and Chinese … The post UBS

The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, in what it calls a world-leading package of measures that could become law late next year. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as … The post Australia