A study conducted by IBM has revealed that 12 of the largest economies will need to be retrained or reskilled as a result of Artificial Intelligence and intelligent automation. The Institute for Business Value (IBV) study states that the time it takes to close a skills gap through training has increased by more than 10 times in just four years. ...

There could be more winter coming to HBO, with another “Game of Thrones” prequel potentially advancing to the pilot stage. Author George R.R. Martin is working on a project set roughly 300 years before events depicted in the series, according to Deadline. HBO declined comment on the report, which characterized the show as focusing on events that would eventually lead to ...

The University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sixteen out of the forty-six colleges of education in the country to mentor and supervise them. The move follows the introduction of the new Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Programs that are to be run by the colleges in October 2019. The new B. Ed. programme has three key ...

Customers of the collapsed 347 microfinance companies who could not submit their claims for their locked-up funds have been granted more time to do so by the receiver, Eric Nana Nipah. According to a notice issued by the receiver, the customers now have up to Friday 27th September 2019 to submit their claims for validation. The receiver further added that, ...

Thousands of Sudanese protested outside the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday, calling for the appointment of senior judicial officials and justice for demonstrators killed since December. It was the first major protest since the signature last month of a power-sharing deal between the military and civilian groups for a three-year transition leading to elections, following the overthrow of former ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has increased the minimum capital for Mobile Money companies from GH¢5 million to GH¢20 million. This means an increase of about 300%. According to a statement from the BoG, “The emergence of new payment streams, institutions such as financial technology companies and the general acceptance of electronic money have necessitated the enactment of the Payment ...

A Finance lecturer at the University of Ghana has observed that it would be problematic to cap the number of banks that can operate in the country. Dr. Lord Mensah explained that financial expansion to the rural areas is not fully completed; “we are still penetrating,” he said. Disagreeing with suggestions to limit the number of banks – to force ...

Three Nigerian women have been arrested by the police in the Central Region for allegedly trafficking three girls from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. Miracle Ezeh, 40, Juliet Ede also known as Ebony and Aliagbasor were reported to have brought in the girls between the ages of 19 and 27 three months ago under the pretence of offering them jobs. ...

One of the leading sportsbook makers in Africa, mybet.africa, strongly believes both Salah and Mane will score a goal in this weekend counter with Newcastle at Anfield to signify unity as the Burnley saga is water under the bridge. Mybet.africa is offering special odds of 3.0 to sports punter to place a bet on the match. Punters who bet 10GHs ...

After Neymar was linked with a move back to Barcelona in the summer transfer window, Lionel Messi has admitted he would have loved to have the Brazilian back. Neymar had expressed his desire to leave Paris Saint-Germain after growing increasingly frustrated with the club. Barcelona tabled a bid in late August but the offer was rebuffed by PSG who were ...