The second week of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial opened Monday with his defense lawyers challenging a security guard's statements about what happened the night the track star fatally shot Reeva Steenkamp.

Kenyan entrepreneur Ayisi Makatiani scrapped his first effort to launch a private equity fund 10 years ago because his pitch to invest in Africa couldn't raise enough cash to make it work. Fast forward a decade and he is now managing partner of Fanisi Capital, a $50 million fund that has investments across east Africa in agri-business, healthcare, retail and education. A second $100 million fund is on the way. "The returns in Europe and the rest of the world have been low so the only place

Malaysia’s civil aviation chief has said the fate of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet remains “a mystery”. Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said officials had not ruled out hijacking as a cause of the plane’s disappearance. He said all reported sightings of debris from the plane in the seas south of Vietnam were unconfirmed. Malaysia Airlines flight ...

Mobile technology could become a game-changer in Ghana’s socio-economic development, but there is a need to empower non-governmental organisations and development planners to include it in solving social problems, key speakers declared at Vodafone Ghana Foundation’s ‘Mobile for Good’ summit in Accra. They were also quick to point out that major investments are required to make mobile technologies available for social improvement in a sustained manner. “The creation of applications to

A robot has stolen the show at the opening of this year's CeBIT technology trade fair in Hannover. It welcomed British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who attended the event. Cameron later announced an extra 54 ...

GH¢3.15million meant to compensate communities affected by the cyanide spillage into the Yaakye stream that served as a source of drinking water to communities in the area is yet to be utilised since 2012 when the money was released. The Newmont Ghana Ahafo Mine that caused the spillage had to pay compensation to the affected communities after the incident took place in October, 2009. The Asutifi North Assembly and traditional authorities of the affected towns -- Kenyasi No. 1 & 2 and Ntotroso

A young South African has invented a lotion that allows you to take a shower without using a drop of water or soap.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli/Kaleo, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin, has alleged that some Members of Parliament (MPs) take bribes to articulate the views of some individuals and organisations on the floor of Parliament. He said evidence to that effect existed and added that the practice had persisted because of the lack of laid-down ...

Market women at the Kaneshie Market in  Accra  have blamed the insanitary conditions there on the negligence of the waste management company assigned to collect waste in the market. They  appealed to the government to ensure proper sanitation in the market because they were charged daily for that purpose. The market women, who spoke to the Daily Graphic, were commenting on the liquid discharges from the four overflowing refuse containers at the market with the accompanying pungent stench. Selling

The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, has underscored the need for traditional medicine to be given a significant boost in order to ensure its viability as an option to improving health in the country. According to her, it was important to accelerate the implementation of national traditional medicine policies which would ensure that traditional medicine products were safe, affordable and accessible. Such a move, she said, would offer the added advantage of protecting intellectual property

The two special schools in the twin-city of Sekondi/Takoradi continue to survive on the benevolence of the general public and corporate bodies, as feeding and administrative grants to the school continue to delay. The two head teachers of the Twin-City Special School and the Sekondi School for the Deaf, with  a student population of about 500, said government support to the schools continued to be  in arrears. The two heads  were speaking to the media after the staff of  the Tema Customs Division

The Trade and Industry Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, has assured investors that the recent foreign-currency control measures announced by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) are only to tackle the “dollarisation” of the economy and do not affect any of the incentives the country offers them. In February, the BoG announced measures to stabilise the cedi, reinforce its tight monetary policy stance as well as restore stability and transparency in the foreign exchange market. The measures outlawed transfer of foreign

A farmer based group in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region put up a  spectacular show at the 57th Independence Day parade at Kuntanase. The farmer-based group, numbering about 60 and dressed in their various farm gears, carried various farming implements . When the name of the farmers group was mentioned, spectators started screaming and when they got to the dais to greet the district chief executive and the other dignitaries, the crowd gave them a standing ovation which  lasted for about

On the eve of Ghana’s 57th Independence Day, the Association of Ghanaian Lawyers of America (AGLA), honored Ghana’s Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Mrs. Georgina T. Wood, at an impressive ceremony in New York. In attendance were the New York State Commissioner for the Division of Human Rights, Ms. Helen Diane Foster, members of faculty of ...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says the video clip  on how sausage is produced which is being circulated on the social media is inaccurate and mischievous. A statement signed by the Chief Executive of FDA, Mr Hudu Mogtari, said  the video, which was first aired on NET 2 TV, courtesy Oheneba Ntim-Barimah, was a doctored clip. It said the video was a wrong attempt to describe  the process of producing sausage. According to the  statement,  “The FDA, after carefully watching the video clip,

There has been much hype and fanfare around the relaunch of Neil deGrasse Tyson's rebirth of "Cosmos," the pioneering science show originally presented by Carl Sagan a generation ago. For Sunday's premiere, President Obama did the honors of leading ...

Members of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) Ladies Club in all parts of the country dressed in their respective native wear to the office on Friday to mark International Women’s Day, which was observed on March 8. Dressed in colourful 'kaba and slit' with matching scarf popularly referred to as "eda so bowo" with accompanying beads, the ladies (especially those at the counter) made customers feel at home. They served customers with their usual adroitness. Two customers who spoke to the Daily Graphic

David Cameron outlined his Spectrum Strategy for the UK's digital future, touching on 5G mobile broadband, better use of existing wireless frequencies and (as we keep hearing) the internet of things. In a speech at CeBIT 2014 in Hanover, he said: "This is a ...

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