Author Archives: larryehu

DJ Switch meets billionaire Jack Ma, Jet Li

The country’s youngest Disc Jockey, (DJ) Switch had the opportunity to meet Chinese billionaire and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma and popular Chinese actor, Jet Li when they graced an invent in Accra. The young DJ had the honour to perform at the maiden edition of the Africa Netpreneurship Summit, which took place at the Accra International Conference, on Saturday, November ...

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Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa to exceed $270bn by end of 2019 – Chamber of Commerce

Dubai’s non-oil trade with Africa will exceed $272, 271,800,000 for the period extending from 2011 until the end of 2019. This was revealed by Majid Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce, noting that it had already reached $252,123,686,800 in the 2011-2018 period. Al Ghurair made the announcement in his opening speech at the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum ...

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I’m ‘uncomfortable’ with how unibank has been ‘handled’ by govt – Baako

The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper Malik kweku Baako Junior has expressed concerns over the decision by the Bank of Ghana to take over the biggest indigenous bank, unibank. According to him, he has publicly expressed his views about his discomfort about the withdrawal of the bank’s license. Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV, Mr. Baako ...

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Impeachment inquiry: White House attacks witness who heard ‘improper’ call

The White House attacked its own top Ukraine official as he testified to an impeachment hearing that a phone call made by the president was “improper” and had left him in “shock”. Lt Col Alexander Vindman told Congress that President Donald Trump made “inappropriate” political demands of the Ukrainian president. “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” Col Vindman said. ...

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Prosecutor dies after gun goes off in SA court

A lawyer has died after she was hit by a bullet when a gun, which was being used in court as evidence, went off by accident in KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa, police say. Adelaide Ferreira-Watt succumbed to her wounds just hours after the bullet from the shotgun hit her in the hip. The gun went off as it was ...

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Liberia is making headway in implementing reforms – Weah

Liberia is said to be making headway in implementing reforms to attract new investments to build the nation. This move is predicated on a government which is burnt on changing the narrative which is aimed at boosting its economy and overcome challenges like high inflation, exchange risk volatilities, health challenges, bad roads among others. George Weah, President of Liberia at ...

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WAEC releases 2019 Nov/Dec results

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of private candidates who sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Per a release issued by WAEC, some 102, 278 candidates comprising of 51, 935 males and 55, 488 females registered for the exams. Out of the total number, 5, 145 absentees were recorded. Results of ...

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I’m sorry, forgive me – Pitch invader begs

The 25-year-old man who was apprehended by the police for invading the pitch during Ghana’s AFCON qualifier against South Africa Awal Sulemana has asked Ghanaians to forgive him for his actions. According to him, he did not have  any ulterior motive for his actions but . He said he only wanted an opportunity to take a picture with Athletico Madrid ...

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