The mystery of Ghana’s “Big Tree”

There is a tree which stands at 90 metres in height and 396 centimetres in diameter. According to Ghana’s Forestry officials, it is the biggest tree in the country. Growing in the forests of Akim Oda in Ghana’s Eastern region, the tree…

Severed cable disrupts web access

Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia have been seriously disrupted after submarine cables were severed. It is thought the FLAG FEA, SMW4, and SMW3 lines, near the Alexandria cable station in Egypt,…

MTN is African Mobile Operator of the Year

The MTN Group has won the African Mobile Operator of the Year Award at the Third Annual Comms MEA awards organized by ITP Technology Publishing. The Awards are to celebrate and pay tribute to the telecom industry professionals and…

Conor O’Brien dies at 91

Conor Cruise O'Brien, a leading Irish author, politician and diplomat who rose to international prominence while leading a United Nations mission in the troubled Congo and remained an independent, often contrarian thinker amid religious…

India’s tourism sector suffers after Mumbai attack

India's tourist industry is facing a slump, both due to last month's terror attacks in Mumbai and the global economic slowdown. Two luxury hotels popular with foreigners were among the targets of the terror attacks in the deadly attacks.…

Ghana’s IRS gets automated information systems

Major Daniel S. Ablorh Quarcoo (Rtd), Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), on Saturday announced that the IRS had developed a computerised automated database and management information systems for revenue improvement. He…

1007 Laughs with Gbenga Adeyinka and co.

Meet Gbenga Adeyinka the First, ace Nigerian comedian who is no stranger to the Ghanaian stand up comedy scene. The comedian whose goal in life is to make people happy and enjoy a stress-free life that will make them live longer returns to…