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E-Jobs4All opens applications for fully funded entrepreneurship programme
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E-Jobs4All opens applications for fully funded entrepreneurship programme

The programme is a partnership between Queen’s University in Canada, the Community and Entrepreneurial Development Initiative (CEDI Ghana) and Leadogo Incorporated, Canada. Under the initiative, participants will receive entrepreneurship and innovation training through the Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre at Queen’s University.

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Bakers and cake lovers: have you used AI for inspiration?
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Bakers and cake lovers: have you used AI for inspiration?

Whether you are a customer who has used AI to show a baker your dream cake, or a baker who has to up their game - or turn down – orders based on AI inspo, we want to hear from you AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT are now widely used – including for creative inspiration. Whether you are a customer who has used AI to show a baker your dream cake, or a baker who has to up their game - or turn down – orders based on AI inspo, we want to hear from you.

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LifeTrac Tech, GRATIS Foundation unveil locally assembled tractor to boost farm mechanisation
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LifeTrac Tech, GRATIS Foundation unveil locally assembled tractor to boost farm mechanisation

LifeTrac Tech Limited and GRATIS Foundation have unveiled the LifeTrac 6G tractor prototype, a locally fabricated machine aimed at improving agricultural mechanisation and strengthening Ghana’s capacity to manufacture and maintain its own farm equipment. President of LifeTrac Group Inc. and LifeTrac Tech Limited, John Duse Stager, said the initiative was designed to address challenges farmers face in accessing reliable tractors, including delays in service delivery, frequent breakdowns and difficulties obtaining spare parts.

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Gender Ministry swears in Data Review Committee to strengthen household registry
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Gender Ministry swears in Data Review Committee to strengthen household registry

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has constituted a Data Review Committee to strengthen the quality, accuracy and credibility of data generated by the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR). The Head of the GNHR, Dr Richard Adjetey, explained that the committee had been established as a formal peer-review body to provide an additional layer of quality assurance for the Registry’s analytical outputs.

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Dr Bawumia explores Japanese technology to tackle galamsey pollution
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Dr Bawumia explores Japanese technology to tackle galamsey pollution

Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says advanced environmental technology developed by a Japanese company could offer sustainable solutions to restoring water bodies and lands polluted by illegal mining. Dr Bawumia described the technology as a promising innovation, particularly as Ghana continues to grapple with the environmental damage caused by illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey.

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As King Charles visits the Caribbean, is the reparations movement approaching a tipping point?
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As King Charles visits the Caribbean, is the reparations movement approaching a tipping point?

The British monarch has been stalked by protesters during his visit to the Bahamas, Antigua and Guyana – and they will only become more insistent as time goes on • Don’t get Cotton Capital delivered to your inbox? Some have described the king’s nine-day tour of the Bahamas, Antigua and Guyana amid growing calls for reparations as a significant risk that may accelerate his removal as head of state from the six remaining Caribbean Commonwealth countries in which he still serves.

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UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe
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UK meat processing firms’ fridges heat up after cyber-attacks in Europe

Cybersecurity experts say incidents had minimal effect but may represent the ‘foothills’ of a wider threat Meat suppliers in the UK have been hit by cyber-attacks after hackers raised the temperatures of supermarket freezers across Europe. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was working with the affected companies but that the national impact was minimal.

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JUSAG awaits signing of agreement reached with gov’t before calling off strike over salary arrears
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JUSAG awaits signing of agreement reached with gov’t before calling off strike over salary arrears

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has maintained its strike despite an appeal by Labour Minister Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum to suspend the industrial action following an agreement to improve workers’ allowances. The strike, which commenced on Monday, November 2, has disrupted activities at several court premises across the country, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Accra Circuit Court and some District Courts across the country.

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MFWA urges tech platforms to financially support media organisations
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MFWA urges tech platforms to financially support media organisations

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called on technology companies to financially support media organisations whose content attracts audiences to their digital platforms. Mr Krobea cited Australia as an example of a country that had taken steps to address the imbalance between technology platforms and news publishers, adding that other countries were also drawing lessons from its approach.

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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre
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UK’s most polluting power plant could power country’s largest AI datacentre

Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build AI infrastructure on the site of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire.

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