Reinventing The Corporation
Source: Forbes
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-14 10:33:17 -0700 | business-news
That's the question I put to my LBS elective program, and here are three deep frustrations that the 50 MBA and Sloan students shared: Corporations don't do as they say. We've all had a friend start a new job and...
The Boss: For OrphanAid Africa's Chief, a Life-Changing Journey
Source: The New York Times
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-18 13:01:57 -0700 | business-news
May 18, 2013 MY parents came from a working-class area in the north of England. Being bohemians at heart and wanting to follow the sun, they quit their jobs in London in the mid-1960s and moved to the Mediterranean coast...My...
500 Startups' sixth batch of companies is chock-full of international flavor
Source: Venture Beat
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-14 09:29:56 -0700 | technology-news
Incubator program 500 Startups is debuting its sixth batch of companies today, which feature quite a few that come from not just outside silicon valley, but also the country. Startups is an early-stage seed fund and incubator program that's become...
Spring football | Young Out-of-Door Academy squad learns, performs well in defeat
Source: Bradenton Herald
Oda :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 23:01:21 -0700 | sports-news
In the aftermath of Out-of-Door Academy's spring football game, Brett Timmons chose to look at the roster rather than the scoreboard...Petersburg Northside Christian on Friday night, but Timmons, the only head coach since the school began playing football in 2006,...
Medical student brings healthcare to rural Ghana
Source: United Press International
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 14:51:55 -0700 | health-news
When residents leave the rural Upper East region for a new life in one of Ghana's cities, they rarely return. So Cephas Ke-on Avoka, a 22-year-old medical student from the region, has astonished villagers by returning to work in Garu,...
11 Social Entrepreneurs. A Ship. 13 Countries. 100 Days
Source: Inc.
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 09:32:14 -0700 | business-news
I'm amazed to see an explosion of global interest in entrepreneurship in the last few years. Nations on every continent are turning to entrepreneurs to address unemployment, create jobs, stimulate economies, and innovate new ideas. A great example of this...
Nevahold rallies angry customers on social media to make their voices heard (exclusive)
Source: Venture Beat
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 16:37:35 -0700 | business-news
Customer service requests are only useful if someone hears (and responds) to them. Nevahold is a startup from Ghana trying to help customers get their voices heard. Nevahold is a platform where people rally together to get the attention of...
Ghana: Publicise Oil & Mining Contracts, Now
Source: Africa Headlines
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 10:40:27 -0700 | political-news
Ghana is reportedly ranked 15th on the latest World Mining Index. The index is said to list 58 mining countries across the globe, and rates the level of transparency in each country's mining sector. At 5th position, Ghana emerges as...
Students in Ghana aim to launch mini-satellite
Source: The Boston Globe
Koforidua :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-15 10:27:02 -0700 | travel-news
Ghana (AP) Ghanaian college students plan Wednesday to launch a model of a satellite the size of a Coke can 200 yards (meters) into the air. Organizers hope that it will be the start of this West African country's space...
Armed robbers kill Indian in Ghana
Source: NewKerala
Kumasi :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 11:37:57 -0700 | disasters-news
Dhalan was killed at Anyinabreim near Techiman, in the Brong-Ahafo region...Tawiah said on May 9, one Sudahkur, 25, an Indian and a colleague of the deceased at the Mary-Ghan Limited company reported to the Techiman Police that they had been...
West Africa: MFWA Trains Monitors On Rating Freedom of Expression Conditions in West African ...
Source: Africa Headlines
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-17 04:41:32 -0700 | political-news
Freedom House Inc, a freedom of expression (FoE) advocacy organisation based in the US, is organizing a three-day training workshop for FoE monitors from all the 16 West African countries on the methodology to be used in rating FoE conditions...
Man kills Milan passerby with pickaxe, 5 wounded
Source: Associated Press
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-11 05:05:59 -0700 | travel-news
Police say an immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan, killing a passerby and wounding five others in an apparently random attack. Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan said the attacker was taken into custody shortly...
Inspiration from the 2013 Milken Global Conference
Source: Forbes
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-16 15:20:39 -0700 | business-news
The Global Conference brings together more than 3,000 of the world's brightest minds in business, politics, philanthropy, science, education, media, and much more it is intentionally designed to ensure that attendees are exposed to new perspectives, new ways of thinking,...
Africa: Nutrition Fixers, Pledgers and Champions Wanted
Source: All Africa
Oda :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-14 10:10:39 -0700 | technology-news
The fixing and horsetrading on pledging funds is happening right now--within and between bilaterals, within Governments, between bilaterals and Foundations--you name it. Decisions on hundreds of millions of dollars get made in this period, so please put pressure on your...
Ghana: Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training Opens in Ghana
Source: Africa Headlines
Accra :: Ghana | updated 2013-05-14 22:07:03 -0700 | health-news
New USP Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Countries to Fight Substandard and Counterfeit Drugs. In an effort to increase the number of experts and available tools to combat falsified, substandard and counterfeit medicines in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the U.S.
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