Kantanka Automobile is the only company in the West African nation currently producing cars designed and manufactured in Ghana.
There are three types of vehicles to choose from: an SUV, a pick-up 4x4 and a smaller run-around car.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Launch for Ghana-made cars
A Ghanaian car manufacturer has officially launched its range of vehicles to great razzmatazz at its Central region plant.
Mobile Network Plans To Block Adverts On Devices
O2 is "actively testing" the technology that would sniff out and block adverts at a network level before they were served to the device, according to a report by Business Insider.
One ad-blocking startup, Shine, says adverts use up 10-50% of user's data plans, so blocked adverts mean the network would likely have to process less data.
O2 is owned by Spanish firm Telefonica, and is currently being acquired by rival Three to create a huge network to compete with the likes of EE.
It would be the first major attempt at mass ad blocking.
In the past two years the number of people using desktop ad blockers has risen from tens of millions to around 200 million.
Ad-blocking has long been seen as the preserve of internet experts who like to customise their browsing experience.
But the technology really entered the mainstream consciousness when Apple integrated it into its latest mobile operating system, iOS 9, this autumn.
Not all adverts would be blocked under O2's plan - just those that strain network infrastructure and use up data allowances.
Robert Franks, managing director of digital commerce for O2, said: "We are absolutely looking at (network-level ad-blocking) technology.
"We are holding ourselves to the highest standards with our own advertising. We are looking at these technologies to see if they can help our customers with some of the bad practices and disruptive experiences that are happening."
Earlier this week EE boss Olaf Swantee said that he wanted the company to give more control to customers over the number of adverts they see.
Mum And Boyfriend Charged After Baby Died In Oven
Racqual Thompson and Cornell Malone have each been charged with four counts of endangering a child.
Both were arrested on Tuesday morning and remain in jail on bonds totalling $36,000.
J'Zyra Thompson was found with severe burns at Thompson's home in Houston last week and attempted to resuscitate her failed.
One of her three-year-old siblings told Child Protective Services (CPS) they put her in the oven, while the other three-year-old made it "hot".
Court records state that the baby was kicking the oven door while inside, ABC News reported.
Thompson told investigators she had left her four children, including a five-year-old, alone in their apartment on 16 November for around 30 minutes while she picked up Malone from work.
Later that night, the pair left the children alone again after putting them to bed to go and get some pizza and visit Malone's brother.
They were gone for around two hours.
The affidavit read: "Mr Malone stated that when they returned and went into the apartment, he could 'smell something burning'."
Thompson and Malone told police they found the three other children crying and pointing to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the oven had toppled over, with the door face down on the floor, according to the affidavit.
Malone told investigators he "uprighted the 'range'" and then saw J'Zyra lying on the floor. He said she was "obviously burned and deceased".
The oven had apparently been turned on "all the way".
The three surviving children have been taken into CPS custody.
Thompson is currently eight-and-a-half months pregnant. Both are set to appear in court on Monday.
Mum And Boyfriend Charged After Baby Died In Oven
Racqual Thompson and Cornell Malone have each been charged with four counts of endangering a child.
Both were arrested on Tuesday morning and remain in jail on bonds totalling $36,000.
J'Zyra Thompson was found with severe burns at Thompson's home in Houston last week and attempted to resuscitate her failed.
One of her three-year-old siblings told Child Protective Services (CPS) they put her in the oven, while the other three-year-old made it "hot".
Court records state that the baby was kicking the oven door while inside, ABC News reported.
Thompson told investigators she had left her four children, including a five-year-old, alone in their apartment on 16 November for around 30 minutes while she picked up Malone from work.
Later that night, the pair left the children alone again after putting them to bed to go and get some pizza and visit Malone's brother.
They were gone for around two hours.
The affidavit read: "Mr Malone stated that when they returned and went into the apartment, he could 'smell something burning'."
Thompson and Malone told police they found the three other children crying and pointing to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the oven had toppled over, with the door face down on the floor, according to the affidavit.
Malone told investigators he "uprighted the 'range'" and then saw J'Zyra lying on the floor. He said she was "obviously burned and deceased".
The oven had apparently been turned on "all the way".
The three surviving children have been taken into CPS custody.
Thompson is currently eight-and-a-half months pregnant. Both are set to appear in court on Monday.
Labour: Chancellor Has 'Betrayed' Country
In response to the Chancellor's Spending Review, Mr McDonnell said his opposite number had "some front" to stand up in the Commons and "lecture us (Labour) about deficit reduction".
He said: "We were promised that by today the deficit would be eliminated and debts would be under control and falling dramatically.
Mr McDonnell added: "After five years the deficit has not been eliminated and this year it's predicted to be over £70bn.
"Instead of taking five years, it's going to take 10."
Mr McDonnell told Mr Osborne he had "nobody else to blame" after more than five years in charge of the nation's finances, and said the Spending Review was "sheer economic illiteracy built upon incompetence and poor judgement".
:: Key Points From Spending Review
He condemned the Chancellor's record, claiming that during his time in Number 11 there had barely been a target he had not missed or ignored.
Mr McDonnell said that in order to "dig himself out of a hole" Mr Osborne was "selling off whatever public assets he can".
"This is no longer the family silver up for sale, this is the furniture, the fixtures and the fittings," he said.
China would be at the front of the queue, Mr McDonnell predicted, noting wryly: "Can I just say I never envisaged that when it came to nationalising I would be outdone by a Conservative Chancellor.
"The only difference between us is that I would like to bring services like rail back into the ownership of the British people - the Chancellor wants to sell them to the People's Republic of China."
Mr McDonnell then proceeded to read a passage from Chairman Mao's Little Red Book, a collection of quotations from China's former leader, to "help" Mr Osborne deal with his "newfound comrades".
"We must learn to do economic work from all who know how," the quote began.
"No matter who they are we must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously.
"But we must not to pretend to know what we do not know."
During his response Mr McDonnell also claimed the Chancellor's Spending Review was the launch of his manifesto for the Conservative leadership.
"Our long-term economic security is being sacrificed for the benefit of one man's career," the shadow chancellor asserted.
He concluded: "In the end this debate is about what sort of society we want to live in.
"The government is systematically dismantling all those aspects of our society that make our communities worth living in and celebrating.
"The Chancellor is not just cutting services today, he's selling off our future. But there is an alternative."
Only 46 Nigerians deported from UK'
According to UK officials, a total of 46 Nigerians were deported from the UK to Lagos today - not about 500 as is being reported in Nigeria.
They also stressed that such deportations were regular events, happening almost every month.
How Turkey Could Lose Billions For Downing Jet
Russia's prime minister has said joint projects between the two countries may be scrapped.
Dmitry Medvedev said Turkish companies could lose the share of the Russian market they have so far enjoyed as a consequence of the military action.
In October, Russia's foreign ministry had said that trade between Turkey and Russia could reach $100bn by the next decade because of a series of planned projects.
Among them was the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
But as the row over where the plane was shot down rumbles on, politicians scrambled to prevent the military action from developing into a full diplomatic and trade stand off.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu tried to reduce tensions with Moscow, saying that Russia is Turkey's "friend and neighbour" and insisting relations should not be "sacrificed to accidents of communication".
Turkey has been claiming the Su-24 Russian war plane was shot down after a repeated breach of its airspace on Tuesday, but the Russians are adamant it had remained in Syria.
Mr Medvedev described Turkey's actions as "criminal" and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said it was a "planned provocation".
The prime minister said: "The recklessly criminal actions of the Turkish authorities that downed Russia’s aircraft have three consequences.
"First - it’s the dangerous worsening of relations between Russia and NATO. Second - Turkey has demonstrated by its actions ... the protection of the militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
And third, the long-standing good-neighbourly relations between Russia and Turkey, including in the economy and humanitarian spheres have been undermined."
There was widespread anger in Moscow on Tuesday night.
Several MPs called for diplomatic relations to be suspended as protests were held in Moscow where the Turkish embassy's windows were broken by stones and in Ulyanovsk where a Turkish flag was smeared with eggs.
Russia said it intends to ban imports of poultry meat from a Turkish supplier in the next few weeks.
But the biggest immediate impact could be on the number of Russian tourists and business people likely to visit Turkey.
The Russian Association of Travel Agencies has said several of its members have stopped selling package tours to Turkey and another MP called for a complete ban on flights.
Mr Lavrov warned Russians against visiting Turkey, telling them it was no safer than Egypt, where a Russian airliner was recently brought down by a bomb.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his people not to travel to Turkey as there could be reprisals if anything else happens.
He said on Wednesday: "After yesterday’s event we cannot rule out other incidents and if they happen, we will have to respond somehow.
"And our citizens in Turkey can, certainly, be in serious danger and the Foreign Ministry should announce this."
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