Tag Archives: EMPLOYEES

Three ‘big’ former employees of Akufo-Addo who no longer speak well of his government

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is in his seventh year as Ghana’s president, and with that have come several tales and stories about the things that have happened under his watch. Among that tall list are the people who once worked for him in his government but who, for some reason, feel …

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France bans TikTok, WhatsApp, Netflix from state employees’ phones

The French government on Friday banned the installation and use of “recreational” applications including the Chinese social network TikTok and the American streaming platform Netflix on the work phones of the country’s 2.5 million state civil servants. According to French Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guerini, these applications present “risks …

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List of Despite Media employees ‘bleeding’ over McBrown’s exit

The news of actress Nana Ama McBrown’s departure from the Despite Media Group to the Media General Group has sparked controversy among some employees of the Despite brand. McBrown, who hosted the popular show United Showbiz on UTV, was formally unveiled as part of the Onua brand on Monday, March 13, …

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Tech giant, Microsoft to sack nearly 11,000 employees

Tech giant, Microsoft is reportedly set to fire nearly 11,000 employees this week amid the global economic slowdown.   According to Sky News, the company is “finalising plans to become the latest technology giant to reduce its workforce during a global economic slowdown”.   The company’s contemplating reducing roughly 5 percent of …

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299 employees sue Asanko Gold in redundancy fight

Toronto-listed Galiano Gold, operators of Asanko Gold in Ghana has been sued by its workers, claiming unfair dismissal, court documents show. The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) which is leading the fight wants an Accra High Court to restrain the Canadian multi-national firm from laying off some 299 permanent staff …

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Ethiopian Airlines employees are fleeing the country by hiding in the planes they work on

Yohannes and Gebremeskel knew it would be cold inside the bulk cargo area of the Airbus A350 plane on the long flight from Ethiopia’s capital to Belgium. But the two ground technicians with Ethiopian Airlines, both of Tigrayan origin, said they felt a threat from the Ethiopian authorities that left …

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More than 600 employees depart from SABC as broadcaster cuts costs

The SABC is retrenching 621 employees in a major shake-up amid the cash-strapped national broadcaster’s turnaround process. Group CEO Madoda Mxakwe said in a letter the section 189 process was extremely difficult and emotionally charged, but “a necessary component of the SABC’s turnaround plan to ensure the public broadcaster’s long-term …

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