UK robot cars to challenge Google

A British firm has developed autonomous car software that could be used by a variety of vehicle manufacturers.

Most of the high-profile work on self-driving cars has come out of the United States, where Google and Tesla have been testing their technology.
Oxford-based Oxbotica took the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones for a drive and told him that the technology would be tested in a public trial in London this year.

Content is the last guarantor for a hit song – Asenke

Ghanaian Hiplife artiste, Asenke says, the message a song carries is the last contributing factor that can guarantee the success of that song.

The musician in an exclusive interview with Flex Newspaper outlined some major elements a song should possess in order to make it go viral on every music promotion platform.

”For a song to be a hit, it must first have a groovy beat, a catchy hook, and a good chorus before the storyline. The content of the song is actually the last guarantor for a hit song. People would love to jam to a song before paying attention to the message it carries.”, the Cease Fire artiste intimated.

This, he said, is the main reason why he usually lays much emphasis on the beats, hooks and chorus of his songs.

Asenke is currently promoting his new street banger titled Wedding. Produced by Appietus, Wedding is a very danceable song which featured the Susuka hit maker, Kofi Kinaata.

”My Wedding song was inspired by how women pressurize their men to marry them, only to ask for a divorce after a short while. Ladies of today want extravagant marriage ceremonies regardless of the financial strength of their fiancés. I’m pleading with women to have patience with their men. The song is in favor of the guys, but surprisingly, the ladies are really loving it as well.”, Asenke disclosed.

Asenke has been in Ghana’s music industry for quite a while and can boast of sensational songs like Money ft. Afriyie, Move It ft. Luther and Don Itchy, Famame ft. Wutah, Fear Delegates, Birthday Special, amongst others.


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Barima Sidney sets up Mutashi movement

Controversial hiplife artiste, Barima Sidney has in an exclusive interview with Flex Newspaper revealed the creation of his political movement called Mutashi ahead of the 2016 General Election.

He has explained that Mutashi is a term in the Hausa language which means ”Lets Arise ‘ and it is a political movement comprising of Ghanaian youth. Created in 2016, the movement seeks to champion political awareness among the youth, encourage them to seek accountability from political leaders and actively participate in the political space. Through music recordings, social media and rallies, Mutashi advocates for the youth to embrace a new type of thinking that will ensure social change in Ghana” , Barima Sidney intimated.

When asked what motivated him to form The Mutashi Movement, this is what Barima Sidney had to say:

”I got the motivation from our fellow youth in Mozambique who stood against the price hikes of fuel, water and bread which led to a series of street demonstrations which caused the government to revise its notes in September 2011. In Tunisia, the youth stood against corruption, unemployment and the lack of freedom of speech in early 2011 through a lot of street riots and finally some of these things were resolved. Also in June 2011, the youth of Senegal rallied around the movement Y’en amarre, meaning ”Enough is enough ” to abolish a constitutional amendment which would have seen Abdoulai Wade contest for a third term in office”

According to Barima Sidney, the Mutashi Movement has members from all walks of life adding that he is not really concerned the number of members but rather the quality of people.

As at now, even though the movement is yet to be launched, it has what it terms as “cell units” in the various neighborhoods such as like Nima, Ashaiman, North kaneshie, Fadama, Bubuashie, Chorkor etc and primarily depends on contributions from fellow youths who believe in the vision of the Movement as its source of finance.

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