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Bloomberg TV Africa Begins Airing Three New Shows this February – African Business Weekly, Football Dynamics and African Women to Watch

This February, Bloomberg TV Africa will begin broadcasting three new shows to its over 200 million viewers. The new shows are African Business Weekly, Football Dynamics and African Women To Watch. African Business Weekly, which is anchored by Eleni Giokos,

Euronews to Launch Africanews, First Pan-African Multilingual News Channel

France-based news channel, Euronews, has berthed in Africa with the launch of Africanews, which will serve the African hub with news bordering around the continent. Euronews aims to bring to Africa its unique know-how as a multi-lingual and multi-cultural

AMAA to Reward African Journalists with $5000

The Africa Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, has revealed it will be rewarding African journalists with a special recognition award, Media Recognition Award, which will also come with cash prizes of $5000, $3000, and $2000 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions

Channels TV Awarded ‘Best Nigerian TV’ for the Eighth Time at the Nigeria Media Merit Awards

Multiple award-winning television station noted for depth news reporting, Channels TV, has, again, won the prestigious Nigeria’s Media Merit Award in the “Best Station of The Year Award” category for 2013. The win is the eighth time for the television

#2013: Channels, Sahara Reporters, Others Make Top 10 Nigerian Information Media

Humans feed on information for survival. But beyond that, information serves practical purposes and sometimes meets the entertainment needs of people. We must remember, however, that some people are responsible for providing the society with information that serves different interests.

2013 In Review

Hmm! It’s the very final week of this remarkable year 2013. Thankfully it wasn’t a year of several national disasters. There weren’t high casualty plane crashes or widespread flooding for which we remember 2012. Generally, the year was indeed a

Diary of a Nigerian Student in the United Kingdom

The shrill alarm reverberated around the room piercing the silence. It was 5 a.m and the noise that emanated from the alarm set on the mobile phone could wake any living organism that lay around. A motionless figure lay on

5 Nigerian Books to Watch Out for in 2014

Are you wondering what books to read in 2014? There are a handful of titles that are sure to hold your attention once you turn the first page. A literary scholar, Arthur Anyaduba, provides Connect Nigeria a list of books

Top 10 Nigerian Books in 2013

How do you begin anew? A wise one would say to look back and see what was done right to make it better and see what was done wrong to avoid making the same mistakes again. Our stories have so

Chimamanda’s ‘Americanah’ Named BBC’s 2013 Best Book

The book ‘Americanah’ by Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, has been named by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as the 2013 Best Book. Chimamanda Adichie, whose work recently got sampled on American R&B queen, Beyonce’s new album which hit the market

TIME Names Pope Francis Person of the Year

Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the imagination of millions of people who had become disillusioned with the Vatican. This is the

“My Oga at the Top”, Nigeria vs Burkina Faso, Others Make 2013 YouTube 10 Most Watched Videos in Nigeria

  The now famous interview of Mr. Obafaiye Shem, Lagos State Commandant of the National Security and Civil Defence Corp on Channels Television, popularly referred to as “My Oga At The Top” is one of the most watched YouTube videos

Stanford University Alumni Launches Cavegoat, Africa News Aggregator Website

A new information aggregator, Cavegoat.com, has just been launched. The website features some of the latest African news headlines, providing comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world. The purpose of Cavegoat.com, according to a statement released

Omotola, Don Jazzy, 21 Other Nigerians Make List of 100 Most Influential Africans

The New African Magazine released its list of 100 influential Africans recently. Twenty-three Nigerians, representing about a quarter, made the list, including eleven-year old Zuriel Oduwole. These twenty-three Nigerians represent the arts & culture, civil society, entertainment, sports, and media

Social Enterprises and New Media

Last weekend, Twitter and Facebook went abuzz for a creditable social cause. Courtesy of a non-governmental organisation, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), the issue of “constitutionalism and the rule of law in Africa” became the subject of

TFA: Bella Naija’s Uche Pedro Wins Young Media Entrepreneur Award

The Future Awards Africa, in conjunction with the British Council, has announced Uche Pedro (formerly Uche Eze) as winner of the Young Media Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award aims to celebrate young people working in the media, with

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