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The University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG), has become the first university in Nigeria to be granted a NBC TV License to operate a television station.
Ralph Akinfeleye, a professor and Chairman of UNILAG Radio and TV, confirmed that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), granted the TV licence to the institution on Thursday, November 9 [2017].
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Benjamin Nwosu, Akandu Chinenye, Gertrude Uzon and Ochoche Elumah have emerged winners of the 2017 Imbube African Book Festival and Awards.
The four winners receive a cash prize of 200,000 Naira at the inaugural event organised by NerveFlo.
The Imbube African Book Festival and Awards is a literary event aimed at drawing attention to the growing body of literary works coming out of the African continent while holding discussions on literary trends and publications.
In addition, Oyindamola Oluwashola Abbaty and Gideon Chukwuemeka Ogbonna won an Infinix Smart x5010 phone and the AfriVR virtual reality headset, respectively for winning the Most Outstanding story (outside the top votes).
According to Silas Okwoche, founder and coordinator of the Imbube African Book Festival and Award:
“This is our first move towards rewarding young people for their interest in writing and also starting up an important discussion on the role of books in our society.
We will build upon this and ensure that there is diversity of voices in our literary space.”
NerveFlo is a unified digital content marketplace that allows African creators sell their ebooks/music/films directly to mobile and web consumers. The NerveFlo marketplace works brilliantly for emerging markets because it addresses the key bandwidth limitations and digital piracy limitations in these markets.
Oluwaseun Otitoola, has emerged the winner of the 2017 edition of the 9mobile Photography Competition, a talent development initiative of 9mobile.
Oluwaseun Otitoola won the competition with his entry titled: “Fragment of CMS Bookshop Building”, triumphing over two other finalists – Amanda Ihemebiri – “The NestOil Tower” and Taiwo Omotosho, for “Lines Side by Side”.
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, has nominated Odinaka Anudu as one of the five Africans to participate in a fully-funded investigation in Guateng.
Odinaka Anudu, a BusinessDay journalist won the Industrialisation and Development category and will be guided by John Bailey, an international and senior journalist for eNCA, a 24-hour television news broadcaster focusing on South African and African stories.
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Winners have emerged in the maiden edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards (WAMECA) [2017].
The awards, organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to honour excellence in print, online and broadcast journalism in West Africa, took place at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
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Arinze Stanley, a hyper-realistic artist has emerged winner of the World’s Best Self Portrait category at the 2017 American Art Awards.
Arinze Stanley came out on top ahead of USA’s Mano Sotelo, Sweden’s Susanne Persson, Taiwan’s Lynn Chen and more.
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Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, a painter and daughter of the late Nigerian minister, Dora Akunyili, has been awarded the prestigious 2017 MacArthur Fellowship.
Ms. Akunyili-Crosby was described by the Foundation as:
“A figurative painter whose large-scale works express the hybridity characteristic of transnational experience through choices of subject matter, materials, and techniques.”
The Fellowship, which is also referred to as the Genius Grant, awards $625,000 to artists, writers, teachers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and people from all works of life, that have shown exceptional creativity.
The grant is doled out in quarterly installments, made over a period of five years. Amongst past recipients is writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who received the grant in 2008.
The 24 recipients of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship are: