Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin profiles the Lead Curator, Bazara Media Lab, Kenya, Christine Mungai, who is an accomplished journalist, writer, and curator. The first time I listened to Christine Mungai speak in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2016 at the inaugural Bloomberg Africa Media Fellowship, I was very impressed by her brilliance and articulation of the media […]
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In this profile on the Founder/Director of The Journalism Clinic, Mr Taiwo Obe, Media Career Development Specialist Lekan Otufodunrin, highlights the numerous contributions of a top media trainer to capacity development in Nigeria. He is not a medical personnel, but he runs a clinic. Unlike medical doctors who diagnose health issues that require treatment,
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When Daniel Nworie sent a heartfelt message to his lecturer, an Associate Professor of Journalism at the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr Tunde Akanni, on the morning of his final undergraduate exam, he had no idea it would spark widespread admiration and reward. He was just expressing his gratitude, a small token of appreciation for
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Media Career Development Specialist, Lekan Otufodunrin profiles the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TheCable Newspaper, Simon Kolawole. He was an excellent choice as the guest speaker at the Nigeria Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Professional Forum last week in Lagos. With loads and years of experience as reporter and editor while working in various magazines and
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Her early retirement in 2019 as Assistant Director from the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) was a big surprise. Typically, people on the management cadre of her level in a government agencies and civil service would look forward to becoming Directors and retire at 60 or clock 35 years in service according to the Civil service law. However, for reasons
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Seasoned Nigerian Sports journalist Pius Ayinor has been appointed Editor-in-Chief/Director of Editorial of TechPoint Africa, one of Africa’s foremost digital media covering tech, startup and innovation in the continent. Muyiwa Matuluko, co-founder and chief servant of Techpoint Africa, announced Mr Ayinor’s appointment in a LinkedIn post on Monday, February 3, 2025. “I can finally let go of one
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The documentary on Bishop Ajayi Crowther, the first African Anglican bishop, Mission to Osoogun, released whose trailer was released last week is not his first. It’s the sixth by acclaimed journalist, travel and culture writer, author and documentary filmmaker in a class of his own, Pelu Awofeso who is very passionate about what he reports
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Among other titles, she has been identified as a media business expert and media business operator. Either description is apt as Anita Eboigbe steps into her new role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Big Cabal Media (BCM), bringing with her a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of media business dynamics. Her new
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Nigerian founder and convener of FactCheckAfrica, Olasupo Abideen joins global media leaders selected for the new cohort of the AI Journalism Labs as they kick off with an in-person session at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY today. Mr Olasupo was named among the 23 selected journalists, strategists, and executives from across
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In a bid to empower female journalists across Africa and Francophone countries, the African Women in Journalism Project (AWJP) – a prestigious initiative recognizing and celebrating exceptional women in journalism – in collaboration with the International Centre for Journalism Foundation (ICJF) and LightRay! Media hosted a networking session featuring Lady Ejiro Umukoro as the guest
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