The Africa Soft Power Project is collaborating with The Africa Center to presents a two-part virtual series on propelling change through creative power and social media. With the theme: “Gen xYZ: Unsilenced Voices Propelling Change through Creative Power and Social Media…
Zimbabwe’s Gabriel Nyoni uses his marketing degree to get a new club
A Zimbabwean forward has sealed a deal with a South African club just three days after advertising his services on social media. Gabriel Nyoni was released by South African top-flight side Maritzburg United during the lockdown, and has now been…
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha subjected to racist abuse online
Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to racist abuse on social media and the forward shared screenshots ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game at Aston Villa. The Ivory Coast international tweeted images of the messages he received from an…
Canada shooting: Police defend lack of emergency alert
Police say they were preparing an emergency alert when police shot and killed the suspect in the worst mass shooting in Canada’s modern history. Authorities have been criticised for relying on social media to alert Nova Scotia residents the manhunt…
Coronavirus: FG begs US billionaire for ventilators on Twitter
The Federal Government has come under attack for going on social media to plead with United States billionaire, Elon Musk, for ventilators to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Musk, who is the founder and Chief Engineer, SpaceX, had tweeted on Thursday…
On social media, police is your friend & bail is free, lol – Lucia Edafioka
I am certain Nigerians active on social media must have heard about the police PR person who is living in an alternate Nigeria; the one where policemen are good, responsible and upright citizens. If anyone should try to bring him…
Harry and Meghan hope to ‘uplift’ fans with month of ‘positivity’
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are promoting a month of positivity on social media. To mark the start of March, Harry and Meghan chose one account to follow on their popular Instagram account. The Sussexes revealed they would be…
Why is Dr. Boniface, the face of #sexforgrades? – Peju Akande
On a lighter note, what’s in a name? Plenty. Isn’t that the reason Jabez in the Bible insisted on changing his name? Of all the culprit lecturers indicted in Unilag over the #sexforgrades docu, how come only one face is…
Influencers: How a ‘new breed’ of social media stars changed the game (BBC)
Your last name doesn’t have to be Jenner or Kardashian to be able to make a living from social media posts, as a new generation of influencers and “micro-influencers” are proving. It’s perfectly possible you’ve never heard of James Charles.…
Guy, nobody is byforcing you to comment on social media – Lucia Edafioka
Once upon a time, I wondered why we did comprehension for almost 12 years as part of our curriculum. From Primary school, we did comprehension every morning. We read short stories and answered questions about who, why, when. I lived…