Nigeria’s Copyright Commission chief urges publishers to “understand”, “value” and “own” AI
Dr. Asein believes AI will empower authors to become publishers and vice versa.
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Category: Nigeria
Nigeria’s Akada Children’s Book Festival set for October amid falling literacy standards in schools. The solution is simple
75% of Nigerian kids that cannot read simple sentences. Does anyone seriously think Nigeria got to be the economic powerhouse of Africa with an illiterate workforce?
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Nigeria – Akada Children Book Festival “a Catalyst” for Nigerian Children’s Publishing
Per UNICEF, 75 per cent of children in Nigeria, aged 7 to 14 years, cannot read a simple sentence...
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Nigeria’s Publishers Association and Association of Nigerian Authors to help develop creativity in correctional centres
The drive will help keep the inmates constructively engaged, inspire hope in them, help to develop...
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In Nigeria, the inability to separate reading from ink on paper continues to hold back the publishing debate
We might want to show children how that tablet or smartphone in their hands can be their own...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-Up #3
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it all. But...
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Embrace digital, Nigeria’s Copyright Commission tells publishers
For Nigerian publishers it’s the classic chicken and egg conundrum: Readers do not read digital...
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Registration opens for hybrid Nigeria International Book Fair
Nigeria and other national publishing events organisers across sub-Saharan Africa would do well to...
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A hybrid Nigeria Int. Book Fair puts women centre stage, but how close is Nigeria to becoming a digital-publishing nation?
There is a huge gap in the market for a major retail and/or subscription platform to offer an...
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Ayobami Adebayo’s “Reste Avec Moi” is Prix Les Afriques 2020 winner
The winning novel, Reste Avec Moi, was first published in English under the title Stay with me...
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Netflix targets 500 million subscribers by 2030. Rolls out mobile-only subscription option for Nigeria’s 126 million internet users. Publishers look the other way
“We want to tell amazing stories tailored to different languages, different tastes, and different...
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An interview with Nigeria’s Performance Poet Otor Matthew (via Zoe Writes)
Spoken Word Poetry, also known as Performance Poetry, is a recent, developing and fast-paced area...
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