The future of audio in Africa is young, bold and online
Until very recently, radio was more or less the only way to listen to spoken-word audio content in Africa. It was only in 2014, for example, that South Africa got its first high-profile podcasting production house in the shape of CliffCentral. The continent is also making its own contributions to the wildly popular true crime genre, most notably with True Crime South Africa. Nurturing talentThose are just a small sample of the incredible things African creators are doing in the audio space. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this report…The future of audio The future of audio
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 13, 2022 05:37 UTC
Nine hacks to overcome fear | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
To overcome fear you must become aware of how fear affects you physiologically. This level of awareness in your physical body, helps you determine the intelligence required to do the work, and provides the care that your body needs. Because fear dwells on the negative, gratitude overturns and overcomes fear. According to James Stephens;“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”Find the hidden message in your fear, heed its warning, change the dynamics and you will overcome your fear. Meditation helps to overcome fear and anxiety by interrupting thinking patterns that trigger stress.
Source:The Guardian
May 13, 2022 04:41 UTC
Jet fuel: Between another subsidy regime and market realities | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The National Assembly’s intervention on the cost of aviation fuel has calmed storms in the air transport sector. “By that standard, the meeting and lawmakers’ intervention are uncalled-for,” fuel marketers had said. Okonkwo said it was difficult to find any aviation sector that survives on such instability and a reason all operators are worried. “In comparative terms, the aviation industry is already benefiting from government’s intervention when local prices are compared to West African regional prices, despite the deregulated status of aviation fuel. Aviation fuel has been an issue for upwards of 20 years in Nigeria without serious attention.
Source:The Guardian
May 13, 2022 04:32 UTC
Enugu East zone moves to reduce governorship aspirants | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Leaders of Enugu East Senatorial zone of Enugu State, yesterday, moved to harmonise the interest of her people in the governorship position of the state in the 2023 general elections. They moved to prune down the number of aspirants and ensure that there is no disunity in their pursuit. The Guardian learnt that the closed-door meeting attended by 11 of the aspirants agreed to continue their individual consultations. They added: “What is paramount is that someone from the zone becomes the governor.”The senatorial zone, made up of six local councils of Isiuzo, Nkanu East, Nkanu West, Enugu North, Enugu South and Enugu East by the governorship rotation of the state, is touted to produce the next governor in 2023. No fewer than fifteen persons from the zone picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) form to vie for the governorship seat of the state.
Source:The Guardian
May 13, 2022 04:07 UTC
‘Direct selling model key to youth empowerment’ | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Regional General Manager sub-Saharan Africa for QNET, an international e-commerce -based direct selling company, Biram Fall, disclosed this at a forum to discuss African youth empowerment. Fall’s remarks are based on the latest Direct Selling Report, published by the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA). The report showed that global direct sales increased by 2.3 per cent year-on-year, from $175.3 billion in 2019 to $179.3 billion in 2020. The direct selling model, he said, leverages selling products directly to customers without the use of third parties, and it relies on word-of-mouth promotion from existing users. While emphasising the potential that direct selling holds, Biram stated: “Africa currently has the largest youth population in the world.
Source:The Guardian
May 13, 2022 03:54 UTC
Managed power services next big thing in the power sector — Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric has identified managed power services as the next big thing in the power sector when the leader in energy management automation encouraged its partners, professionals and end-users to take advantage of the next wave of growth opportunities in the power sector. With IT professionals looking for help in monitoring and management of these sites, there are only 27% of managed service providers (MSPs) who offer managed power services today. Managed Power Services represent a new opportunity for service providers and partners to address asset management of UPS’s and physical infrastructure. “Based on our calculations, the addition of Managed Power Services adds 1.5-times additional revenue over the lifecycle of the asset compared to traditional hardware. “Schneider Electric has developed a program to help MSPs reduce their time-to-market and ensure MSPs have the resources they need to build and launch their managed power services practice,” the Schneider Electric sales executive said.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 13, 2022 03:40 UTC
Ambode’s ally submits APC governorship form, challenges Sanwo-Olu
The APC aspirant vowed to defeat the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the APC governorship primary election later this month. Speaking with The PUNCH on Thursday, Oluwo said, “Lagos must be free.”So far, only two aspirants have submitted the party’s governorship forms in Lagos — Sanwo-Olu and Oluwo. Asked whether he submitted the governorship forms on behalf of Ambode, Oluwo told The PUNCH on Thursday that the forms were for himself and not the ex-governor. We want to be the driver of that change in Lagos,” Oluwo had said in a recent interview. Last December, a major block within the Lagos APC family, the Lagos4Lagos movement, dumped the ruling party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party.
Source:Punch
May 12, 2022 23:05 UTC
Grandchild or $650,000: Indian couple sues son | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
An Indian couple is taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son and paying for a lavish wedding. Mentally too we are quite disturbed because we are living alone,” the couple said in their petition. The couple’s lawyer Arvind Kumar said the petition will be taken up for hearing by the court in northern India on May 17. India has a strong joint family system with many generations including grandparents, nephews, aunts and uncles often living in the same household.
Source:The Guardian
May 12, 2022 22:25 UTC
JUST IN: Jonathan not yet our member, says Bayelsa APC chairman
The Bayelsa State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dennis Otiotio, has said that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is officially not yet a member of the APC in the state. According to him, Jonathan could only join the APC if he had been formally granted a waiver by the national chairman of the party, Adamu Abdullahi. He said, “I think the person you people should be asking the question is the national chairman of the party. He should be the one to grant him (Jonathan) waiver. It adds that any party office holder interested in contesting an elective office (whether party office or office in a general election) shall resign and leave office 30 days prior to the date of the party primary.
Source:Punch
May 12, 2022 21:13 UTC
200 to benefit from free cataract surgery to mark Olubadan’s coronation
The Eleta Eye Foundation in celebrating the ascension of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Olalekan Balogun, is to commence free eye screening and 200 cataract surgeries in support of good sight for all in the country. Eleta Eye Foundation, a charitable not-for-profit organisation whose major goal is to prevent blindness, support the development of eye health services and improve vision for those who see imperfectly, said the Oba Moshood Olalekan Balogun free eye surgery is being supported by CBM International. Speaking about the 200 free cataract surgeries to take place in the hospital, the acting hospital manager, Eleta Eye Institute, Mrs Abolanle Oyegoke, said screening to determine those that could have cataract surgery will commence on Monday and the surgical operation will last till Saturday. “To celebrate your ascension to the throne and to bring town and throne nearer each other, Eleta Eye Foundation is planning to carry out 200 sight restoration surgeries for cataract-blind patients in your domain. Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Balogun, flanked by Olori Olayinka Balogun and other baales, appreciated the gesture and said people in his domain would benefit greatly from the gesture given the importance of eyes to health and good life.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 12, 2022 17:40 UTC
Foreign football trials: Police arraign suspects, Olympian denies defrauding bizwoman
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned four suspects in a case involving a travel agent, Osuji Onyedikanne, and an ex-athlete, Gladys Stephen. Onyedikanne had accused Stephen of using her company, Golden Knights International Sports Limited, to defraud her of N9.5m. She claimed that Stephen promised foreign football trials for her clients, adding that despite paying, none of her clients travelled out of the country. The businesswoman further alleged that some suspects arrested by the police were released without any refund made to her. The Executive Director of the group, Okechukwu Nwanguma, accused the Lagos State Police Command of doing the biddings of the suspects.
Source:Punch
May 12, 2022 15:35 UTC
Stakeholders harp on adequate investment in early childhood education
Stakeholders in the education sector have identified the importance of investing in the early education of children as a way of building a solid foundation for national development. Participants at the April edition of EdTech Mondays, a monthly educative forum being organised by the Mastercard Foundation in conjunction with Co-Creation Hub, gave this position. She pointed out that even at that, technology had redefined education across levels, hence the need to invest in children education right from the pre-primary level. He stressed the need to address the situation by changing the narratives for a better tomorrow. “So, there is a need to have quality education from the foundational level so as to build it up to the tertiary level,” she stressed.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 12, 2022 08:18 UTC
Association denies N17b revenue recovery from free zone companies | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Oke was quoted by some news media to have revealed alleged recovery of missing N17 billion revenue generated by some companies operating within the Free Trade Zones. The denial is contained in a statement signed yesterday by the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Economic Zones Association, Toyin Elegbede in Abuja. We will plead that the committee deliberately study how economic zones operate. We can only urge the committee chairman to avoid actions and activities that may weaken and discourage the growing foreign investment into Nigeria’s economic zones. “The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has recorded huge gains in the industrialisation of Nigeria through the special economic zones.
Source:The Guardian
May 12, 2022 02:21 UTC
Lagos State governorship race: Governor Sanwo-Olu submits re-election forms, confident of victory
Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has submitted the Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for his re-election, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied by the Lagos APC Governance Advisory Council (GAC), members of the state Executive Council, party executives, traditional rulers, APC chieftains, political associates and supporters, submitted the forms to the party officials at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He told newsmen after submitting the forms that with the support from the masses, he was confident of victory during the March 11, 2023, governorship elections. According to him, his administration is committed to the delivery of real dividends of democracy in all aspects of lives of the Lagos residents. ”We know where we are as a nation, but Lagos continues to remain safe and secure.
Source:The Guardian
May 12, 2022 00:34 UTC
Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19, says he’s experiencing mild symptoms
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The 66-year-old tech giant wrote in a tweet Tuesday that he is experiencing mild symptoms and is “following the experts’ advice” by isolating himself until he’s healthy. “I’m fortunate to be vaccinated and boosted and have access to testing and great medical care,” Gates tweeted. In a tweet, Gates said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation planned to meet Tuesday for the first time in two years. Gates says he will join via Microsoft Teams as he thanks the foundation for its hard work.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
May 11, 2022 23:45 UTC