RADIO CORONA DEBUTS IN ALGERIA TO COMBAT LIMIT ON FREE SPEECH

In Algeria, select rights groups have called out some authoritarian government for capitalizing on the shocking outbreak of the pandemic disease to limit free expression. The rights groups accused the authoritarian government of arresting activists and journalists.

However, in the North African part of Algeria, it doesn’t seem like the situation with the birth of Radio Corona. Radio Corona Internationale (RCI) kicked off last month, airing on both Facebook and Soundcloud. It airs a mix of music, news and runs commentary in two languages (French and Arabic).

Abdallah Benadouda the owner of RCI made known that the idea was conceived in an online conversation with his friends. While they laughed loudly, shared music, and talked about music, the idea came to him. He told his other friends that they could start a radio program instead of just streaming music |||READ MORE …

IMG IS NOW SCOUTING MODELS ON TIKTOK

In 2014, IMG Models introduced We Love Your Genes. It's an Instagram account, a hashtag, a scouting program and a broader strategy the agency created to discover fresh faces that it can develop and eventually add to its roster, all rolled into one. And it's had success stories — from Diana Silvers (a break-out in 2019's "Booksmart") to runway regulars like Lameka Fox and Gizele Oliveira.

A lot about social media has changed since then, from the way it looks to how we use it to what the big platforms are. Jeni Rose, SVP at IMG Models, tells Fashionista that the agency had built out a team that works on finding talent on Instagram over the past few years. (By its estimate, a fourth of its recruitment has been done through social media over the last five years.) And it was one of them that brought up TikTok as an opportunity.

"[They] said 'You know, I really think we should start looking at TikTok, because that truly is the demographic and Instagram has gotten so curated that it doesn't look the way it [did] give years ago, when we began scouting there,'" she remembers. "All of us thought, 'We're too old for TikTok. How does that work?'" |||READ MORE …

Privilege corrupts everything in Nigeria, even getting an I.D card

Yesterday, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) put up this post announcing that Nigerian born British boxer Anthony Joshua had recently registered for his national identity number and card. This post was shared partly for publicity and partly for social media engagement, and Anthony Joshua has been a gracious participant, doing something similar for the presidency when he visited President Buhari after he reclaimed his heavy weight titles |||READ MORE …

NOA Translate FOIA Into Indigenous Languages For Transparency, Accountability

The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has say that its had translated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into Hausa, lgbo, Yoruba and 20 other Nigerian indigenous languages to promote transparency and accountability for good governance  process.

The Director General of NOA, Dr. Garba Abari, made known at the stakeholder’s dialogue with the chief executives officer of different agencies and parastatals of government on the theme: “evaluate the application of the Freedom of Information Act and its impact on national development” in Abuja.

Abari said, “It is our hope that this review will enable us all as stakeholders to assess the implementation and impact of the FOIA in various public institutions and allow MDAs |||READ MORE …