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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Tag: Nigeria book market
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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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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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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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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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for the serious self-publisher with...
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Mapping the New Normal: “Africa must reject the old normal and seize the opportunity of the moment to recalibrate.”
From the StreetLib TNPS Publish Africa newsletter #8: Ake Arts & Book Festival leads the...
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Nigeria’s October Ake Arts & Book Festival shifts online in face of coronavirus
In a bold move the Ake Art & Book Festival scheduled for October 22-25 in the former Nigerian...
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Nigeria’s Copyright Commission calls on schools to avoid buying pirated text books
The Nigerian Publishers Association and the Nigerian Copyright Commission organised a meeting at...
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Nigeria’s booksellers promise vibrant trade, but casting social media as the enemy is not the way to make that happen
Nigeria’s Booksellers Association (BAN) has fresh blood after recent AGM elections, and BAN’s new...
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Nigeria International Book Fair kicks off today with a mission to make digital reading acceptable
The 19th Nigeria International Book Fair got underway today. I’ll report on the event further as...
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