The editorial board of Y! Africa is pleased to announce Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, as its pick for Person of the Year 2020.
Chosen by a consensus of...
Remember a time when CEOs of multi-million dollar businesses were mythical figures, couched in their private lofts, separated from the millions of customers who used their products and provided the revenue and profits that kept their businesses afloat? Well,...
“Nature is healing. We are the virus.”
One of the small comforts of the lockdowns put in place by governments around the world to curtail the spread of the coronavirus was the viral memes satirizing the calming effects of lockdowns on the environment. From...
Nigeria has a diversity problem. We see it on our streets, in our schools and in our interactions on social media. We create silos where only our perspectives matter in any conversation. This is a troubling phenomenon, especially when...
The brewing agitation that grew to become the rallying point for the fight against police brutality in Nigeria, started on 4 October 2020, when a video recorded near Wetland Hotel in Ughelli, Delta, went viral on Twitter. Recorded by Nicholas Makolomi – who incidentally has just released from police...
From a database of over 10,000 entries, The Masterlist editors curate, weekly, the top 100 people, places, and platforms that should be top of mind for individuals and corporations.
This week’s list features a diverse mix of entries from artists...
First, let’s regulate social media!
On 8 October 2020, Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, was at the National Assembly to defend the 2021 budget proposal of his ministry. According to him, fake news and misinformation are severe...
From a database of over 10,000 entries, The Masterlist editors curate, weekly, the top 100 people, places, and platforms that should be top of mind for individuals and corporations.
This week’s list features a diverse mix of entries from artists...
Nigeria? Everywhere, sample.
Flavour’s Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix) became an instant hit in 2011. Flavour had actually sampled another song, Sawale by Rex Lawson. Sawale was released in the 1960s. The Nigerian music industry is constantly proliferated by music samples. Lagbaja’s Gra Gra was sampled in Davido’s If. Kojo...
From a database of over 10,000 entries, The Masterlist editors curate, weekly, the top 100 people, places, and platforms that should be top of mind for individuals and corporates.
This week’s list features a diverse mix of entries from artistes...
By Isime Esene and Ifedayo Adeleye.
After it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health
Organisation in January, Coronavirus (widely known as COVID-19) has so far spread to
over 160 countries and territories, infecting over 1,000,000, and killing over
50,000 people....