Category Archives: African Media

ORTB is now available online!

By theresa | Published: May 4, 2009
ORTB emissions are available online! It looks like they go up as soon as filming ends; today’s Revue de Presse is already available. It looks like it’s the nightly news, both for television and radio, and the revue de presse that are available right now. There are also some documentaries online, mostly [...]
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I’m a winner!

By theresa | Published: January 15, 2009
A few weeks ago, Afrigator launched the second round of their Afigreater competition. For the month of December, they asked their users to talk about things that make them crazy about the service. It was a brave move. A lot of people complained about basic usability issues. I complained about [...]
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Why is the Afrigator site only available in English?

By theresa | Published: December 18, 2008
I recently found Afrigator, an aggregator for the African blogosphere. Actually, I found it a long time ago, but just recently created an account. I’m not only jumping back into blogging myself, but also working to encourage blogging and bloggers here in Benin, and Afrigator’s a great tool. Right now, there isn’t [...]
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Prix RFI – Reporters sans frontières – OIF 2008

By theresa | Published: December 11, 2008
Virgil Houessou , journalist at L’événement Précis, one of our client newspapers, recently won the Prix RFI – Reporters sans frontières – OIF 2008 for print journalism for two articles he’d written concerning children’s rights here in Benin. The prize is very simple: an annual competition to discover and encourage journalists in francophone countries [...]
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How did I not see this before?

By theresa | Published: November 24, 2008
How did I not see this before?  InCorporate Nigeria, a “magazine for the Nigerian Professional,” is actually . . . not so bad.  The writing is occasionally juvenile, but it’s an interesting look into the world of Nigerian corporate lifestyles.  I imagine that, if the magazine takes off, it will improve as readership (and ad [...]
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READ THIS BOOK!

By theresa | Published: October 8, 2007
I keep swearing that I’m done reading books about Africa by white people. Or non-Africans. Or RPCVs. Or hard-bitten journalists. Or whatever author most recently annoyed me about his or her experiences as a white man/ woman in Africa. Occasionally I am also annoyed by how blacks choose to write [...]
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