YouTube Shorts containing content sampled from long-form videos generated over generated 100 billion views in April 2022. This was disclosed by the company during a press briefing which also coincided with its one-year anniversary in Nigeria. It added that Shorts was being watched by over 1.5 billion logged-in users every month. […]
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How to apply for YouTube’s $100m Black Voices Fund, Class of 2023
Application for the Class of 2023 of YouTube’s Black Voices Fund (BVF) has begun. Following a successful admission for the Class of 2022, YouTube has decided to continue the program with a $100 million fund and a partnership with community-based organisations for more than 180 participants interested in a creative future. The […]
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Google, YouTube Unveil New Safety Measures To Protect Kids
Google on Tuesday unveiled a series of online safety measures for children including a private setting for videos uploaded by teens and safeguard for ads shown to users under 18. The new features, which come amid heightened concerns about online child exploitation and safety at a time of growing internet […]
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#TechMoney: YouTube Foundry grant,Bella Shmurda 26 others make list of
YouTube Music on Tuesday announced the 2021cohort for Foundry with Nigeria’s Akinbiyi Ahmed known professionally as Bella Shmurda and 26 others to receive Foundry Programme grant to invest in their content and channel development. Addy Awofisayo, YouTube Partnerships Manager, made this known in a statement. She said that through the […]
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YouTube Studio Gets a New Icon
Without any publicity around it, YouTube rolled out a new logo for YouTube Studio, it’s separate forum where creators check insights for their content. The new design is a smooth red hexagon with a play button in the middle, bearing much similarity with the YouTube Music icon. As of last […]
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The internet age: It’s time for Africa
Bryan Obonyo, Shay Sade, Monique Touko, David Osafo, and Ian Oplot are a London-born and bred group of friends who one day decided they would record their reactions to Afrobeats music videos by African artists. That fine day occurred, according to their official website, in 2017. Fast forward to 2021 […]
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MTV Base, YouTube’s Africa Day Concert 2021, Angelique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa, Others Join Idris Elba In
The Africa Day Concert 2021, being organised by MTV Base, YouTube and Idris Elba have announced a star-studded line-up of guest appearances from some of the most well-known faces on the continent and around the world. The highly anticipated global event is set to put Africa’s next global wave of […]
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YouTube Launches Africa Reading Challenge to Boost African Literature
YouTube has launched its first YouTube Africa Reading Challenge, an online reading marathon featuring authors, influencers and key opinion leaders across Africa. In a bid to help popularise the work of African authors across the continent, the personalities will read extracts from The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, a novel by […]