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FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles Retain 34th position

The Nigeria’s Super Eagles has retained the 34th position in the FIFA world rankings released on Thursday, September 16, 2021. The two straight wins of the...

Hydropower: AfDB Approves $1m for Modernisation of Africa’s Fleet

Business3 years ago

Hydropower: AfDB Approves $1m for Modernisation of Africa’s Fleet

A sum of $1million grant has been approved by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa towards the modernization of Africa’s hydropower fleet. The approval of the...

Konga, Access Bank Join Hands to Offer Free Food to Needy Nigerians

Business3 years ago

Konga Unveils Plans to Employ 1 million Africans

Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, is set to become one of the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria after unveiling plans to provide meaningful employment...

Nigeria Stock Market Reverses Previous Day’s Gain as Investors Lose N30bn

Business3 years ago

Public Interest in MTN Nigeria, 13 Other Lift Stock Markets by N24.92bn

The Nigeria equities market sustained prior day’s gains by N24.92 billion, due to buying interest in MTN Nigeria Communications and 13 other companies. Yesterday, at the...

Truecaller Marks 500 Customer Milestones for Its Business Offering

Business3 years ago

Truecaller Marks 500 Customer Milestones for Its Business Offering

Truecaller, a caller ID and spam blocking APP, has announced a milestone of 500 customers for its Truecaller for Business offerings. According to AMA report, this...

Aisha Buhari Cup: Super Falcons Floored Mali with Late Goals

Sports3 years ago

Aisha Buhari Cup: Super Falcons Floored Mali with Late Goals

The Super Falcons of Nigeria has extended their unbeaten record by conquering their Malian counterpart yesterday, September 15, 2021. The win came with two late goals....

YouTube has announced on Wednesday it had earmarked $1,000 each for 20 creators with eligible channels at the YouTube NextUp Programme that will be available in Nigeria and South Africa. Addy Awofisayo, YouTube Content Partnership Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, said in a statement that the programme was an opportunity for local creators to take their content creation to the next level. Awofisayo said that 20 creators with eligible channels would be selected to win a production stipend of $1,000, which would be for the acquisition of production equipment to advance their YouTube careers. She said that the selected creators would also have the opportunity to attend a week-long intensive ‘Creator Camp’ as well as learn new skills and access mentorship by the YouTube NextUp partnership team. According to her, the YouTube NextUp programme is available to creators who are committed to advancing their YouTube careers and producing fresh and compelling content. Awofisayo statement in part; ‘’Eligible channels for selection into the YouTube NextUp programme should have 10,000 to 100,000 subscribers and at least three pieces of original and native video content uploaded in the past three months. ‘’Channel accounts must be compliant with the YouTube community guidelines and have no strikes. Participation in other YouTube creator masterclasses is also a basis for acceptance. “We believe that the next generation of successful creators is already honing their skills on YouTube. ‘’We are excited that the support from the YouTube NextUp programme will take creators to the next level in their YouTube careers, enabling them to develop whole new genres and online experiences for audiences around the world,” she said. Awofisayo said that applications for the YouTube NextUp programme are currently open on YouTube NextUp, each creator must submit an entry form along with the video the creators are most proud of. She said that the video should best represent their technical production skills, creativity and storytelling ability. According to her, the creators also need to write an essay in not less than 200 words on ‘Why should you be selected?. She said that judging would involve the evaluation of the creator’s submitted video and essay along with a general evaluation of their channel. The content manager said that YouTube, through programmes like YouTube NextUp, had a long-standing commitment to being an advocate for and ally to the diverse communities that reside on the platform Awofisayo said YouTube would continue to expand its efforts to support marginalised and underrepresented communities. She said that in Nigeria, over 500 channels now have over 100,000 subscribers while in South Africa over 250 channels now have over 100,000 subscribers, an indication of over 60 percent increase, year-on-year as of June this year. The percentage of YouTube channels in Nigeria making seven figures or more revenue in Naira had now increased by 100 percent year-on-year. Also, South Africa now has an increase of 70 per cent of channels making six figures or more in revenue in Rands, year-on-year in the period under review. “YouTube creators are already doing what they are passionate about and making money from it. YouTube NextUp aims to take them to the next level in terms of income generation and professionalism,” Awofisayo held. Reports have read that YouTube, since its launch in May 2005, had become the world’s most widespread online video community consenting billions of people to discover, watch and share video.

Business3 years ago

YouTube Earn-marks $1,000 Each for 20 Creators in Nigeria, South Africa

YouTube has announced on Wednesday it had earmarked $1,000 each for 20 creators with eligible channels at the YouTube NextUp Programme that will be available in...

Business3 years ago

Rite Foods’ Bigi Brand Powers Abeokuta 10km Marathon

Rite Foods’ Bigi brand is fully prepared to power the Abeokuta marathon as the headline sponsor of the10 km race scheduled to hold on November 13,...

News3 years ago

Twitter Ban to be Lifted Soon – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has disclosed that the suspension placed on the operations of the microblogging platform, Twitter, in Nigeria will be lifted soon. Information and Culture...