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Sony 50mm f/1.4 GM Review: Another Excellent Addition to E-Mount

Sony’s new Sony 50mm f/1.4 GM is a compact, fast, and high-resolution lens in Sony’s upper-echelon G Master lineup, and it joins Sony’s already flush 50mm focal length lineup. Other members of the nifty-fifty club include the Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM, Sony FE 50mm f/1.8, Sony FE 50mm f/2.5 G Lens, Sony FE 50mm f/2.8 …

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How Photographers Will Benefit from Intel and NVIDIA’s Latest Tech

Intel recently announced new Xeon W-3400 and W-2400 processors for professional workstations. At the same time, NVIDIA announced its latest RTX 6000 Ada-generation GPUs. It’s the first time in years that Intel and NVIDIA, longtime partners, announced new flagship products simultaneously. The new platforms, and the workstations built around them, are extremely exciting for a …

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Voices Rising – The Music of Wakanda Forever” Co-directed by Meji Alabi Now Streaming On Disney Plus

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever captured the hearts and imaginations of both local and international audiences, from the cinematography to the delivery. However, an aspect that struck and stuck with the audience was the soundtrack featured throughout this African-based fantasy film. The series takes us behind the sound and soundtrack of this fantasy flick with a …

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Evert Clark/Seth Payne Award for a young science journalist

The award is intended to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science. The 2023 winner will receive $1,000 and expenses to attend the ScienceWriters2023 conference to receive the award. The award is given in memory of Ev Clark, a veteran journalist at Business Week, The New York …

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Annual Poetry Contest

Win N15,000 Cash and N10,000 Gift-Card to shop at Roving Heights for the SprinNG Annual Poetry Contest. (Only one winner will be Win N15,000 Cash and N10,000 Gift-Card to shop at Roving Heights for the SprinNG Annual Poetry Contest. (Only one winner will be selected) Timeline: The Contest opens on March 1 and ends on …

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NETFLIX and GOBELINS are offering new scholarship opportunities for African Animators!

GOBELINS and NETFLIX are offering new scholarship opportunities for African Animators! Netflix Grow Creative and GOBELINS are offering six Master scholarships for students from the African continent for the September 2023 intake as part of their joint efforts to increase the pipeline of new Animation talent in Africa. The scholarships will benefit six students who …

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The Nigeria Prize for Literature

Entries are invited for the Nigeria Prize of literature. The annual literature prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG to honour the author of the best book by a Nigerian. The prize rotates among four genre- prose fiction, poetry, children literature and drama. This year’s competition is for drama. Put that script together an go for …

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Nigeria Media Innovation Program’s (NAMIP) Sustainability Challenge

Applications are now open for the Nigeria Media Innovation Program’s (NAMIP’s) Sustainability Challenge. Winners will be awarded up to $50,000 for their project and join NAMIP’s innovation and capacity building program that extends up till 2024. NAMIP is implemented by Media Development Investment Fund and funded by MacArthur Foundation to accelerate digital innovation and foster …

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Global Shining Light Award

Global Shining Light award is a biennial award by Global Investigative Journalism Network. It awards investigative journalism done in developing countries under duress or threat. There are two categories of awards. Winners of the award will get $2500 A fully funded trip to the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Deadline: 28th February Click here to …

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Kendeka Prize for African Literature

If you are an unpublished writer, this opportunity is for you. Kendeka Prize for African Literature is aimed at nurturing new and existing writers from the African Continent. Whether or not you reside in Africa, you can apply for this opportunity. You can submit your short fiction story or creative non-fiction on or before 15th …