AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoPublishing Survival Push: Nigeria’s publishers are urging deeper collaboration, faster tech adoption and clearer policy support to keep the industry competitive, with speakers at the Nigeria International Book Fair calling for partnerships instead of rivalry. Integrity & Access: Researchers at a global research-integrity conference backed an African code rooted in Ubuntu, arguing current ethics models don’t fit local realities. Media Under Pressure: A Nigerian civil-society report warns that digital surveillance is rising ahead of 2027, chilling journalists and civic voices. Education & Language: Ghana’s Confucius Institute launched a virtual classroom to expand Chinese-language teaching amid teacher shortages. Culture & Books: A new “Discovery Trail” project is turning students into authors and illustrators, while Cannes’ drug crackdown and a broader “newsroom slow death” theme underline how culture and media are being reshaped. Loss & Legacy: The Yusufu Bala Usman Institute chair Samuel Osoba (92) has died, adding to a week of notable book-and-ideas obituaries.
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