Podcast appearances and mentions of sahara reporters

Originally recorded at our 2024 Rogue Women event earlier this spring, La Keisha Landrum Pierre, General Partner & Co-Founder of Emmeline Ventures shares insights from her journey in venture capital, featured in the documentary "Show Her the Money." She talks about how the film is helping to rewrite the narrative on women and fundraising. Before starting at Emmeline Ventures, La Keisha was the MD at NLA Ventures. Prior to that, she was the CEO at Sahara Reporters and co-Founder of Sahara Reporters' Civic Media Lab, in partnership with MacArthur Foundation and Omidyar Network and others.

According to Sahara Reporters, a Closed Circuit Television installed at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Osun State has showed how a Master of Business Administration student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Oludare was killed.The report affirmed that the CCTV camera allegedly revealed how the owner of the hotel, Chief Rahmon Adedoyin, his son, Raheem, and Adedoyin's aide, Moshood, carried out the murder.This was revealed by Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, in a video posted on his Instagram page on Friday, Sahara Reporters reports.Oludare had lodged at the hotel when he came to write his examinations in OAU late last year before he was murder by the owner and staff of the facility.He revealed that there will soon be a court case on the matter.He amplified that among the four suspects, three had been declared wanted as it was only Adedoyin that was in the custody of the police.He said, “They entered his room at 12 midnight. We have seen the CCTV but the police have taken them away. It was revealed that they entered by 12:00am. Who are the suspects that killed Timothy? Moshood who is like a personal assistant to Adedoyin and an accomplice was involved as CCTV showed he entered, then Adedoyin entered, and Raheem, the son of Adedoyin and managing director of the hotel entered.“After some minutes, we saw that they went out of the room. As they went out, they wrapped Timothy's corpse with a hotel duvet, and tighten it with a rope. They then put it in a big carton and tighten it again with a rope. They put his body in the boot of a car and drove out.”Hamzat said as the police continued their investigation on the matter, the family will begin preparation for the burial of the deceased.Meanwhile, The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) is calling for transparency and justice, the union sounded “a note of warning to everyone involved in the investigation that NANS will stop at nothing to expose and fight anyone irrespective of how highly placed contemplating to pervert the cause of investigation or justice.”

Adebayo Yousuph Grey engages the Former Presidential Candidate and Founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore on his life after attempt at the presidency, his political party, Africa Action Congress, AAC, and emerging issues.

Sam Carliner is joined by Tobi, a Senior Reporter and Multimedia Journalist at Sahara Reporters. Tobi has been on the ground in Lagos covering the protests against police violence.

 The guest featured in this 16th Episode of BAM Podcast, is Fatima Sesay, Journalist and PR Strategist. She is the Founder of Inside the Diaspora and a Journalist at Sahara Reporters. She shares the following major points during her interview,1.       How her early life started in Sierra Leone and how she witnessed a civil war2.       How she eventually migrated to the United States3.       How she discovered her passion for journalism and got started4.       How her desire to work for a black owned organization led to getting a job at Sahara Reporters5.       How she built her brand, Inside the Diaspora6.       How she is currently using her platform to showcase and highlight issues pertaining to Africans in Diaspora7.       How she focuses on impact and is determined to continue to grow her brand globally.8.       How a person who is interested in journalism can get started. Connect with FatimaFacebook, Instagram, Twitter: @InsidediasporaEmail Address: insidethediaspora@gmail.com BAM Podcast InfoFacebook, Instagram, Linkedin: @beyondafricamagazineTwitter: @beyondafricamagWebsite: www.beyondafricamagazine.comhttps://bampodcast.buzzsprout.com/ 

James Ogunjimi is a radical Nigerian who believes in the power of words to effect change. He writes poems, essays, shorts stories and political op-eds. In 2013, his poem: “Listen to the Whirlwind” was named “Poem of the Year” by the International Community of Poets (ICOP). In 2015, his poem, “Humanity’s Call” was second runner-up in the February edition of the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest. His short stories, opinion pieces, and poems have appeared in Sahara Reporters, Kalahari Review, Brittle Paper amongst many other publications. Below is a summary of the interview Content Writing For Social Media with James Ogunjimi James is a hype man and the lead noise maker responsible for making the public aware of what a business is offering on social media. He says a content creator is someone who creates or writes for brands or businesses. He creates the audience's needs in mind, he sells the product by appealing to the audience. You have to understand how to write from different perspectives and the different forms of writing. James has been writing for 6years and one of the challenges he encountered while writing is people disagreeing and challenging some of the content you come up with. He says to create a good write-up, there must be a good headline to grab the attention of the reader’s attention, humans have a very short attention span and if you can’t interest them within the first 5 seconds, they’d pass your post by. Writing for social media is different from writing for any other medium, there are certain mechanics and strategies that should be employed for it to be successfully done. To easily attract attention, you should have a very catchy first line and it should be structured for the target audience. James says the only way to make people interact with your content is by being consistent with the kind of content you put out. Your followers gravitate to you because they expect a certain kind of content from you, give this content in creative ways. Facebook as a platform supports longer captions, Instagram uses hashtags mostly, twitter is more limited and for career paths, LinkedIn works better. You just need to know how to utilize these different platforms to your benefit. He said when taking up a writing job some of the things to ask are, what they want to achieve, what medium would they prefer to use, would a website be necessary, and many more. The best way to caption content on the internet is by taking a more conversational route. He reveals that video content is gaining more traction than any other because it is easier to watch something with your own eyes than reading about it. James advises that when handling the social media accounts for a brand or business, you must have a content calendar to help you remember when and what to post. Even personal accounts can try this so they can consistently put out content and gain traction. A caller asked about how to get inspiration to put content out on a blog, James said your blog should be something you are passionate about because once you like doing something, you’d consistently be on it. If you find it hard to come up with ideas, he says you should search up the latest trends on whatever topic you’re writing about. You can also use google to search up topics that people are searching for. Search up keywords and create ideas around them, also use these keywords in your title so that whenever people search up the word, your post will be one of the first to pop up. Concluding, he says the major change he noticed in his field is the rise of video creation and he advises that people utilize this medium in their content creation. He ended saying originality is key and always write from different perspectives.

a Christian’s engagement with politics, news and culture TIMI DAKOLO’S COZA - ON THE LORD’S SIDE! – Fri., May 31, 2019 #56 A smear, an exposé or an accusation? Knowing the difference is important for people on the Lord’s Side. The story as reported on Sahara Reporters: http://saharareporters.com/2019/05/30/timi-dakolo-calls-out-coza-pastor-fatoyinbo-over-sex-church-members Olufemi Oguntokun GospelBells Radio Lagos, Nigeria.

a Christian’s engagement with politics, news and culture: ECHOES OF LUKE 14 AT BUHARI’S INAUGURATION - ON THE LORD’S SIDE! – Thurs., May 30, 2019 #55 At President Buhari’s inauguration yesterday, we witnessed a modern validation of one of Christ’s parables. The story as reported on Sahara Reporters: http://saharareporters.com/2019/05/29/oshiomole-disgraced-chased-away-breaching-protocol-presidential-inauguration Olufemi Oguntokun GospelBells Radio Lagos, Nigeria.

Officials from Nigeria are considering the legalization of the cultivation of cannabis. What questions should we be asking? CANNABIS COMING TO NIGERIA? - ON THE LORD’S SIDE! – Tues., May 14 2019 #45 a Christian’s engagement with politics, news and culture: Sahara Reporters on Governor Akeredolu’s Cannabis Advocacy: http://saharareporters.com/2019/05/14/gov-akeredolu-ndlea-boss-abdallah-thailand-learn-how-grow-cannabis California and the Black market for Marijuana: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurphy/2019/04/04/cannabis-black-market-problem/#57f26150134f Marijuana Black Market in Canada: https://www.newsweek.com/marijuana-black-market-canada-legalization-cannabis-1370423 Articles on wrong estimates of revenues from marijuana: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/california-gov-brown-could-slash-cannabis-tax-revenue-forecasts.html https://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-collecting-far-less-than-expected-in-marijuana-taxes-2019-01-10 Olufemi Oguntokun

Pius Adesanmi (Carleton University) on African literatures, public intellectuals, Sahara Reporters blog, social media and postcolonial writing, Yoruba and Anglophone literatures, ‘imposed transnationalism’ in the African literature classroom and ‘What is Africa to me’? With guest host Ann Biersteker. Photo courtesy of Pius Adesanmi

Pius Adesanmi (Carleton University) on African literatures, public intellectuals, Sahara Reporters blog, social media and postcolonial writing, Yoruba and Anglophone literatures, ‘imposed transnationalism’ in the African literature classroom and ‘What is Africa to me’? With guest host Ann Biersteker. Photo courtesy of Pius Adesanmi

Teresa Clarke, Chairman and CEO, Africa.com Leapfrog Technology; South Africa’s Access to Telecommunications; Sahara Reporters; Ushahidi’s Subsequent Uses; Kenya leads US in Mobile Payments

Omeyele Sowore of Sahara Reporters on current Nigerian politics. Brima Sheriff and Yves Traore from Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast discuss the Maternal Health Campaign of Amnesty International. Hosted by Walter Turner  .     The post Africa Today – April 12, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

***SPECIAL GUEST:Special Guest: Benin Brown. Benin works with 2009 TED Fellow Joshua Wanyama, who is the co-founder and CEO of Pamoja Media. Pamoja Media is Africa's first online advertising network selling banner and rich-media advertising to marketers seeking to reach Africans worldwide. Since its inception in August of 2008, Pamoja Media has proved its value to publishers by working with some of Africa's major publications including the Nation Media Group of Kenya, Mmegi of Botswana, Sahara Reporters of Nigeria, Mail & Guardian of South Africa and Sudanese Online amongst others. In October of 2008, Pamoja Media started representing Yahoo's Network in Africa selling its inventory to marketers within the continent. Pamoja Media today boasts a reach of 35 million Africans worldwide through its network and Yahoo. Check out www.pamojamedia.com. Benin is also a principal of African Path which is an online community and news destination dedicated to Africans telling their own stories. Check out www.africanpath.com. What is TED: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

Interview with Omoyele Sowore on Sahara Reporters on contemporary developments in Nigeria. Hosted by Walter Turner The post Africa Today: Interview with Omoyele Sowore. – November 24, 2008 appeared first on KPFA.