About this episode

The episode discusses Nigeria's investigation into major tech companies over anti-competitive practices and the rights of people with albinism in the workplace.

A compliant submitted by ​the Nigerian Press Organisation, which represents newspaper owners, journalists’ unions, ⁠broadcasters and online publishers, has prompted the country's President Bola Tinubu to issue an investigation by the country's competition regulator into major technology companies over alleged anti-competitive practices and unauthorised use of news content. Growing influence of big-tech companies in Africa has sparked concerns over dominance in digital advertising, the use of news content without fair compensation, algorithms that control what people see, and the impact of artificial intelligence on journalism and copyright. Also, we take a look at a new Malawian National Action Plan that seeks to improve the rights of people with albinism in the workplace. We hear from Malawi's Bonface Massah, head of the Africa Albinism Network, who also lives with albinism. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Ayuba Illya, Helen Oyibo and Blessing Aderogba Senior Producer: Bella Twine Technical Producer: Jonathan Mwangi Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla

People in this episode

Host: Nkechi Ogbonna

Guest: Bonface Massah

Topics covered

• AI and technology in Nigeria
• anti-competitive practices
• digital advertising
• journalism and copyright
• rights of people with albinism

Keywords

• Nigeria
• AI
• technology companies
• journalism
• albinism
• digital advertising
• competition regulator

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nigerian Press Organisation, Africa Albinism Network, BBC World Service

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