Nigeria investigates AI and tech firms
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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
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
