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Monday, December 23, 2013
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19 Mistakes From Last Flight To Abuja
Obi Emelonye's "Last Flight To Abuja" – The full movie (Nollywood Movies 2013) with over 1,493,241 views so far on YouTube is the number one on the Top 10 Most Watched Videos in Nigeria in 2013 excluding Music, but Nollymovies reported the following 19 mistakes in the best selling movie.
The movie opened with radio voice-over of the "Good Morning Nigeria Show" with "Manny and the Angels" on Cool FM, Lagos. In 2006, the Good Morning Nigeria Show was hosted by Dan Foster and not Manny and the Angels.
Continuity Error:-
As the movie starts a large building is shown and "CNS Headquarters" is written on the screen. When they show the board meeting taking place in the building, Chief Nike (Jide Kosoko) refers to their office as "TNS"
Other:-
The Flamingo name and logo on the plane is obviously printed on paper and then pasted on the fuselage/body of the plane. How much would re-spraying that part of the plane have cost?
submitted by @IamNotJuke (twitter)
Continuity Error:- The first time the Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) spoke to the passengers, he wasnt smiling. He says "the weather, a cool 31 degrees celsius...thank you for choosing Flamingo *Airways, enjoy your flight". The second time, while supposedly repeating the SAME SPEECH, he says "The weather in Abuja, a cool 31 degrees celsius...thank you for choosing Flamingo *Airlines, enjoy yourself."
Continuity Error:- Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) radioed the control tower and asked for permission to take off from runway 2 but the plane is shown to have taken off from runway 15.
Continuity Error:- In the first run, Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) stood up and interrupted the conversation between Suzie (Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde) and David (Jim Iyke) before heading to the toilet. When there's a replay of the SAME SCENE, he goes straight to the toilet without interrupting their conversation.
Factual Error:- Mrs Angela Efe (Chidera Orji) is seen using an iPad as her husband returns home having missed his flight. The first iPad wasn’t released until 2010 which was four years after the movie was supposedly set.
Continuity Error:-
After the Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) insists to the control tower about an emergency landing, the cabin shows and all of a sudden, there’s no smoke.
Factual Error:-
Considering how the plane crashed and all the fire, should that many people have survived? The survivors all look in very good shape with just a little dirt.
Other:-
Obvious sponsorship advertisements over-emphasizing the sponsors' brands. E.g. Cool FM, Diamond Bank, Nigeria Info, Zinox Computers, Wazobia FM.
Continuity Error:-
The crying girl, Anietie (Abigail Oyinkansola) who refuses to let her dad travel cries in the car, walks away from the car grinning and is seen crying again the second her father stops.
Other:-
Kevin Efe (Uche Odoputa) practically hands his phone to the thief who supposedly snatches the phone from him while he used it.
Factual Error:- The magazine on which Jimi (Sam Ajibola) signs his autograph for Mukhtar, "Whats Inside Lagos", wasn’t available until 2010.
Factual Error:-
The Elderly Man (Olumide Bakare) was travelling for a surgery for diabetes. Problem is, diabetes treatment does not require surgery.
Factual Error:-
Dr. Gina (Rachel Ekiama) checks Charles' temperature with stethoscope. A stethoscope is an acoustic medical device used for listening to internal sounds. A thermometer should have been used to check his temperature. Dr Gina also uses a Blackberry Torch 3 which wasn’t available until 2011.
submitted by @HandleOfTheYear (twitter)
Factual Error:-
A car battery is seen being loaded onto the plane. A car battery is a corrosive and is therefore internationally prohibited from being loaded on an airplane.
Other:-
On their way from the airport Mrs Ime Ibong looks at a police convoy and says "Is that not the governor?" to which her husband replies "that looks like my chairman, Chief Nike". The SUVs they both looked at were tinted. How did they see through the tinted glasses?
Other:-
As Soibifa (Omalicha Iyasara) struggles with Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) in the hotel room, she falls on her right hand which is shown to be placed between her head and the broken glass, implying her head had no direct contact with the broken glass table which supposedly killed her.
Factual Error:-
After all the passengers leave the plane, David (Jim Iyke) tries to help Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) out, abandons him and runs out as the plane explodes. Now the explosion is shown to have started before David got to the rear exit. An explosion of that magnitude should be enough to kill him. Even if it doesn’t, he should have serious burns and injuries. Right?
SOURCE :- http://nollymovies.tk
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® By Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
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The movie opened with radio voice-over of the "Good Morning Nigeria Show" with "Manny and the Angels" on Cool FM, Lagos. In 2006, the Good Morning Nigeria Show was hosted by Dan Foster and not Manny and the Angels.
Continuity Error:-
As the movie starts a large building is shown and "CNS Headquarters" is written on the screen. When they show the board meeting taking place in the building, Chief Nike (Jide Kosoko) refers to their office as "TNS"
Other:-
The Flamingo name and logo on the plane is obviously printed on paper and then pasted on the fuselage/body of the plane. How much would re-spraying that part of the plane have cost?
submitted by @IamNotJuke (twitter)
Continuity Error:- The first time the Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) spoke to the passengers, he wasnt smiling. He says "the weather, a cool 31 degrees celsius...thank you for choosing Flamingo *Airways, enjoy your flight". The second time, while supposedly repeating the SAME SPEECH, he says "The weather in Abuja, a cool 31 degrees celsius...thank you for choosing Flamingo *Airlines, enjoy yourself."
Continuity Error:- Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) radioed the control tower and asked for permission to take off from runway 2 but the plane is shown to have taken off from runway 15.
Continuity Error:- In the first run, Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) stood up and interrupted the conversation between Suzie (Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde) and David (Jim Iyke) before heading to the toilet. When there's a replay of the SAME SCENE, he goes straight to the toilet without interrupting their conversation.
Factual Error:- Mrs Angela Efe (Chidera Orji) is seen using an iPad as her husband returns home having missed his flight. The first iPad wasn’t released until 2010 which was four years after the movie was supposedly set.
Continuity Error:-
After the Captain George (Anthony Monjaro) insists to the control tower about an emergency landing, the cabin shows and all of a sudden, there’s no smoke.
Factual Error:-
Considering how the plane crashed and all the fire, should that many people have survived? The survivors all look in very good shape with just a little dirt.
Other:-
Obvious sponsorship advertisements over-emphasizing the sponsors' brands. E.g. Cool FM, Diamond Bank, Nigeria Info, Zinox Computers, Wazobia FM.
Continuity Error:-
The crying girl, Anietie (Abigail Oyinkansola) who refuses to let her dad travel cries in the car, walks away from the car grinning and is seen crying again the second her father stops.
Other:-
Kevin Efe (Uche Odoputa) practically hands his phone to the thief who supposedly snatches the phone from him while he used it.
Factual Error:- The magazine on which Jimi (Sam Ajibola) signs his autograph for Mukhtar, "Whats Inside Lagos", wasn’t available until 2010.
Factual Error:-
The Elderly Man (Olumide Bakare) was travelling for a surgery for diabetes. Problem is, diabetes treatment does not require surgery.
Factual Error:-
Dr. Gina (Rachel Ekiama) checks Charles' temperature with stethoscope. A stethoscope is an acoustic medical device used for listening to internal sounds. A thermometer should have been used to check his temperature. Dr Gina also uses a Blackberry Torch 3 which wasn’t available until 2011.
submitted by @HandleOfTheYear (twitter)
Factual Error:-
A car battery is seen being loaded onto the plane. A car battery is a corrosive and is therefore internationally prohibited from being loaded on an airplane.
Other:-
On their way from the airport Mrs Ime Ibong looks at a police convoy and says "Is that not the governor?" to which her husband replies "that looks like my chairman, Chief Nike". The SUVs they both looked at were tinted. How did they see through the tinted glasses?
Other:-
As Soibifa (Omalicha Iyasara) struggles with Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) in the hotel room, she falls on her right hand which is shown to be placed between her head and the broken glass, implying her head had no direct contact with the broken glass table which supposedly killed her.
Factual Error:-
After all the passengers leave the plane, David (Jim Iyke) tries to help Mr Adesola (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) out, abandons him and runs out as the plane explodes. Now the explosion is shown to have started before David got to the rear exit. An explosion of that magnitude should be enough to kill him. Even if it doesn’t, he should have serious burns and injuries. Right?
SOURCE :- http://nollymovies.tk
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® By Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Famous British Actor Rudolph Walker Replaces Joseph Marcell in Invasion 1897
Famous British Actor Rudolph Walker Replaces Joseph Marcell in Invasion 1897
Famous Caribbean born British Actor Rudolph Walker, OBE, has replaced St. Lucian-born English actor Joseph Marcell in Lancelot Imasuen’s historical epic film Invasion 1897.
“This afternoon we signed Rudolph Walker to play a role in Invasion 1897,” said Lancelot Imasuen Friday December 20, as we met in his busy Lagos studios to discuss the progress of the film and his short horror film for The ABCs of Death 2.
“Joseph Marcell couldn't make our new date for shooting in London, because of his other schedules. We will be filming in London before the end of the month. And Rudolph has always been my first choice to play a special role in Invasion 1897,” he added.
His London based associate producers Joe Ehigiamusoe and Julius Imabe of J2 Konsult Inc, in the UK manage the business of Lancelot Imasuen in Europe.
The British actor was the first black actor to appear in a major British TV series for his breakthrough role as Bill in the sitcom Love Thy Neighbour and currently popular for his role as Patrick Truman in the BBC One TV soap opera Eastenders, you can see on BBC1 and BBC3 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and the Sunday Omnibus.
Rudolph Walker is happily married to Dounne Alexander, MBE, an accomplished Caribbean born British spiritual herbalist, publisher, author, motivational speaker, health campaigner and award winning business pioneer, voted one of the 100 most influential black people in British history for the 2000 millennium (with her contribution was recorded by the BBC and is stored in the British National Library for posterity).
Mr. Walker is still very much agile even at 74. And he said: ‘An Actor's life for me is one which keeps you creative; forever developing, growing, flourishing and enriching, yourself and others. Therefore you cannot afford to become complacent or relaxed for too long… hence retirement is never a choice; you simply go on to ‘the end.’
Another popular English actor in the film is Charles "Chucky" Venn known for his roles as Curtis Alexander in Sky One's Dream Team, Tremaine Gidigbi in Footballers' Wives and Ray Dixon in EastEnders.
Invasion 1897 is the most anticipated film to celebrate the Nigeria Centenary in 2014 (modern day Nigeria came into being on January 1, 1914), and to mark the centenary of the death of the great King of Benin, Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi in exile in Calabar on January 14, 1914, Lancelot Imasuen will host special guests from corporate Nigeria and leading journalists at his Lagos studios on January 14, 2014.
Top Nigerian actors playing lead roles in the epic movie include Charles Inojie, Paul Obazele, Segun arinze, Mike Omoriegbe as Oba Ovonrawmen and the late Justus Esiri in a cameo role.
Did you know that five years before the death of Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, the British Consul-General Moor, who captured, deposed and sent him on exile in Calabar committed suicide in Barnes, Middlesex in 1909. The great Ovonramwen must have cursed him for no one commits such a great sacrilege and escapes the wrath of the Benin Kingdom.
Invasion 1897 is the untold story of the Benin Expedition of 1897 by the United Kingdom force of 1,200 under Admiral Sir Harry Rawson who captured, burned, and looted Benin City, bringing to an end the West African Kingdom of Benin.
~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Nollywood is Our Shining Light! - President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
Read the complete special commendations of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for his unprecedented financial and morale boosting support for Nollywood with the N3 billion grant for Project ACT-Nollywood and the $200 million Entertainment Intervention Fund in NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®.
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Nollywood has done what neither Americans Hollywood nor Indians Bollywood has done! Stopped battles at the war fronts!
Did you know that Ivorian rebels in the bush stopped fighting when a shipment of Nollywood DVDs arrived from Lagos?
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is the best publication on the best of nollywood in colour and glamour with all the glitz and razzmatazz of the news makers in 2013!
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
South Africa Fails To Deliver Nelson Mandela's Education Vision
17 Dec 2013 09:55 Africa/Lagos
South Africa fails to deliver Nelson Mandela's education vision
VADUZ, Liechtenstein, December 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
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South Africa is facing an education crisis. It has failed to uphold the dream of former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela - to provide equal opportunity to the nation's young through education, writes World Review author Dr Pauline Dixon, senior lecturer in International Development and Education at the University of Newcastle, UK.
'Mr Mandela, who led the nation from apartheid to democracy, believed that education was key to emancipation, social mobility - and to the future prosperity of South Africa . Yet this principle has still yet to be realised,' she says.
Results from South Africa's Department of Basic Education school monitoring survey in 2011, which looked only at public schools, shows that minimum standards were not met in 14 out of 15 indicators. Main concerns include teaching posts not being filled, the lack of curriculum being covered in a week, and the high number of pupils who are unable to access library facilities and enjoy basic physical infrastructure such as school buildings, grounds, furniture, equipment and apparatus believed essential to impart education.
'The teaching of mathematics in rural and poor schools is the worst in southern and eastern Africa ,' says Dr Dixon. 'Children in poorer African countries such as Lesotho and Zambia are out performing children in South Africa . Findings by the Centre for Development and Enterprise show that less than one quarter of Class 6 teachers were able to answer Class 6 maths questions correctly.'
'It is not surprising that between 2000 and 2010 the number of public schools dropped by nine per cent while the number of independent schools increased by more than 44 per cent. The number of pupils enrolled at independent schools has risen by more than 50 per cent in that period.'
South Africa's education system is now seeing an alternative developing - a de facto privatisation of schooling. Studies show that there is a small, but growing low-fee private schooling sector in South Africa.
The growth in independent education is relatively new. But it is displaying innovation and a keenness for people to get involved - driven by two factors - profit and the demand created by the inadequacy of public schooling.
'Some argue that South Africans have forgotten that change can come from the grassroots, from ordinary people acting in their own best interest. But in years to come the expansion and growth of low-cost private schools - through parents voting with their feet - might overcome some of the acquiescence to state domination.'
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South Africa is facing an education crisis. It has failed to uphold the dream of former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela - to provide equal opportunity to the nation's young through education, writes World Review author Dr Pauline Dixon, senior lecturer in International Development and Education at the University of Newcastle, UK.
'Mr Mandela, who led the nation from apartheid to democracy, believed that education was key to emancipation, social mobility - and to the future prosperity of South Africa . Yet this principle has still yet to be realised,' she says.
Results from South Africa's Department of Basic Education school monitoring survey in 2011, which looked only at public schools, shows that minimum standards were not met in 14 out of 15 indicators. Main concerns include teaching posts not being filled, the lack of curriculum being covered in a week, and the high number of pupils who are unable to access library facilities and enjoy basic physical infrastructure such as school buildings, grounds, furniture, equipment and apparatus believed essential to impart education.
'The teaching of mathematics in rural and poor schools is the worst in southern and eastern Africa ,' says Dr Dixon. 'Children in poorer African countries such as Lesotho and Zambia are out performing children in South Africa . Findings by the Centre for Development and Enterprise show that less than one quarter of Class 6 teachers were able to answer Class 6 maths questions correctly.'
'It is not surprising that between 2000 and 2010 the number of public schools dropped by nine per cent while the number of independent schools increased by more than 44 per cent. The number of pupils enrolled at independent schools has risen by more than 50 per cent in that period.'
South Africa's education system is now seeing an alternative developing - a de facto privatisation of schooling. Studies show that there is a small, but growing low-fee private schooling sector in South Africa.
The growth in independent education is relatively new. But it is displaying innovation and a keenness for people to get involved - driven by two factors - profit and the demand created by the inadequacy of public schooling.
'Some argue that South Africans have forgotten that change can come from the grassroots, from ordinary people acting in their own best interest. But in years to come the expansion and growth of low-cost private schools - through parents voting with their feet - might overcome some of the acquiescence to state domination.'
Read the full World Review report here
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World Review author Dr Pauline Dixon is a senior lecturer in International Development and Education at Newcastle University in the North East of England.
She is Research Director of the E.G. West Centre at the university and
Degree Programme Director of the Masters in International Development
and Education. She lectures in economics, education policy and
quantitative methods. Dr Dixon's research in India, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, China, and Tunisia, investigates education for the poorest living in slums and shanty towns.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Carat Voted Agency of the Year at 3rd Annual iMedia Agency Awards
Winners include 360i, DDB, Wieden + Kennedy, The Media Kitchen
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carat took top honors as Agency of the Year during an awards gala celebrating the 3rd annual iMedia Agency Awards, Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz. Joining Carat were agencies winning awards in nine other categories, garnering the top votes from a field of 50 finalists.
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This year's 50 finalists in ten categories were selected from a pool of more than 200 nominees by a senior level advisory panel including members from Google, Sony Pictures, RocketFuel, Southwest Airlines, AOL, Turner, and GE. More than 15,000 public votes were cast by the marketing community to select the ten winners for this year's awards.
The winning agencies in each category were:
"The voting community had a difficult job this year," said Marti Funk, SVP, iMedia Communications. "The work showcased by all of the finalists and winners was very impressive."
Complete coverage of the 3rd annual iMedia Agency Award winners can be seen at:
http://www.imediaconnection.com/iMediaLists/2013/agency-award-winners/
ABOUT IMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
iMedia Communications, Inc. is the leading event and media company for senior digital marketing, media, and advertising leaders. The hub of the imedia community is imediaconnection.com, a daily publication and discussion forum. The iMedia event portfolio includes the iMedia Agency Summit, iMedia Brand Summit, and more. (For more information see: http://www.imediaconnection.com/summits/)
ABOUT THE IMEDIA AGENCY AWARDS
The iMedia Agency Awards recognize the most future-forward agencies and campaigns in digital marketing. The award advisory board includes executives from Kellogg's, Sony Pictures, Google/YouTube, Turner Broadcasting, and Southwest Airlines. Nominations and voting are 100% driven by the marketing community. Winners were announced at the Dec. 10 awards gala at the iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale, AZ.
Contacts
Bethany Simpson, Marketing Director, iMedia
949.382.7918
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This year's 50 finalists in ten categories were selected from a pool of more than 200 nominees by a senior level advisory panel including members from Google, Sony Pictures, RocketFuel, Southwest Airlines, AOL, Turner, and GE. More than 15,000 public votes were cast by the marketing community to select the ten winners for this year's awards.
The winning agencies in each category were:
- Carat: Agency of the Year
- Likeable Media: Best Small Agency
- The Media Kitchen: Campaign of the Year
- Wieden + Kennedy: Best Agency for Branded Entertainment
- 360i: Best Agency for Social Media
- DDB: Best Agency for Digital Out of Home
- Team One: Best Agency for Video
- LatinWorks: Best Agency for Multicultural Marketing
- iProspect: Best Agency for Performance Marketing
- MXM Hyperfactory: Best Agency for Mobile
"The voting community had a difficult job this year," said Marti Funk, SVP, iMedia Communications. "The work showcased by all of the finalists and winners was very impressive."
Complete coverage of the 3rd annual iMedia Agency Award winners can be seen at:
http://www.imediaconnection.com/iMediaLists/2013/agency-award-winners/
ABOUT IMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
iMedia Communications, Inc. is the leading event and media company for senior digital marketing, media, and advertising leaders. The hub of the imedia community is imediaconnection.com, a daily publication and discussion forum. The iMedia event portfolio includes the iMedia Agency Summit, iMedia Brand Summit, and more. (For more information see: http://www.imediaconnection.com/summits/)
ABOUT THE IMEDIA AGENCY AWARDS
The iMedia Agency Awards recognize the most future-forward agencies and campaigns in digital marketing. The award advisory board includes executives from Kellogg's, Sony Pictures, Google/YouTube, Turner Broadcasting, and Southwest Airlines. Nominations and voting are 100% driven by the marketing community. Winners were announced at the Dec. 10 awards gala at the iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Bethany Simpson, Marketing Director, iMedia
949.382.7918
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Call for Entries for 2014 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum
The Call for Entries for the 2014 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is now open.
In the last 3 years, over 100 films has been screened at the annual festival. After three successful festivals, the I-REPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENATRY FILM FORUM proudly announces the unveiling of the THEME and LOGO for the 2014 IREP INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL. THEME OF THE FESTIVAL The generic thematic thrust of the annual IREPRESENT
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is "AFRICA IN SELF-CONVERSATION", but the 2014 edition would explore the theme: The Rhythms of Identity.
The theme will explore what defines us as Africans in our Music, Poetry, Dance, Theatre, Film, rituals and our daily experiences.
Entries should be submitted to:
iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Forum,
No 3 Bishop Lanre Obembe Close,
Off Emmanuel High street,
Ogudu GRA, Lagos,
Nigeria.
For more information, please visit www.irepfilmfestival.com
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
LINE launches LINE Santa Claus Charity Project To Grant Users' Wishes
LINE launches LINE Santa Claus Charity Project To Grant Users' Wishes
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- LINE Corporation, owner and operator of the free call
and messaging app LINE, today announced the launch of its charity
project LINE Santa Claus, and invites its users worldwide to participate
in the event, themed "Building a Brighter Tomorrow for our Children."
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LINE Santa Claus is a charity project that will be carried out within LINE's Official Account system. Using the ON AIR feature, which lets official accounts receive messages from users, LINE will ask its user base of over 310 million to send their wishes under the theme of "Building a Brighter Tomorrow for our Children."
Submissions will be accepted between noon on Friday, December 13 and 11:59 pm on Sunday, December 15 (GMT+9). After a review and selection process within LINE, wishes will be selected and announced on Christmas Day. Starting in 2014, LINE will start working on a project to make the chosen wishes* a reality, and will post status updates on the LINE Team official account, as well as its official Twitter, Facebook, and other social media accounts.
"We further wish to enrich the communication of people around the world, and as such, we added LINE Santa Claus charity project to let LINE users make a tangible contribution," said Akira Morikawa, CEO of LINE Corporation. "To that end, we are asking all of our users to give us their thoughts on what we should provide the children, which are the future of our world."
*The number of wishes that will be granted has yet to be determined.
Event Details
Event Title
LINE Corporation is based in Japan and develops and operates the LINE app for smartphones. Since launching in June 2011, the LINE app has grown into a global service used in 230 countries, ranking first in the free app category in 60 countries. LINE offers free one-to-one and group messaging, as well as free domestic and international voice and video calls. LINE also includes a wide array of social elements such as fun and expressive stickers, a personal Home, a Timeline, and numerous LINE family apps, including LINE games and LINE camera. For more information about LINE, please visit http://linecorp.com/en/.
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LINE Santa Claus is a charity project that will be carried out within LINE's Official Account system. Using the ON AIR feature, which lets official accounts receive messages from users, LINE will ask its user base of over 310 million to send their wishes under the theme of "Building a Brighter Tomorrow for our Children."
Submissions will be accepted between noon on Friday, December 13 and 11:59 pm on Sunday, December 15 (GMT+9). After a review and selection process within LINE, wishes will be selected and announced on Christmas Day. Starting in 2014, LINE will start working on a project to make the chosen wishes* a reality, and will post status updates on the LINE Team official account, as well as its official Twitter, Facebook, and other social media accounts.
"We further wish to enrich the communication of people around the world, and as such, we added LINE Santa Claus charity project to let LINE users make a tangible contribution," said Akira Morikawa, CEO of LINE Corporation. "To that end, we are asking all of our users to give us their thoughts on what we should provide the children, which are the future of our world."
*The number of wishes that will be granted has yet to be determined.
Event Details
Event Title
- LINE Santa Claus
- The LINE official account LINE Santa Claus (LINE ID: @linesanta_2013_en) will be opened globally with support for seven languages.
- Using the ON AIR feature, LINE users will submit their wishes under the theme "Building a Brighter Tomorrow for our Children."
- The submissions will be reviewed and the results will be announced on Christmas Day.
- Plans to begin fulfilling the wishes will begin in 2014. (The completion date will be announced after selection).
- Add the LINE Santa Claus official account as a friend.
- Using the official account's ON AIR feature, the user can submit a wish, reason for the wish, and their nationality in text form.
- The LINE team may contact users who have submitted wishes to confirm the details of their wishes.
- Account opens: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
- Wishes accepted: From noon on Friday, December 13 to 11:59 pm on Sunday, December 15 (GMT +9)
- Announcement: Monday, December 25
- English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Spanish, and Thai
- From the More tab, go to Official Accounts > New Official Accounts or find the account in its respective category.
- From the More tab, go to Add Friends > Search by ID, and input the LINE ID "@linesanta_2013_en." Add the account from the search results.
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The Most Beautiful and Most Colourful Publication on Nollywood Now in Hardcover
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, the most beautiful and most colourful publication on Nollywood in 2013, a celebration of the best of Nollywood is now in hardcover!
The hardover edition released yesterday in the US will be available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other international booksellers.
There is 50% discount for bulk orders from 500 copies.
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® showcases the best of Nollywood; from the accomplished filmmakers to the accomplished actors and hottest actresses and also includes special commendations of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for his unprecedented financial and morale boosting support for Nollywood with the N3 billion grant for Project ACT-Nollywood and the $200 million Entertainment Intervention Fund and Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State for his generous life saving interventions for notable Nollywood actors and actresses; sponsoring the production of "Champions of Our Time", the best family movie in Nollywood and the Nollywood Upgrade Fund. There are also comprehensive features on Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA), Nollywood and the Global Film Market, Silverbird Cinemas, The Coming of IMAX To Nigeria and so much more in 104 pages in full colour. And the cover celebrates the "Man of the Moment in Nollywood", Kenneth Gyang, winner of the Best Film Award and Best Nigerian Film Award at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for his first feature “Confusion Na Wa”, that also won four more awards for Best Screenplay, Movie with Best Production Design, Director of the Year and Movie of the Year at the recent 2013 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards. The cover is in the beautiful symbolic green and white colours of Nigeria, the home of Nollywood and green also means abundance of fertile land, rich harvest and success.
The publication includes articles by Shaibu Husseini, the foremost Nigerian film critic, member of International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI); Chair of the AMAA College of Screeners and author of “Moviedom, the Nollywood Narratives: Clips on the Pioneers” and Femi Odugbemi, multiple awards winning filmmaker, writer and photographer. Trained in Film and TV Production at Montana State University, Bozeman, United States; former President of the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria (ITPAN) when he convened the popular Lagos International Forum on Cinema, Motion Picture and Video in Africa, the first Nigerian international film festival that attracted participants and professionals from across the world; a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Media and Communications (SMC), Pan African University, Nigeria; Provost of the Orange Academy Lagos, Nigeria's first practical school of Idea and Brand Management; Co-Founding Executive Director/Festival Director of iRepresent International Documentary Forum and CEO of DVWORX Studios Lagos.
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is also the first Nigerian publication released in three different media formats for worldwide distribution. Read NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® (Nollywood Reloaded) and NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® (NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES in the best selling Kindle Fire Edition.
Read the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, Paperback edition.
Read the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, Hardcover edition.
About Kenneth Gyang:
I have been following the captivating career of Kenneth Gyang as an ambitious young filmmaker since he was 19 when I interviewed him in 2006 for the highly esteemed Black Film Maker magazine, the foremost publication on blacks in the film industry, published in the UK and that interview “Young At Art” is still distributed widely by HighBeam Research and followed by my special focus on THE BEST OF NOLLYWOOD in the same year.
Kenneth Gyang is a young filmmaker in Nigeria and was born in Barkin Ladi of Plateau State, Nigeria. He studied Film Production at the National Film Institute in Jos and screenwriting at Gaston Kaboré's IMAGINE in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Two of his short films as well as a script titled "Game of Life" were selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2006 and "Mummy Lagos" was well received as an official competition entry. "Mummy Lagos" was also selected for the Sithengi Talent Campus as part of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival in South Africa. His film "Omule" won Best Documentary Film at the 1st Nigerian Students International Film Festival in 2006 and "Mummy Lagos" also won Best Film at the Nigerian Field Society Awards organized by the German Cultural Centre, Goethe-Institut, in Lagos as well as the Jury Special Mention at the ANIWA Festival in Ghana. Kenneth has worked with the BBC World Service Trust, directing their high quality TV drama "Wetin Dey", which was presented at the International Emmy World Television Festival in New York City, USA.. He has also worked with Communicating For Change as an Associate Producer on "Bayelsian Silhouettes", a series of seven short films on HIV/AIDS and he also co-wrote, produced and directed "Finding Aisha" TV series for the Nigerian production company Televista.
Kenneth Gyang on the definition of Nollywood:
I think this whole issue of ‘Nollywood, no, not Nollywood’ is being stretched to its breaking point so much so that at this year’s FESPACO, the prestigious film festival in Africa, Professor Wole Soyinka presented a paper about it called “A name is more than the tyranny of taste”. He talked about how in Yorubaland a name may mould a child so you don’t find any Yoruba parent giving their babies names that embed evil meanings. Personally I’ll say this, Nollywood followed in the Bollywood/Hollywood bandwagon. When the Indian film industry in Mumbai was tagged Bollywood, no-one cut it some slack. A whole ton of look-alike films were churned out in overwhelming quantity but with time, they started raising their game. In the opposite direction, France is synonymous with art films but you still have tons of popcorn movies emanating from there. For me, the totality of films coming from Nigeria make up what is known as Nollywood and I’ll rather spend my time making films that matter than worry myself with the name of industry.
~ From Weekly Trust.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Jumpstart Africa to Revolutionize How the World Supports Africa
10 Dec 2013 14:45 Africa/Lagos
Jumpstart Africa to Revolutionize How the World Supports Africa
Pioneering Crowdfunding Platform Connects People with a Passion for Africa with the Continent's Brightest Minds to Help Them Raise Money for their Innovative and Creative Projects
Indiegogo Campaign Launches Today
MARRAKESH, Morocco, Dec. 10, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- Jumpstart Africa today announced the launch of its
Indiegogo campaign to raise needed funds to complete the build of its
revolutionary crowdfunding platform, JumpstartAfrica.com.
Pioneering in every way, Jumpstart Africa is the first to imagine a
better way in which the world can lend its support to the continent's
brightest minds to help them raise money for their innovative and
creative projects. The Indiegogo campaign (www.igg.me/at/jumpstartafrica.com), which starts today, has a funding goal of $40,000USD
to also provide the needed resources to find and help local African
entrepreneurs in making their dreams and projects a reality.
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Bridging the gap between Africa's current banking system that fails to help innovative African entrepreneurs emerge, Jumpstart Africa will operate with complete transparency so that those who contribute via the platform will always know exactly where their money goes – to the African entrepreneurs, innovators and artists it was meant for.
"Many avid supporters of Africa believe that aid given to Africa actually hurts Africa," said Ahmed Zikrem, CEO & founder, Jumpstart Africa. "We propose a new way of giving directly to an entrepreneur who is going to start a business that will solve a problem, provide jobs and stimulate local economies. We want to empower the people of Africa – not give them a fish but help them to fish on their own."
Jumpstart Africa has built strong relationships with top innovation centers, incubators, and associations throughout Africa to help people reach out and support its initiative. Some of the exciting projects that will be on JumpstartAfrica.com at launch include:
About Jumpstart Africa
JumpStart Africa is a revolutionary crowdfunding platform developed with one goal in mind: to help build a better future for Africa. By empowering Africa through technology, this pioneering startup wants to be a leader in helping create sustainable growth and boost economies in the region. As part of its corporate mandate, Jumpstart Africa contributes ten percent of total profits to chosen local and international charities. At launch, the platform will feature an amazing variety of tech, business, creative and environmental projects. For more information, visit www.jumpstartafrica.com.
For more info, contact :
James Little
JumpStarter PR
Email
310-529-9793
Read more news from Jumpstart Africa
SOURCE Jumpstart Africa
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Bridging the gap between Africa's current banking system that fails to help innovative African entrepreneurs emerge, Jumpstart Africa will operate with complete transparency so that those who contribute via the platform will always know exactly where their money goes – to the African entrepreneurs, innovators and artists it was meant for.
"Many avid supporters of Africa believe that aid given to Africa actually hurts Africa," said Ahmed Zikrem, CEO & founder, Jumpstart Africa. "We propose a new way of giving directly to an entrepreneur who is going to start a business that will solve a problem, provide jobs and stimulate local economies. We want to empower the people of Africa – not give them a fish but help them to fish on their own."
Jumpstart Africa has built strong relationships with top innovation centers, incubators, and associations throughout Africa to help people reach out and support its initiative. Some of the exciting projects that will be on JumpstartAfrica.com at launch include:
- Unmanned Ariel Vehicle : Moses Gichanga from Kenya has developed a low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology to help monitor and prevent poaching and the slaughter of wildlife in Africa.
- Solar Cooking Stove : Rose Twine from Uganda has developed a low-cost smokeless solar stove that can also charge your phone and light your house for the price of only two months of regular charcoal consumption.
- TeaBag Water Filter : Professor Eugene Cloete and his team at Stellenbosch University in South Africa have developed an affordable water filter called a "teabag" that fits into the neck of a standard sized water bottle.
About Jumpstart Africa
JumpStart Africa is a revolutionary crowdfunding platform developed with one goal in mind: to help build a better future for Africa. By empowering Africa through technology, this pioneering startup wants to be a leader in helping create sustainable growth and boost economies in the region. As part of its corporate mandate, Jumpstart Africa contributes ten percent of total profits to chosen local and international charities. At launch, the platform will feature an amazing variety of tech, business, creative and environmental projects. For more information, visit www.jumpstartafrica.com.
For more info, contact :
James Little
JumpStarter PR
310-529-9793
Read more news from Jumpstart Africa
SOURCE Jumpstart Africa
Web Site: http://www.jumpstartafrica.com
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