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Microsoft works with West African linguists to digitise local dialect

Tech giant Microsoft has joined forces with Guinean brothers Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry to unveil ADLaM Display, a new font available to download for free.

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Marketing & Branding

Unconditional commits to better beauty marketing

The probiotic skincare brand is challenging the beauty sector’s negative skincare messaging in a bid to combat low self-esteem among consumers.

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Marketing & Branding

Venus wants women to speak up about pubic hair

Personal care brand Gillette Venus is inviting women to reject censored language around pubic hair.

Nigeria 2018 National Football Team collection by Nike

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Fragmenting Societies

Oxford Dictionary embraces Nigerian English words

The Oxford English Dictionary is adding Nigerian English colloquialisms to the dictionary’s latest updates.

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Technology

Google’s assistant becomes multilingual

At the 2018 IFA consumer electronics show, the company announced that its virtual assistant will now include multilingual support, enabling devices to understand and speak more than one language at a time.