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YouTube has released its inaugural class of African content creators, which are set to receive a grant for the development of their channels from the global #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund.
The selection is from the U.S., U.K., Kenya, Brazil, Australia, South Africa and Nigeria and include musicians, beauty entrepreneurs, comedians, activists, poets, personal trainers, teachers and photographers.
The creators were invited to apply and evaluated on channel performance and engagement metrics. YouTube said it will open the application process for the next round of grants to a broader range of candidates over the next few months.
The 23 African YouTubers from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa will take part in a three-week incubator programme followed by bespoke training, workshops and networking programmes.
TODAY
January 13, 2021
YouTube, on Tuesday, announced that 10 Nigerian Creators were among the 23 youtubers from Africa selected to receive grants for the development of their channels from the global #YouTubeBlackVoices fund, an official said.
Alex Okosi, Managing Director, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA, who disclosed this in a statement in Lagos, added that the 23 creators comprised YouTube’s inaugural class of Africa content creators and part of the 132 creators, across the globe, participating in YouTube’s class of 2021.
He said that in addition to the grant earmarked for content development, the 23 YouTubers, from Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya, would also take part in an intensive three-week incubator programme, to be followed by bespoke training, workshops and networking programmes.
okayafrica Image supplied. YouTube Announces Black Voices Creator Class of 2021
South Africa and Nigeria dominate YouTube s 2021 Black Voices Creator class. Nicollette Mashile, Lasizwe Dambuza, Kay Ngonyama, Lade Owolabi, Akah Bants and more have made it onto the list.
YouTube has released the full list of Africa s most creative YouTube content creators for the #YouTubeBlackVoices Creator Class of 2021. The highly contested annual list recognises Africa s original YouTube content creators from various genres including art, finance, business, comedy, education, health and wellness. Twenty of Africa s most popular and consistent content creators were selected. South Africa and Nigeria both have eight representatives while Kenya has four.