Welcome to our Press Section, where we bring you news and updates about Legit.ng published by other news agencies. In this section, you will find curated articles and stories from reputable news sources highlighting our progress, achievements, and impact in the industry. You can stay informed and up-to-date on everything related to our company and how our colleagues evaluate our work.
The Media Online highlighted Legit.ng’s balanced use of AI in political reporting, which combines data analysis with human judgment for nuanced coverage.
INMA admitted and commended Legit.ng forits strategic digital transformation, based on originality in content to adapt to changing audience behaviours.
International News Media Association recognized Legit.ng for navigating regulatory challenges while championing press freedom and amplifying underrepresented voices across Nigeria.
In INMA’s blog, Legit.ng shared how the newsroom works with AI to enhance content recommendations and fact-checking, streamlining editorial workflows and ensuring real-time accuracy.
Legit.ng’s media literacy project equips young audiences with skills to identify misinformation, promoting critical thinking in a digital age.
INMA, in its blog,published a summary of the webinar “Harnessing Technology to Grow Audience Reach and Engagement” by Rahaman Abiola, Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, and Jacob Otieno, Managing Editor at Tuko.co.ke.
A pan-African media The Media Online included the article of Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, Rahaman Abiola, in its yearly magazine “The Media Yearbook 2024.”
One of the leading business media in Nigeria, Business Day, featured the article of Rahaman Abiola where he discussed thepros and cons of citizen journalism.
Business Day,a Nigerian business media, shared the article of Legit.ng’s PR Manager, Oluwaseyi Tomosori, where she highlighted the issue of gender imbalance within newsrooms.
The Media Online, a pan-African media that focuses on the news from the media industry,published Rahaman’s Abiola contemplations on the slow adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa's media industry.
The INMA blog featured Rahaman Abiola, Legit.ng’s Editor-in-Chief, with his case study“Bringing the newsroom into the business of news”.
The Fixinterviewed Anna Krokhmaliuk, Media Project Manager at Legit (Legit.ng parent company), and distilled key insights and lessons from the company’s approach to TikTok.
Media Project Manager at Legit, Lesia Kozachevska,shared her expert insights with The Fix on how the media company is finding new potential in the social media platform Threads.
Bizzcommunity highlights Legit.ng’s win of Best Trust Initiative for its Legit.ng Media Literacy Campaign.
In February 2023, This Day reported that Legit.ng would be hosting Nigerian youths toa free webinar on media literacy, ethical reporting, and fact-checking as the Nigerian elections drew closer.
In November 2022, real-time media monitoring platform,NewsWhip reported that Nigeria’s digital media company, Legit.ng had leapt up the list of global Facebook Web Publishers to claim the number one Facebook publisher in the world for the first time.
An article published byThe Fix in September 2022 conveyed the leadership prowess of Legit’s co-CEO, Yelena Boginskaya, and how she successfully manages a team of over 250 remote workers worldwide.
Legit.ng partnered with theWomen at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) in September 2022, to raise awareness about domestic abuse, provide survivors with access to resources, and help them get back on their feet.
Nigeria’s top-tier daily, Vanguard Newspaper, published a news report on Legit.ng’s donation to WARIF to provide survivors of gender-based violence with proper medical care.
On April 3, 2022, TheNETng announced Legit.ng as an official partner of its ninth edition of West Africa’s biggest and longest-running entertainment conference NECLive.
In July 2021, Facebook recognized Legit.ng’s parent company, Legit (ex-GMEM), for honing its Instant Articles strategy through its news companies in Nigeria (Legit.ng), Kenya (TUKO.co.ke), Ghana (YEN.com.gh), and South Africa (Briefly News) to save users’ time and improve the reading experience.
In July 2021,Tech City reported that Google had announced the names of 22 media innovators set to receive $2.1 million funding through the second Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey.
InVanguard andThe Nation reports, Legit.ng was said to have been selected for ReCo, a solution that improves internet user experience by making content recommendations based on user preferences on their home page and within articles.
In July 2021,Google reported that Legit.ng would be among the 227 recipients of its news initiative launched to fund projects that inject new ideas into the industry. Legit.ng was recognised for its game-changing content technology - ReCo, which it leverages to improve user experience by making recommendations based on users’ preferences on the home page and within articles.
In July 2021, WAN-IFRA reported thatLegit.ng won the best digital category - Best News Website or Mobile Service Award at its 2021 Annual African Digital Awards on account of its technical prowess and user accessibility.
Nigeria’s newspaper,Tribune, reported on October 18, 2018, that NAIJ.com had rebranded to Legit.ng to become even better for existing readers and attract new audiences.
In July 2018, the Managing Director of Digital Media Group and HuffPost contributor, Sam Davtyan, applauded the efforts of organisation’s media project in Nigeria (Legit.ng) in leveraging data utilisation to become one of Nigeria’s leading news sites.
In 2017, Techpoint listed Legit.ng, formerly called NAIJ.com, as the most visited Nigerian website by audience (according to Alexa ranking). Techpoint founder Muyiwa Matuluko mentioned that they analysed what Legit.ng does to stay afloat.
In 2017,Facebook published a success story highlighting how Legit.ng leveraged the power of Audience Network in growing their business and improving the lives of Nigerians.
