9mobile Prize for Literature
Etisalat Prize for Literature rebrands to 9mobile Prize for Literature
Following the successful launch of its new brand identity, Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, 9mobile, has equally changed the name of its pan-African literary prize to 9mobile Prize for Literature.
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