Mylène Flicka | |
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Born | Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota 22 July 1996 |
Pen name | Mylène Flicka |
Occupation | Activist; Blogger; Digital Media |
Language | French |
Nationality | Beninese |
Mylène Flicka (born Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota; 22 July 1996) is a Beninese blogger, activist and social media entrepreneur.
Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota was born on 22 July 1996. [1] She adopted the pseudonym Mylène Flicka when she was 14 years old, inspired by Mary O'Hara's novel My Friend Flicka. [2] Aged 17, Flicka began her first blog, which was dedicated to highlight issues around women's rights in Benin. [2] It was spurred into action by the declaration of a Beninese businessman that women had no use in the workplace. [3] In 2011 she came first place in Benin's Literary Baccalaureate. [4]
In 2015, using money from her student grant, she set up Irawo Media in order to showcase role models for young people from Benin and beyond. [2] She also graduated in Benin with a Diploma from the National School of Administration and the Judiciary. [4] In 2018 she began to study for an MBA in Paris. [4]
Irawo focuses on profiling young people from francophone Africa in particular. [5] One of the first people to be profiled by Flicka was Marie-Cécile Zinsou, many other notable African has followed since. [1]
Flicka has coordinated several online campaigns, including #GiveMeMyCredit in 2016 which campaigned for creatives, such as photographers, to be able to keep the rights to their work and to be credited when it is used. [2] In the same year, Irawo exposed government corruption in water supply to the rural village of Bonouko. [6] In 2017 she ran a campaign on social media called #FreeMyBoobs, which tried make it more acceptable for women to not wear a bra. [2] In September 2017, Flicka gave her first TEDx talk. [7]
In 2018 Flicka was part of the #TaxePasMesMo (translation: Don't Tax My Megabytes) campaign, where the government of Benin had tried to levy a social media tax on internet access, texts and calls. [8] Flicka helped to organise and social media campaign, as well as peaceful protest around the cities. [9] After ten days, the government withdrew the tax. [9] Internet Without Borders gave their support to the campaign and Flicka works as an adviser to them. [10] In October 2018 Flicka was sponsored by UNICEF to address the French National Assembly on World Girls Day. [11]
Mylène Flicka | |
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Born | Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota 22 July 1996 |
Pen name | Mylène Flicka |
Occupation | Activist; Blogger; Digital Media |
Language | French |
Nationality | Beninese |
Mylène Flicka (born Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota; 22 July 1996) is a Beninese blogger, activist and social media entrepreneur.
Marie-Madeleine Fifamè Akrota was born on 22 July 1996. [1] She adopted the pseudonym Mylène Flicka when she was 14 years old, inspired by Mary O'Hara's novel My Friend Flicka. [2] Aged 17, Flicka began her first blog, which was dedicated to highlight issues around women's rights in Benin. [2] It was spurred into action by the declaration of a Beninese businessman that women had no use in the workplace. [3] In 2011 she came first place in Benin's Literary Baccalaureate. [4]
In 2015, using money from her student grant, she set up Irawo Media in order to showcase role models for young people from Benin and beyond. [2] She also graduated in Benin with a Diploma from the National School of Administration and the Judiciary. [4] In 2018 she began to study for an MBA in Paris. [4]
Irawo focuses on profiling young people from francophone Africa in particular. [5] One of the first people to be profiled by Flicka was Marie-Cécile Zinsou, many other notable African has followed since. [1]
Flicka has coordinated several online campaigns, including #GiveMeMyCredit in 2016 which campaigned for creatives, such as photographers, to be able to keep the rights to their work and to be credited when it is used. [2] In the same year, Irawo exposed government corruption in water supply to the rural village of Bonouko. [6] In 2017 she ran a campaign on social media called #FreeMyBoobs, which tried make it more acceptable for women to not wear a bra. [2] In September 2017, Flicka gave her first TEDx talk. [7]
In 2018 Flicka was part of the #TaxePasMesMo (translation: Don't Tax My Megabytes) campaign, where the government of Benin had tried to levy a social media tax on internet access, texts and calls. [8] Flicka helped to organise and social media campaign, as well as peaceful protest around the cities. [9] After ten days, the government withdrew the tax. [9] Internet Without Borders gave their support to the campaign and Flicka works as an adviser to them. [10] In October 2018 Flicka was sponsored by UNICEF to address the French National Assembly on World Girls Day. [11]