Disruptive Africa Innovation Growth Workshop
Technology, environment and the media largely influence value perception, and this value is used by the consumers/employers to decide whether or not to purchase your products and services. 5 years down the line will your customers still want your products/services considering the rise of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, Machine learning, Augmented, Mixed realities […]
Apply Today for TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018
TechCrunch is bringing its second Startup Battlefield Africa competition to Lagos, Nigeria. The program will be held on the 11rh December 2018. Last year, the first Startup Battlefield Africa was hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, and it featured 15 Startups from all over Africa. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa hunts for Africa’s best innovators, creators and technology entrepreneurs. […]
Social Media Marketing Tips: What You Should Know About Micro-Influencers And How To Work With Them
As brands and social media experts become more conversant with the best practices for social media, they continually unravel trends that promote brand awareness and higher conversion rates. One of these trends is micro-influencers. They are the newly discovered players in the advertising industry and are rapidly replacing their counterparts, the macro-influencers. Micro-influencers are brand promoters with a significant […]
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: AdTaxi Nigeria
AdTaxi Nigeria is a media company that offers rideshare advertising services to help businesses gain exposure. Its advertising outlets are solely through cabs and other taxi services where riders can engage with banners placed at strategic points on the cab. AdTaxi has grown to be a market leader in rideshare advertising with a reach of […]
MIPAN Unveils Alphabet Media Academy in Lagos
The Media Independent Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MIPAN) has officially launched Alphabet Media Academy (AMA). The media academy is the first of its kind with the aim of producing a group of well-trained talents who will shape and disrupt the future of the media and marketing communications industry in Nigeria and across Africa. The media […]
Firsts in the Nigerian Music Industry
Given that is the first week of the new month, let’s take a look at some of the first people to reach certain feats in the music industry in Nigeria. Tu face, now called Tu Baba, was the first Nigerian to bag MTV’s African act. MTV is one of the most recognized music station in the […]
Marking World Press Freedom Day
Today marks the annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day as declared by United Nations General Assembly in December 1993. This day marks the importance of freedom of press while reminding the government and citizens of need to respect the media freedom of expression. This year’s World Press Freedom Day celebration held in Jakarta Indonesia […]
Igbo Kwenu! 2015 Ola Ndi Igbo Summit to Hold in October
The 2015 summit of Pan-Igbo organization, Ola Ndi Igbo is set to hold on Saturday, 17th October, 2015 in Enugu. The upcoming event promises to be a celebration of Igbo life, tradition and successful achievements in Nigeria and the diaspora. It will also serve as a networking platform for Igbo professionals from different sectors of […]
3 Reasons Why We Love Chude Jideonwo
Like many, my Twitter timeline was flooded by a great number of Happy Birthday tweets two days ago (March 16th), all crafted for one special person. The Man of the Moment was Mr. Chude Jideonwo, a serial media entrepreneur, journalist, author, social activist, youth advocate and my personal role model (Sadly, I can’t claim him as […]
BHM Group Announces The Launch of Pan-African Digital Agency
One of Nigeria’s leading Media and Public Relations agencies, BHM has announced the kick off of a new company called ID Africa. The new agency, headquartered in Lagos, is a ‘social and digital marketing agency’, the founder Ayeni Adekunle said. According to Ayeni, ID Africa is a creative, social and digital marketing agency specializing in […]
Two-Day Media Training Programme, ‘Mind, Media & Money’ to Hold in Lagos
Are you interested in a career within the media sphere? Trim Communications in partnership with CVL Institute presents a media training programme titled ‘Mind, Media & Money’ taking place from March 2nd-4th 2015 from 6pm-8pm. On the day, you will be able to learn about the art of TV and Radio presentation, production and the […]
Group Proposes Digital Rights and Freedom Bill for Nigeria
A coalition of individuals, organisations, and entities has agreed to work with stakeholders to propose a Nigerian Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. Working under the NetRightsNG body, at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the group said the proposed bill contains those rights and privileges meant to be enjoyed by online users similar to those safeguarded offline […]
Lagos State Declares Friday Public Holiday
Lagos State Government has declared Friday as holiday for all civil servants in the state, and pleads with private sector to close early. This, it explained, was to enable them collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) from INEC. Distribution of the PVCs is scheduled to hold from Friday, 7th till Sunday, 9th November.
Press Release: #PLAY4CHANGE Novelty Match
House on the Rock – Teens Church is raising a minimum of Two (2) Million Naira through a novelty match, the proceeds of which will be donated to the families of Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, Nurse Justina Ejelonu and Mrs. Ukoh, the ward maid who attended to the index case, Mr. Patrick Sawyer. These health […]
GeoPoll Unveils First Ever Overnight TV Ratings In African Markets
GeoPoll, the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform launched its Audience Measurement Service which offers the first ever daily TV ratings in several African markets just in time for the FIFA World Cup when GeoPoll will publish game viewership data from African nations as locals cheer on their teams and global brands spend […]
Media Turns Boko Haram Into ‘Superstar Monsters’
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani My friend’s eight-year-old daughter burst into tears while watching a Boko Haram video release on TV the other evening. The terrorist group has been receiving the kind of local and international media coverage that could make even a Hollywood megastar explode with envy. At the current rate, the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, […]