Audu Maikori, President of Chocolate City Entertainment to Speak at NECLive9

This Friday, April 29, African creatives and entertainers will convene at Landmark Event Center, Lagos, for the ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, NECLive.

Adding to the growing list of participants, Audu Maikori, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Chocolate City Group, will be speaking at the conference.

Born on August 13, 1975, in Kaduna, Audu Maikori is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, social activist and creative industry expert. In 2005, he co-founded Chocolate City, a Nigerian record label. Since then, Chocolate City has generally been regarded as the biggest and most successful indigenous urban record label in Africa, which has signed notable artists, including Nigeria rapper M.I Abaga, Femi Kuti, Nosa, and others.

Themed ‘Sustaining the Africa Momentum,’ Audu Maikori will join the conversation as he and other speakers ponder on how African creatives and entertainers can leverage the opportunities technological devices and tools offer to create wealth for themselves, drive their country’s economic growth, as well as sustain the visible growth of African entertainment industry.

NECLive9 returns as a hybrid event on Friday, April 29, 2022, at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos and will simultaneously broadcast live on Hip TV (DStv and GOtv) and online platforms.

Other confirmed speakers for the event include Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian, Mr Macaroni, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Dr. Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, TV host and filmmaker, Bolanle Olukanni, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, Broadcaster Mozez Praiz and more.

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with Big Cabal Media, Legit, MTV Base, Hip TV, Trace TV, 7even Interactive, Landmark Centre, AV Edge, Huce Valeris, BHM, Plaqad, GreenRoom, Mirus Events, African Movie Channel, X3m Ideas, Hit FM, Beat FM, Naija FM, Classic FM, Top Radio, Pinpoint Media, News Central TV, K-Square, One Data, Seats and Tickets, Alla Dave, and DJ Jimmy Jatt.

For information regarding the conference, kindly visit NECLive or contact [email protected].