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The ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) is scheduled to hold on Friday, April 29, 2022, with speakers, panelists, and performers from all around Africa coming together to discuss the theme, ‘Sustaining The Africa Momentum’. Registration for the event and reservation of seats is currently ongoing at Nec.ng.

As we countdown to the big day, here are nine things you need to know about the ninth edition of NECLive.

1. The Nigerian Entertainment Conference was founded in 2013 and since then, it has served as a platform for discussing challenges, exchanging ideas, and finding a strengthened pathway for the Nigerian entertainment industry to thrive.
2. The conference will hold on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 9 AM (WAT) as it returns in-person for the first time in three years as a special hybrid event to be held at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos and simultaneously broadcast live on cable TV and online platforms.
3. NECLive9 is themed, “Sustaining The Africa Momentum”, and the event is expanding beyond Nigeria into a pan-African conference that would address continental issues affecting the creative and entertainment industry.
4. Participants can register to attend NECLive9 by selecting from the three available categories on www.nec.ng. These categories include the physical attendance at the Lagos venue which is limited and strictly by invitation, the virtual participants who will watch the live stream of the conference via digital platforms, and viewers watching the live broadcast on Hip TV (for DStv and GOtv subscribers).
5. Conversations at NECLive9 will explore how African creatives and entertainers can use digital media and technology tools to build sustainable economic power for themselves, the industry, and their nations as well as how to use entertainment as a vehicle for driving social change on the continent.
6. As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 general elections, NECLive9 will also delve into the role of creatives and the entertainment industry in nation-building, amongst other salient social issues.
7. Aside from the impactful speeches and panel discussions by players in the entertainment industry, the conference will also feature live performances by entertainers from across Africa and include product unveilings, brand announcements, and industry tributes.
8. NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with Hip TV, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, Trace TV, 7Even Interactive Limited, Legit NG, AV Edge, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Mirus Events, Landmark Centre, MultiChoice, Plaqad, BHM, and X3m Ideas.
9. Registration for NECLive9 closes on April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue.

#NECLive is the marketplace for innovative ideas, products, the unveiling of dynamic solutions that will connect, engage and encourage industry collaborations for sustainable socio-economic development; while offering a brighter future on the continent.

Exactly a month after announcing the date and theme for the ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), leading communications and strategic advisory company, ID Africa, has now opened registration for the annual entertainment and creative industry conference.

The NECLive portal, www.nec.ng is now open for registration and reservation of seats for the conference, ID Africa announced.

Since the conference was founded in 2013, it has served as a platform for discussing challenges, exchanging ideas and finding a strengthened pathway for the Nigerian entertainment industry to thrive. 

For the ninth edition themed, “Sustaining The Africa Momentum”, the conference is expanding beyond Nigeria into a pan-African conference and would address continental issues affecting the creative and entertainment industry.

Femi Falodun, the CEO of ID Africa, said, “NECLive9 is bringing together key industry players from across the continent for a much-needed conversation on how to sustain the Africa momentum.”

How to be part of NECLive9.

The conference will hold on Friday, April 29, 2022, at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, as it returns in-person for the first time in three years as a hybrid event.

It will blend an in-person event featuring a select number of guests with online participants and a live global broadcast across cable TV, radio and online.

There would be three categories of attendees at NECLive9 – the physical attendance at the Lagos venue which is limited and strictly by invitation, the virtual participants who will live stream the conference via digital platforms, and lastly, viewers or listeners participating via cable TV and radio stations.

What to look out for

Since its first edition in 2013, NECLive has remained the major event for brainstorming, sharing insights, ideas, and solutions to challenges facing the Nigerian entertainment and creative industry.

The conference is expanding into a continental event for the ninth edition. For its first continental edition, NECLive will explore how African creatives and entertainers can use digital media and technology tools to build sustainable economic power for themselves, the industry, and their nations. 

It will also curate conversations and discussions focused on the cross-border opportunities available to Africa’s entertainment industry through the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) when it becomes fully operational, as well as global opportunities available within diaspora communities.

As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 general elections, NECLive9 will also delve into the role of creatives and the entertainment industry in nation-building, including how to use entertainment as a vehicle for driving social change on the continent.

The event will also feature live performances by entertainers from across Africa and include product unveilings, brand announcements, and industry tributes.

ID Africa, organisers of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), has opened registration for the ninth edition of the annual entertainment conference, which holds on Friday, April 29, 2022, in Lagos, Nigeria.

The leading communications and strategic advisory company announced that registration begins on Monday, March 14, 2022, on Nec.ng, as the conference returns in-person for the first time in three years as a hybrid event.

According to the organisers, NECLive9 will blend an in-person event featuring a select number of guests with online participants and a live global broadcast across cable TV, radio and online.

This year, participants are grouped into three categories: the physical attendees who will attend the conference at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, online participants – who will join the conference via digital channels, as well as viewers and listeners on cable TV and radio.

ID Africa said the Nec.ng portal is now open for all to register to attend the conference for free or pay an access fee to experience all that comes with this year’s event.

West Africa’s biggest and longest-running entertainment conference, founded in 2013, will feature a multi-national roster of speakers, panellists and performers interacting with a live audience from around the world. 

As NECLive9, themed “Sustaining The Africa Momentum”, expands into a pan-African event this year, the organisers say the conference will delve into the role of creatives and the entertainment industry in nation-building. It will also lead conversations on how African creatives and entertainers can use digital media and technology tools to build sustainable economic power for themselves, the industry, and their nations.

Femi Falodun, CEO of ID Africa, said NECLive9 is bringing together key industry players from across the continent for a much-needed conversation on how to sustain the Africa momentum because “Creativity, pop culture, technology and youthful energy are some of the most powerful forces that can create meaningful social and economic change in Africa today and tomorrow.”