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ID Africa Confirms Nancy Isime as Speaker at Ninth Nigerian Entertainment Conference

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Simbiat Bakare

15
Apr

ID Africa has confirmed Nancy Isime as a speaker at Nigeria’s entertainment conference, NECLive9. Nancy Isime is an award-winning media personality who is currently the executive producer and creator of ‘The Nancy Isime Show’, which she started in 2019. She is also the CEO of Nips Studios.

Aside from broadcasting, Isime is also an actress, as she featured in her first TV series, ‘Echoes’, in 2011. In 2022, she was nominated for Best Actress in A Comedy for her role in ‘Kambili: The Whole 30 Yards’ and Best Actress in A Drama for ‘Superstar.’ For NECLive9, the media personality will join a host of experts in the entertainment industry to deliberate on the theme ‘Sustaining The Africa Momentum.’

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

Other confirmed speakers for NECLive9 include Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian, Mr Macaroni, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Dr Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, TV host and filmmaker, Bolanle Olukanni, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, Broadcaster Mozez Praiz and more.

NECLive9 is in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Trace TVHuce Valeris, Hit FM Calabar, Beat FM, Classic FM, Naija FM, Top Radio, Mirus Events, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad and BlackHouse Media (BHM).

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Tolulope Adeleru-Balogun, News Central TV’s Head of Programmes, Confirmed as NECLive9 Speaker

Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Simbiat Bakare

15
Apr

Tolulope Adeleru-Balogun, the Head of Programmes at News Central, a pan-African TV station broadcasting from Lagos, Nigeria, has been confirmed as a speaker at the ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), that will hold on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Landmark Event Centre, in Lagos.

Adeleru-Balogun, a multimedia journalist and CNN Journalism Fellow, was the host of the top-rated ‘Morning Crossfire’ on Nigeria Info.

In a media career spanning over a decade, she has interviewed several African creatives and consulted with non-governmental organisations to work on media campaigns to aid civic participation, government transparency, and accountability. She has further participated in panel sessions regarding African Innovation.

She joins other speakers like Akin Oyebode, Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian Debo ‘Mr Macaroni’ Adebayo, Founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, among others.

NECLive is West Africa’s biggest and longest-running gathering of entertainment and creative industry professionals – and in 2022, the conference themed ‘Sustaining The Africa Momentum’, will bring together policymakers, entertainers, media and stakeholders in Africa’s creative and entertainment industry, as well as performers interacting with a live audience from around the world.

Organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Trace TVHuce Valeris, Hit FM Calabar, Beat FM, Classic FM, Naija FM, Top Radio, Mirus Events, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad and BlackHouse Media (BHM), the hybrid event will also simultaneously broadcast live on Hip TV (DStv and GOtv) and online platforms.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Music Producer, Tee-Y Mix, Confirmed as NECLive9 Speaker

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Simbiat Bakare

15
Apr

Music producer, Temitayo Ibitoye, popularly known as Tee-Y Mix has been confirmed as one of the speakers at the ninth edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Conference (NECLive), West Africa’s largest and longest-running entertainment conference happening on Friday, April 29 2022, at Landmark Event Centre, in Lagos.

Tee-Y Mix is the CEO and Founder of Vivace Records, a record label launched in 2014 to help alleviate the pain of talented artistes who struggle to realise their potential in the music industry. He appeared as a judge on Project Fame West Africa in 2008 and won the Headies Award for Best Music Producer in 2012. As a music producer and songwriter, Tee-Y mix has worked with Sound Sultan, Davido, Iyanya, Reekado Banks, 9ice, Seyi Shay, Darey Art-Alade and a wide range of Nigerian music stars.

He will be joining other noteworthy speakers like Mr Macaroni, Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onokoya, Busola Tejumade, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Tv host and Filmmaker, Bolanle Olukanni, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, Broadcaster Mozez Praiz, Akin Oyebode, Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance, among others to explore the theme, ‘Sustaining the Africa Momentum’ at NECLive9.

With a focus on answering some key questions, NECLive9 will seek to help stakeholders in the entertainment industry drive social change through the use of digital media and technology tools, create sustainable wealth, as well as build democracy and economic power in Africa.

Organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Trace TVHuce Valeris, Hit FM Calabar, Beat FM, Classic FM, Naija FM, Top Radio, Mirus Events, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad and BlackHouse Media (BHM), the hybrid event will also be simultaneously broadcast live on Hip TV (DStv and GOtv) and online platforms.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Osi Suave, Beat FM OAP, to Speak at NECLive9

Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Simbiat Bakare

15
Apr

Osi Suave, Beat FM’s On-Air Personality, will participate in the 9th edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) as a speaker.

NECLive is a pan-African event that features the biggest gathering of professionals in the Nigerian entertainment industry. The Conference has hosted over 100 intellectuals and speakers as well over 20,000 live participants since its inception in 2013.

This year’s edition is centred on the theme “Sustaining the African Momentum”. Osi Suave will join the conversation as crucial industry stakeholders engage in the very-much needed discourse focusing on economic power for self and country, opportunities via communities of Africans in the diaspora and social impact and development through entertainment.

NECLive9 will hold on Friday, April 29, 2022, at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos and 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 AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Trace TV, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Hit 95.9 FM, Top Radio 90.9, Classic 97.3 FM, Naija 102.7 FM, Landmark Centre, Plaqad and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Akin Oyebode, Ekiti Finance Commissioner, Joins Multinational Roster of Speakers at NECLive9

Posted on April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 by Simbiat Bakare

15
Apr

ID Africa has announced Akin Oyebode, Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development as a speaker at the ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), West Africa’s biggest and longest-running entertainment conference.

Oyebode, a trained Economist with a banking career spanning over a decade, was the pioneer Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) before the Ekiti State Government tapped him as Special Adviser to Governor Kayode Fayemi on Investment, Trade and Innovations in 2018. In 2020, he was appointed Finance Commissioner for the state.

“The theme of this year’s NECLive, Sustaining the Africa Momentum, speaks clearly to the renewed optimism that Africa is set for a period of sustained growth, driven by its ambitious continental free trade area,” Oyebode said. “I am pleased to join other speakers in interrogating this theme at what has become the leading conference on entertainment, since it launched in 2013.”

Oyebode, a 2019 Tutu Fellow, joins a multinational roster of speakers that include Dr. Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian Debo ‘Mr Macaroni’ Adebayo, Founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, among others, at the pan-African conference that will take place on Friday, April 29, 2022, at the Landmark Event Centre, in Lagos.

Themed ‘Sustaining The Africa Momentum’, the hybrid event brings together policymakers, entertainers, media and stakeholders in Africa’s creative and entertainment industry, as well as performers interacting with a live audience from around the world. The conference will also simultaneously broadcast live on Hip TV (DStv and GOtv) and online platforms.

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Top Radio 90.9, Classic 97.3 FM, Naija 102.7 FM, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Trace TV, Huce Valeris, Hit 95.9 FM Calabar, Mirus Events, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad and BlackHouse Media (BHM).

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Nigerian Idol Judge, Obi Asika Confirmed to Speak at NECLive9

Posted on April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 by Stacy Ketiku

06
Apr

Obi Asika, creative industries entrepreneur and Nigerian Idol Season 7 judge, will speak at the ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) on April 29th, 2022.

The founder and CEO of Storm 360, an indigenous music label, and founding partner of Dragon Africa, a strategic communications firm is renowned for his significant influence in Nigeria’s music industry and is prominent for laying the infrastructure for the growth and development of the media and entertainment industry. Obi Asika music label spawned talented entertainers like Naeto C, Ikechukwu, Sasha P, Tosin Martins, and Yung 6ix.

At NECLive9, Obi Asika will engage other creative geniuses in the industry on how to sustain Africa’s momentum in the entertainment space. Some of the like minded-gurus Asika will be discussing with include Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian, Mr Macaroni, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Dr. Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, Broadcaster Mozez Praiz and more.

The conversations 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, opportunities via communities of Africans in the diaspora and social impact and development through entertainment.

The special hybrid event, NECLive9, will be held at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos and simultaneously broadcast live on Hip TV (DStv and GOtv) and online platforms.

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Naija FM, The Beat FM, Classic FM, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad, and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Creative Theatre Group, Crown Troupe of Africa, to Perform at NECLive9 on April 29

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Stacy Ketiku

06
Apr

Crown Troupe of Africa is confirmed to perform at Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), West Africa’s most significant and longest-running entertainment gathering.

A vital stakeholder in the entertainment industry, Crown Troupe of Africa, is a total-theatre company committed to awakening people’s consciousness to the social issues that affect them through their live theatre entertainment performances.

Crown Troupe of Africa has performed on many significant stages, including Contacting The World, an international youth theatre festival hosted by Manchester-based Contact Theatre in 2002. The creative artistes will perform at NECLive9 on Friday, April 29, 2022, at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos.

At the pan-African event, entertainment industry stakeholders will engage in intellectual conversations, network, and proffer solutions to some of the industry’s challenges in line with the Conference’s theme: ‘sustaining the Africa momentum’.

The conversation will focus on economic power for self and country, opportunities via communities of Africans in the diaspora and social impact and development through entertainment.

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

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Naija FM, The Beat FM, Classic FM, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad, and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Anyiko Owoko, East Africa’s Leading Music Publicist and Media Personality to Speak at NECLive9

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Stacy Ketiku

05
Apr

With only a few weeks to the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), ID Africa confirms Anyiko Owoko as one of the speakers for the event.

She juggled jobs between the BBC Nairobi Bureau as a broadcast assistant and Kenya’s National Broadcaster as a TV host during her undergraduate days. With diverse work experience, Anyiko rose to become one of Africa’s most influential women in music, with a knack in promoting artists.

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

The show will involve panelists, speakers, and live performances by artistes as key players in the African entertainment and creative industry pour their thoughts on how the industry can build on the progress made so far.

Other confirmed speakers for NECLive9 include actor and comedian, Mr Macaroni, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Dr. Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, and more.

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Naija FM, The Beat FM, Classic FM, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad, and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Sports TV Presenter, Mozez Praiz Joins List of Speakers at NECLive9

Posted on April 5, 2022April 7, 2022 by Stacy Ketiku

05
Apr

As the African entertainment industry gears up for another exciting ninth edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), ID Africa confirms Mozez Praiz as one of the speakers of the reputed largest entertainment and creative gathering in West Africa.

Known for his engaging and galvanising TV presentations, Praiz is the anchor of Naija Made, a DStv sports programme focused on the Nigerian premier league.

Mozez Praiz was employed by SuperSport in 2007 as a production coordinator but has since made his mark as a vivid presenter.

Other confirmed speakers for NECLive9 include Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, actor and comedian, Mr Macaroni, founder of ChessInSlums, Tunde Onakoya, Dr. Busola Tejumola, the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, Aline Gahongayire, Rwandan gospel music star, Broadcaster Osi Suave, Sam Onyemelukwe, media executive, and more.

NECLive9 is organised by ID Africa in partnership with AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Naija FM, The Beat FM, Classic FM, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad, and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content at MultiChoice Confirmed as NECLive9 Speaker

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Stacy Ketiku

05
Apr

Dr Busola Tejumola has been confirmed as one of the speakers for this year’s Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) which will hold as a special hybrid event on Friday, April 29, 2022.

Tejumola is the Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels at MultiChoice, a role that allows her to drive the end to end development and execution of content strategy for MultiChoice Nigeria including the Africa Magic and Akwaaba Group Channels, strongly contributing to the growth and bottom-line of the business.

She holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from Brunel University, London and will be speaking on issues related to the theme of the conference: “Sustaining The Africa Momentum”

The conference 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, opportunities via communities of Africans in the diaspora and social impact and development through entertainment.

Other confirmed speakers for the event include Anyiko Owoko from Kenya, 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 AV Edge, MTV Base, African Movie Channel, 7Even Interactive Limited, MultiChoice, Trace TV, X3M Ideas, Legit.ng, Mirus Events, Naija FM, The Beat FM, Classic FM, Huce Valeris, The GreenRoom Nigeria, Landmark Centre, Plaqad, and BHM.

Registration is open until April 22, and there will be no manual registration at the venue. Register here to be part of it.

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