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Registration Now Open for 8th Edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive)

Posted on by Taofik Bankole
26
Feb

ID Africa, owners of theNETng and producers of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) have opened registration for the 8th edition of the long running conference which holds on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. 

NECLive, which is the premier and largest gathering of entertainment industry professionals in Nigeria is expanding its format to accommodate new activities, events and programmes in order to deepen its impact and shore up its contributions to Nigeria’s entertainment and creative industry. 

For the past seven years, NECLive has run as an intensive full day, nine-hour event featuring powerful panel sessions, insights from industry leaders and critically innovative conversations. However for 2020, a new programme format has now been introduced which features various events, activities and experiences over a three-day period.

Past editions of NECLive have seen over 12,000  attendees, reached over 60 million viewers online and via live TV, and hosted over 450 industry experts as speakers and panelists, including MI Abaga, 2Baba, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Simi, Davido, Bayo Adekanmbi, D’Banj, among others. 

Come Wednesday, April 22, 2020 the NECLive8 programme will be expanded into a three-day event featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, training workshops and masterclasses, product exhibitions, an awards show, performances and multiple satellite events holding in venues around Lagos. 

The theme for the event: “Building The Future”, explores various ways of maximizing the potential and impact of recent strides in distribution, cinemas, events, promotions, exhibitions, productions and festivals, and how stakeholders can erect the infrastructure necessary to build the desired future for Nigeria’s creative and entertainment industry.

With this new approach, #NECLive8 hopes to broach tougher conversations and nudge stakeholders towards extracting more value from the ecosystem than is currently obtainable. The expansion also allows for opportunities to introduce more experiential consumer activations and activities which will offer more value to attendees, creatives and brand partners.

The two-day programme will now incorporate the standard elements of NECLive alongside new elements such as an awards dinner designed to celebrate the best of Nigerian entertainment, and a concert which will feature performances from across the spectrum of Nigeria’s entertainment industry. 

“Since the 2019 edition of NECLive, we have been working hard behind the scenes to redesign the entire NECLive experience. Our goal is to offer more value to all attendees, our brand partners, entertainment industry professionals, performers and creatives in Nigeria, and we believe the 2020 edition will deliver this objective,” says Femi Falodun, ID Africa CEO.

Ayeni Adekunle, Founder and Convener of NECLive, also said, “We set up NECLive eight years ago as an intervention to rally everyone towards building the industry of our dreams. Eight years on, we are glad to witness and facilitate the transformation of our home entertainment, our music and our media. And we are calling on the government, practitioners, fans and investors to come to the party.”

NECLive will hold at the Landmark Center, Lagos on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 from 10am while the NECLive concert will take place at the same venue from 5pm the same day. Satellite events will hold on Thursday and Friday in various parts of Lagos.

NECLive8 Tickets are available in three categories, offering varying levels of access to the NECLive experience:

  • Regular: Live Conference (Keynotes & Panel discussions); Free for students with valid ID, event partners and volunteers.
  • Premium: Live Conference + Workshops + Masterclasses + Reserved Seating + Meeting Room & Lounge Access + Satellite Events 
  • Free: Live Conference. Available only to students with valid ID.

Speakers, panellists and performers will be announced soon on the official website, while interested attendees can now visit nec.ng for sponsorship enquiries and to register to attend.

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Building The Future – Thoughts on NECLive 8 Theme

Posted on by Neclive
neclive 8 Ayeni Adekunle
29
Jan

With a youth population of over 126 Million; an approximate 70% of the population, Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world have a lot to benefit from a fully scaled creative sector. 

Our sports men and women are adored globally. Across Africa and beyond, Nollywood is a powerful export and ambassador. And music? Our homegrown talents have charmed the whole wide world with a sound no one can ignore. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the creative sector contributed over N5 trillion (i.e $16.4 billion) or 5.3% to Nigeria’s GDP in 2017.

We have seen the potential; and even the impact of recent strides in distribution, cinemas, events, promotions, exhibitions, productions and festivals. 

But there is still a long way to go. How do you build a future that can ensure we stand side by side with the best industries in the world? Hollywood generated $43 billion revenue for the United states in 2018 alone. 

The Staples Center is 950,000 square feet and can seat up to 20,000 guests. The biggest events venues in the world include The Las Vegas Convention Centre with over 10,000,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space and The Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany which can host up to 5,000 exhibitors and 210,000 attendees. The biggest stadium? Right there in North Korea with a capacity of 114,000. The cinema industry in India is worth over $3.7 billion.

Yet the highest grossing movie in Nigeria last year was Living in Bondage: Breaking Free – earning N157.3 million. The entire country only has around 200 cinema screens most concentrated in Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan. The United States has nearly 40,000 screens, India has more than 13,000.

Our talents and professionals are bright and determined and pulling all the stops to make sure the industry continues to grow. But the challenges are gigantic.

How do we build the future of our dreams? How do we develop honours events of Oscar and Grammy standards? How do we erect the infrastructure necessary to support what we have to do?

We imagine a day when Wizkid and Tiwa and Rema would stand on the Grammy stand and deliver thank you speeches; a time when our movies will become global blockbusters and dwarf Hollywood projects in revenue and quality. We imagine a time when our cities will boast of multiple convention centres and skyscraper cinemas. We can even picture a time when the biggest screaming and SVOD platforms will be of Nigerian origin. And funding? We can already see a time when banks home and abroad would choose to partner with creative industries here as opposed to O&G.

But it’s all still in the imagination. It’s a good thing to dream. And you are welcome to dream with us. You must also consider this as an invitation for you to join us as one of the architects of the modern Nigerian creative and entertainment industry. 

And that’s why we set up Nigerian Entertainment Conference eight years ago as an intervention to rally everyone towards building the industry of our dreams. Eight events, 450 speakers and panelists, 40 exhibitions and brands, and 12,000 attendees after, we are glad to witness and facilitate the transformation of our home entertainment; or our music and media. And we are calling on the government, practitioners, fans and investors to come to the party.

It’s time to build the future!

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ID Africa Announces New Two-Day Format for 8th Edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference

Posted on by Taofik Bankole
28
Jan

ID Africa, owners of theNETng and producers of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) have announced a new format for the 8th edition of the long running conference to be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. NECLive which is the premier and largest gathering of entertainment industry professionals in Nigeria will be expanding its format to accommodate new activities, events and programmes in order to deepen its impact and shore up its contributions to Nigeria’s entertainment and creative industry.

For the past seven years, NECLive has run as an intensive full day, nine-hour event featuring powerful panel sessions, insights from industry leaders and critically innovative conversations. Past editions of NECLive have seen over 12,000  attendees, reached over 60 million viewers online and via live TV, and hosted over 450 industry experts as speakers and panelists, including MI Abaga, 2Baba, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Simi, Davido, Bayo Adekanmbi, D’Banj, among others.

Come Wednesday, April 22, 2020 the NECLive8 programme will be expanded into a two-day event featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, training workshops and masterclasses, product exhibitions, an awards show, performances and multiple satellite events holding in venues around Lagos.

The theme for the event: “Building The Future”, explores various ways of maximizing the potential and impact of recent strides in distribution, cinemas, events, promotions, exhibitions, productions and festivals, and how stakeholders can erect the infrastructure necessary to build the desired future for Nigeria’s creative and entertainment industry.

With this new approach, #NECLive8 hopes to broach tougher conversations and nudge stakeholders towards extracting more value from the ecosystem than is currently obtainable. The expansion also allows for opportunities to introduce more experiential consumer activations and activities which will offer more value to attendees, creatives and brand partners.

The two-day programme will now incorporate the standard elements of NECLive alongside new elements such as an awards dinner designed to celebrate the best of Nigerian entertainment, and a concert which will feature performances from across the spectrum of Nigeria’s entertainment industry.

“Since the 2019 edition of NECLive, we have been working hard behind the scenes to redesign the entire NECLive experience. Our goal is to offer more value to all attendees, our brand partners, entertainment industry professionals, performers and creatives in Nigeria, and we believe the 2020 edition will deliver this objective,” says Femi Falodun, ID Africa CEO.

Ayeni Adekunle, Founder and Convener of NECLive, also said, “We set up NECLive eight years ago as an intervention to rally everyone towards building the industry of our dreams. Eight years on, we are glad to witness and facilitate the transformation of our home entertainment, our music and our media. And we are calling on the government, practitioners, fans and investors to come to the party.”

NECLive will hold at the Landmark Center, Lagos on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 from 10am while the NECLive concert will take place at the same venue from 5pm the same day. Tickets will be available in three categories, offering varying levels of access to #NECLive8:

  • Regular: Live Conference (Keynotes & Panel discussions); Free for students with valid ID, event partners and volunteers.
  • Premium: Live Conference + Workshops + Masterclasses + Reserved Seating + Meeting Room & Lounge Access + Satellite Events
  • Free: Live Conference. Available only to students with valid ID.

Registration opens in February 2020, while speakers, panellists and performers will be announced soon on the official website. Interested attendees and sponsors can visit nec.ng for more information.

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WATCH: Highlights From The Nigerian Entertainment Conference, #NECLive7

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
06
May

This year’s edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, #NECLive7 took the conversation further on how mobile, data and consumer behaviour will influence the growth of Nigerian entertainment.

Many speakers and panelists were drawn from various sectors of the industry and beyond to share ideas on how to live up to the demands of the future.

Amid deep discussions and performances, here’s a highlight on how the conference went down.

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7 Takeaways from the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, #NECLive7

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
29
Apr

After several discussions, performances and heart-to-heart fireside chats at the recently concluded Nigerian Entertainment Conference, #NECLive7, here are some of the takeaways from the event.

1. Nigerian Entertainment industry will be worth more than $9.9billion by 2022.
To put this in a proper perspective, the industry will be churning out N3.55 trillion in the next three years.

2. Data will determine the future of entertainment in Nigeria.
For a long time now the Nigerian entertainment industry has been growing on autopilot, but technology is changing the way we create and distribute content.

3. Nigerian Entertainment Conference, NECLive will become a three-day event from next year.
The founder of BHM Group and convener of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, Ayeni Adekunle announced in his keynote speech at #NECLive7 that the conference will now become a three-day event from next year and may even be hosted across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

4. Nigerian content is becoming popular on the global scene.
Nollywood and Nigerian music industry are making waves around the world and global players are paying attention to our content.

5. A combination of smartphone and social media can turn anyone into a media powerhouse.
Maybe not really, but the barrier to producing and distributing content has been shattered by the duo of smartphone and social media.

6. NET Honours Award made a comeback and some notable people won.
Individuals were recognized for their roles in the events that shaped the year in review, using data from @theNETng website and social media platforms.

7. Live performances from upcoming music artistes, dance and stage play.
The event came alive with performances from Kabusa Oriental Choir, Dance Na The Main Thing, Theatre Hub Africa among others.

Did you attend the event? What was your best moment?

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“Nigerian Entertainment Conference To Become A Three-Day Event From Next Year”- Ayeni Adekunle

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
27
Apr

The Founder of BHM Group and Chairman of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, Mr Ayeni Adekunle has announced that the conference will become a three-day event from 2020.

He made the statement while speaking at the opening ceremony of this year’s edition of the conference, #NECLive7 held at the Landmark Centre, Lagos.

He also hinted at the possibility of hosting the conference across multiple cities in Nigeria — spread across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. He said that the expansion was necessary given the number of people outside Lagos who have expressed the difficulty they face in trying to attend the conference in the city.

The new schedule will make it possible for a growing number of potential attendees to be able to participate in the event.

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#NECLive7: “Comedy Is Not Limited To Stand-Up”- Tee A

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
27
Apr

One of Nigeria’s foremost comedians and MC, Tee A while participating in a panel discussion with Olamide Akintobi at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference, #NECLive7 said that comedy is not limited to stand-up alone.

Tee A was responding to enquiries about who qualifies as a comedian in respect to the upcoming Eko Comedy Festival which he is the convener.

He said that comedy covers a variety of genres that cut across stand-up, social media skits and movies. Making instances with the likes of Nkem Owoh (Osuofia), Victor Osuagwu and others who have made a name for themselves by being movie comedians

“There are many actors who are comedian by their own right and whether you’re an Instagram comedian, Facebook comedian, standup comedian or even a joker, all these art forms on different platforms are all part of the industry,” he reiterated.

 

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#NECLive7: Tope Oshin’s Fireside Chat With Bolanle Olukanni

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
27
Apr

A fireside chat between Tope Oshin and Bolanle Olukanni at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference delved into discussions about Nigeria’s entertainment industry  as regards to Nollywood.

Tope Oshin shared her experience as one of the first female film directors in Nollywood and how she was encouraged to try her hands on directing by the late ace director Amaka Igwe .

She also shared the challenges she encountered while starting out and how rigid the industry was at that time towards female directors.

Bolanle Olukanni drew the conversation towards the difference between home videos that are shot within three days and films that are made for the cinemas over a long period of time.

Oshin said that both forms are important and that it was necessary for Africans to tell their own stories, citing her experience at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood where her movie, New Money was screened.

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#NECLive7: Democratizing Payments By Odun Eweniyi

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
26
Apr

At NECLive 7, Odun Eweniyi, the Co-Founder and COO of fintech start-up Piggyvest, gave a presentation titled “Democratizing Payments”.

Her presentation identified the importance of creative and entertainment practitioners using technology in order to be accessed by their audiences.

Click Democratizing Payments to read.

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The Business Of Numbers: A #NECLive7 Presentation By Fade Ogunro

Posted on by Humphrey Anyim
26
Apr

Fade Ogunro, founder of BookingsAfrica.com, spoke at the lead panel at NECLive 7.

Her presentation showed clearly that the 21st entertainment business is clearly based on data, especially for the African market. Her business brings creatives together with audiences and clients to seamlessly connect and engage.

Here is her full presentation: The Business Of of Numbers