The highly anticipated 7th edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive7) is almost here.
All roads will lead to the Landmark Event Center, Oniru, Lagos on Wednesday, April 24 2019, as entertainment industry experts, innovators and visionaries discuss the way forward by exploring this year’s theme: ‘Mobile, Data, Consumers and the Future of Entertainment’.
Participants will have the rare opportunity of gaining insights into how data will play a significant role in what the future of the rapidly evolving industry is going to look like.
Experts such as Bayo Adekanmbi, Chief Transformation Officerof MTN Nigeria; Multichoice Nigeria CEO, John Ugbe; Piggy Vest co-founder, Odun Eweniyi; Bookings Africa founder, Fade Ogunro and many others will speak at the event, while Frank Donga, SLK, Dance Na The Main Thing (DNMT) will entertain the audience with unique performances.
NECLive is brought to you by ID Africa, in partnership with African Creative Foundation, MultiChoice, Livespot, Huce Valeris, and BHM.
– Event to focus on understanding emerging markets, trends and opportunities.
– Conference remains free for all participants for sixth year running
The sixth edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLice), holding in Lagos on Wednesday April 25th 2018, will focus on how the creative industry can study, understand and access opportunities in emerging market segments, how to exploit the tools, trends and possibilities that technology provides, and how to build a totally new world of impact, locally and globally.
Nigeria is still focused on solving old problems, while the rest of the world has moved on to using new thinking and ideas to create new ways of getting value.
Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Snapchat, Shazam, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify, and many more are coming forth to innovate creation, distribution and monetisation, while the concept of venues and tours is taking a wholly different shape from Europe to Asia and America.
The music business is transforming from predominantly records sales and concert and tours, to a 360 model that’s giving new life to a hitherto dying industry. Hollywood is seeing some excitement, with the boost in rent-or-buy streaming services and the influence of two key things: technology, and surge in measurable consumption from the EMEA.
It’s the same across Fashion, comedy, Sports, and media. Demographics are changing, Silicon Valley is building, and M&As are leading to a new order.
‘With the recent promise displayed by the Nigerian music industry, Nollywood, Fashion, Media, and Comedy, there is no better time to sit down and discuss what is at stake.
Everything that’s transforming the entertainment and creative industries in Europe, Asia and America is potentially available to Nigeria, nay, Africa. Technology is already helping us fix payments, dating, banking, transportation, and even governance. It’s time to take a look at entertainment’, says NEC founder and chairman Ayeni Adekunle.
Over 5000 participants will gather at the Landmark Event Centre on Wednesday April 25th 2018, for the sixth edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference, the marketplace for ideas, products, people, and services shaping the entertainment sector. At least 10 million will watch live on cable TV and online.
Registration will open on Tuesday January 30. Speakers and panellist line up are to be announced later.
Those who don’t consume funny videos on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are not likely to encounter Arole. But they’re likely to be in the minority.
The pseudo-prophet has built his brand, and grown his relevance and revenue by tapping into one psychology: Nigerians love pastors, prophecies and preaching.
And he’s not alone. There are increasingly many like him, building characters and using the opportunities social media provides, to distribute their contents and imprints in such organic ways many big brands are in awe of.
How does his mind work? What’s the game plan? And what does this trend mean for the comedy industry?
Starting from just an idea a few years ago, #AfropolitanVibes, the monthly gig promoted by Ade Bantu and partners has become indispensable for many Lagosians looking to have a good time and quality entertainment in a convivial atmosphere.
Afropolitan is about the only Lagos concert where you’re allowed to be yourself. No VIPs. No Table seatings. No pretenders.
How did Bantu, himself a musician, do it? What does the industry have to learn from this success, as musicians and labels work to create owned platforms and new revenue models at a time when corporate Nigeria is cutting budgets and looking elsewhere?
Alex Okosi is the driving force behind Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, home to Viacom’s powerhouse entertainment brands MTV Base, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., NickToons, VH1 Classic and BET on the African continent.
An 18-year veteran of the entertainment industry on 3 continents, with a broad background in marketing, affiliate sales, events, strategy and management, Okosi achieved a personal and industry milestone when he launched MTV Base, MTV’s 100th channel internationally, and Africa’s first bespoke MTV channel on 22 February 2005. His tenacity and belief in Africa soon paid significant dividends. VIMN Africa has become Viacom’s fastest growing international operation in terms of revenue growth – thanks to the rapid expansion of its footprint across Africa as a multi-portfolio brand distributed on multiple platforms including pay-TV, FTA, internet, SVOD and mobile platforms. Now in its thirteenth year, VIMN Africa delivers more channels to Africa than any other international network. Its collective footprint reaches 52 territories and more than 100 million viewers.
Appointed Senior Vice President and Managing Director of VIMN Africa in July 2007, Okosi’s association with the company goes back to 1998 when he joined the sponsorship development and trade marketing team in New York, before becoming part of the MTV Networks Affiliate Sales and Marketing division in Los Angeles in 2000. By mid-2003, Okosi had transferred to MTV Networks International’s Strategy and Business Development team in London where he developed the business plan for MTV’s expansion into Africa and, in 2004, secured approval for the roll-out of Viacom’s localized play in Africa with the launch of MTV Base in 2005.
Okosi’s vision has always been to develop content and experiences for audiences that not only entertain and showcase the best of African music and entertainment, but also serve to socially empower audiences in Africa and around the world. As Africans, he believes, we have to keep living the mission of showing a “reimagined Africa” to the world. A tireless supporter of initiatives that motivate, empower and educate Africa’s youth, Okosi is recognized as an influential figure on the continent and was also named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013.
Okosi managed the growth and development of the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) – the largest celebration of African music and achievement on the continent. Launched in 2008, with an Africa reimagined narrative, the annual awards franchise has given top African artists a continental and international platform to raise their profiles. In 2015 he was instrumental in bringing the BET Experience to Africa for the first time. This successful BET franchise celebrates the rich and varied faces of the urban lifestyle experience under one roof.
Born in Nigeria, at the age of 12, Okosi moved to the US where he was educated at the Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and attended St Michael’s College in Vermont on a full basketball scholarship before graduating magna cum laude with a double major in Business Administration and Economics.
In March 2017, Okosi was appointed to Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Viacom International Media Networks Africa.
How do you create and monetize content for global audiences? What do African audiences really want to see and buy?
How do you understand the psychology, and how do you build a sustainable business around that? What’s working and what’s not, and how do we make sense of it all?
Alex Okosi, a #NECLive debutant, will lead a business session that’ll drive a discussion many producers, managers, creatives and businesses will find more than useful.
– Mo Abudu, Davido, Joke Silva, M.I, Jason Njoku, George Thorpe, others to speak
The third edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference will hold in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday April 22, according to a statement issued today, by organisers NET Newspaper.
The umbrella conference for the Nigerian entertainment sector which debuted in 2013 will see everyone come together again at Eko Hotels in Lagos, for a full day of deliberations, workshops, exhibitions and master-classes.
Past editions have featured renowned celebs including 2face Idibia, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Amaka Igwe, Kenny Ogungbe, Jimmy JATT, Basketmouth, M.I, Don Jazzy, Kunle Afolayan, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Lagbaja, Tony Okoroji, Audu Maikori, D’banj and Ali Baba; as well as respected executives like Aina Kushoro, Emeka Mba, Chris Ubosi, Ayo Animashaun, Olisa Adibua, Colette Otusheso, Steve Babaeko, Ifeoma Williams, Efe Omorogbe, Frank Nweke, Gab Okoye, and Prof. Pat Utomi.
Speakers and facilitators for this year include acclaimed Nigerian actress and trainer Joke Silva, BET and MTV award winning pop star Davido, Afrinolly’s Chike Maduegbuna, founder and CEO of Ebony Life TV Mo Abudu, IT entrepreneur Chika Nwobi, rapper and business executive M.I Abaga, iROKO TV founder Jason Njoku, music distributor Uba Pacific, media administrator Deji Awokoya, marketing icon George Thorpe, entrepreneur Ayo Makun, founder of NotJustOk Demola Ogundele and Quilox chairmanShina Peller.
Session moderators include Bukky Sawyerr-Izeogu (Classic FM), Zainab Balogun (Ebony Life), Osagie Alonge (Pulse), Oreka Godis, Dayo Odulaja (NET), Olamide Adedeji (Soundcity), Ehiz Okoeguale (MTV Base) and others. The event will be hosted by Tee A for the third year running.
This year’s conference, according to NEC founder Ayeni Adekunle is themed: ‘BUYING AND SELLING NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT AND EVERYTHING IN-BETWEEN.
‘We’re moving the conversation beyond rhetoric this year, and actually providing a platform for individuals and companies doing great stuff to come and show the world what we’re about’.
This year’s sessions will be more about what practitioners have done in the past years, using case studies to deliver presentations everyone can learn from.
All sessions and exhibits will also be accompanied by master-classes by the visionaries plotting the future of the industry.
The conference will hold at Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos on Wednesday April 22.
Confirmed partners for this year include MTV Base, Beat FM, Classic FM, Hip TV, Ebony Life, AV Edge, TNS, ID Africa, EDS, Top Radio, X3M Ideas, and F316.
This year’s conference will mark the fifth anniversary of the debut of Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) newspaper.
The second edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NEC) held on Wednesday 23rd April 2014 at the Grand Ball Room of the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos – Nigeria with the theme ‘Creating Pathways to the Future’.
In attendance at the one-day conference were session speakers, panelists, stakeholders and enthusiasts of the Nigerian entertainment industry. Plenary sessions at the second edition of NEC 2014 included Music, Nollywood, Business, Media, Information Technology (IT) and Social Responsibility.
The conference began with confirmation of registered delegates and Ayeni Adekunle – Chairman of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NEC) delivered a notable welcome address calling for holistic review of problems challenging the entertainment industry in Nigeria. The conference hoped to identify pathways to move the industry forward by creating pathways to the future.
KEY SPEAKERS AT SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED:
Professor Pat Utomi who spoke on ‘SOLVING THE DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL’ highlighted the need for stakeholders to embrace relevant structures leading to the effective distribution of property created by the Nigerian entertainment industry.
Multi-award winning musician 2face Idibia gave a trajectory presentation for the support by the industry to make collective rights management succeed in Nigeria. His paper was titled, ‘SLAYING THE COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MONSTER’ and it was presented during the session on Music.
Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Emeka Mba led conversations during the Nollywood session with his paper on ‘BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE NOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY’. He pointed out that the role of digital revolution taking over the global film industry is bringing about a paradigm shift. Therefore, practitioners must recognize that ‘the old order in Nollywood is fast changing’.
The Social Responsibility session graced a collection of personalities, celebrities and social service advocates. International humanitarian ambassador and actress, Omotola Jalade- Ekeinde initiated discuss for that session with her talk titled- ‘WHY WE SHOULD CARE’. She emphasised on the need for discipline by stakeholders in the entertainment industry.
Others included conversations around Information Technology – ‘Using IT for intervention’ and the Media session, which focused on ‘whose content is it anyway?’ The sessions all had experienced team of panellists.
THE 2014 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTED THE FOLLOWING AS CONTAINED IN A POSITION PAPER RELEASED BY NEC:
The Nigerian entertainment industry is grossly impoverished and will continue to be in very bad shape if pertinent issues are not properly identified and promptly resolved.
A fundamental challenge in the industry is lack of established structures that will assist with full exploitation of potentials the industry has to offer both developed and emerging markets.
Piracy remains at the fore of issues seeking urgent attention to put the Nigerian entertainment industry in proper perspective. Pirated copies of works produced by artistes, filmmakers and authors will continue to glisten freely on streets of the country without caution as the enforcement of piracy act remains weak. Nigeria could be losing more than USD$2billion to piracy every year. The government and related agencies responsible for the adequate protection of intellectual property are expected to take more stringent and proactive measures.
Intellectual Property (IP) owners need to be better enlightened about their rights, IP protection laws and become actively involved in building the structure that will secure their works also making rights collection as well as remittance a fairly easy process.
Funds injected by the government to further develop the industry especially the movie sector have failed to yield the desired impact. It was identified that lack of an efficient distribution network will continue to plaque the industry. Rather, funds that are injected as support grants should be deliberately used to set up an effective distribution structure. At present, stakeholders find it very difficult to access the government funds.
The initiations of alternative distribution platforms are being created to serve the interest of both content owners and consumers of products from the Nigerian entertainment industry. However, pricing for the delivery of products ordered by consumers on these alternative distribution platforms remain debatable.
An effective distribution structure will to a large extent eliminate piracy, which is currently bedevilling the industry. The structure is about combining what works in Nigeria where consumers can make an order that has either or not been released and the entertainment content is delivered at the consumer’s convenience. It creates easy access, broader reach to consumers and guarantee product quality that is being delivered.
Creating and sustaining a distribution structure should capture essential data for every activity recorded including sales, delivery, cost and profit margins. These fundamentals are visible in a structured environment and will position the industry as accountable, making it a more viable sector. It will invariably attract investment opportunities to the industry as structured Return on Investment (ROI) will be guaranteed to stakeholders.
Nigeria’s collective rights management is in disarray and has been described as a ‘monster’ that must be slayed to attain a harmonised form of royalty payment. Right owners form a basis for the existence of content used by media houses, especially music, and royalties of every artiste must be paid. However, the Collective Management Organisation (CMO) has put the industry in a situation where the interest in royalty collection is perceived as an individual interest rather than in the industry’s interest. This perception must be corrected. This can only be done when the different bodies collaborate by setting a common goal for the good of the thriving entertainment industry in Nigeria.
World Music Day on September 1, 2009 marked the beginning of the change process for collective rights in Nigeria. For the first time, some practitioners came together to discuss future of collective rights, calling a truce among music bodies, which had hitherto not agreed on a collective process. This initiative signified the registration by Nigeria Copyrights Commission, the formal introduction of COSON in 2010, a body saddled with responsibility to collect royalties on behalf of rights owners.
It is advised that artistes and music executives/ administrators take out the time to understand processes involved with collective rights management. Lack of knowledge or poor understanding of benefits that are associated with a strong collective rights society has been bane for misinformation in the Nigerian entertainment industry. However, the collective rights management is expected to be proactive with sensitizing members of the public on its activities.
Every organisation including the broadcasting sector in use of materials or works of artistes/ talents in the Nigerian entertainment industry must fully comply with the remittance of royalties. Non-compliance or refusal by the organisations within identified sectors to pay royalties on the use of rights should be met with stringent penalties. Penalties that are enforced by the law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The National Broadcasting Commission and other associated bodies should mediate in the face-off between COSON (Collective Society of Nigeria) and Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON)/ Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN) – the bodies representing broadcasters. Resolving the lingering issues between these bodies will help to promote fairness and adequate protection of rights’ owners.
As matter of duty, COSON must never overlook the need to act responsibly at all times, to demonstrate the highest level of responsibility, accountability and transparency in the conduct of licensing, collection and distribution of collective rights in order to engender trust and good will of the music society and in the interest of the larger industry.
Optimism about building a world-class collective management system can be achieved, only if all stakeholders eliminate putting personal interest over the collective good and benefits to the industry.
It is important to caution that collective administration will face a tough challenge due to rapid technological advancement. The copyright system is being confronted to answer to the demands of the digital age in a manner that may render the current collective format obsolete.
Recognising the pivotal role technology and digital applications play in today’s human existence, collective rights management and every aspect of the entertainment industry should offer considerable investment in digital rights management. It is noted that survival of any structure created for the development of the Nigerian entertainment industry will depend largely on the immediate response to both digital and industry dynamics in operation.
Digital technology is democratising access to content creation and distribution. It is even making it easier for the near elimination of barriers to enter the market. The digital democracy is revolutionising the industry. It is creating an absence of industry peer review mechanisms that must be guarded against with extreme caution.
The convergence of media, technology and entertainment is reinventing a brand new industry. Convergence has brought co-creation mechanisms between content originators, creators and users who freely inject a new kind of intensity and individuality in the creative flair.
To move the Nigerian entertainment industry beyond the status quo, a focused re-orientation and new mentality is required. Experience combined with critical skills is essential for a viable and sustainable industry of the future. People in the industry must not be afraid to learn from the best global practices and earnestly avoid information hoarding.
Some practitioners are not aware of the ‘language of film’. The Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood, should grow beyond the use of basic narratives but have a proper understanding of cinematic codes. It would be near impossible to construct a new dimension of reality if the elements required to build a structured visual narrative is lacking.
The use of visual storytelling and employing the power of visual narratives can be used to construct a new reality for the Nigerian entertainment industry. The government of Nigeria may also capitalise on the new reality order of strong visual storytelling to rebrand the country’s image.
It is important to acknowledge the impact of technology on storytelling and content creation across multimedia platforms. Today, audience and consumers are learning to search for and engage with content in more interactive and digital ways. The interaction extends across multiple users and creates digital tribes accessing the content. Therefore, the way a story is told and received is changing.
There is an opportunity for advertisers and brand custodians to invest in creating a new storytelling experience. As content creation is changing, so are the dynamics for brand interaction with audience. Therefore a strategic synergy between both industries would positively impact on the development of the entertainment industry also boosting the economic viability of both sectors.
New markets and opportunities continue to emerge with the introduction of digital devices. These devices require more integration of content and the entertainment industry should look to position itself to provide more local content that will appeal to consumers of these products.
It means that new games, apps and entertainment content with an appeal for the consumers in various locations will be developed to take advantage of the technology. Invariably, there will always be a market and wholesome opportunities for creators and content owners to explore.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) identifies that the future is digital and is optimistic about the transition to digital broadcasting in Nigeria. NBC Director General, Emeka Mba affirms that digital broadcasting will usher audience variety and ultimate quality in television services. The industry will greatly benefit as the digital space opens up new revenue streams and redefine the existing broadcast media business models.
It is opined that television content remains more popular and continues to grow in the advanced markets such as United States and Europe. Nigeria must utilise the key skills and resources available to secure an appreciable content consumer market. However, the necessary structures must be in place to grow the industry if it must meet best global practice.
In conclusion, the industry is encouraged to establish effective and auditable distribution platforms. This will drive an interest towards the Nigerian entertainment sectors focusing on advances for exclusive licensing agreements for territorial distribution of music, movies and other forms of creative arts. Distribution territories may effectively extend to US, Europe, UK markets and parts of Nigeria.
In other words, the Nigerian entertainment industry must birth a new industry that is distribution-led. The industry must depart from being production-led to creating structured deals and have properly defined marketing and business plans.
Finally, it is important to involve other formal sectors into the business of entertainment. The insurance industry for instance can be involved to institutionalise completion bonds as part of the production process, serving as insurance cover that an actual production will be completed.
ONYEKA ONWENU, DADDY SHOWKEY, JIDE KOSOKO, AYO ANIMASHAUN, ZEB EJIRO, MANY OTHERS TO RECEIVE NET HONOURS 2014
Nigerian Entertainment Today, publishers of Nigeria’s foremost entertainment newspaper and organisers of the biggest gathering in the entertainment industry, Nigerian Entertainment Conference have announced recipients for NET Honours 2014.
At the inaugural edition last year, nineteen distinguished practitioners were honoured for their contributions towards the development of the Nigerian entertainment industry.
This year’s recipients include some of Nigeria’s most notable entertainment practitioners including veteran actress and singer, Onyeka Onwenu, Nollywood icons, Jide Kosoko, Adebayo Salami and Sunday Omobolanle, street music pioneer, Daddy Showkey, Gospel legend, Ebenezer Obey, OAP/compere extraordinaire, JAJ, Media moguls, Amin Mousalli, Ayo Animashaun and Tajuddeen Adepetu.
Others are distinguished moviemaker, Zeb Ejiro, Storm 360 Boss, Obi Asika, ace music producers, Laolu Akins and OJB Jezreel, seasoned journalist, Jahman Anikulapo and post humous recipients, Christy Essien-Igbokwe and Sunny Okosuns.
According to Chris Ihidero, Chairman of the Editorial Board at NET, the path of honour will always be threaded by distinguished individuals who continue to remind us all of what it means to be ‘Proudly Nigerian’ and make that count when it matters…
‘The idea of the NET honours is that we’ll keep recognizing people who have contributed positively to the Nigerian entertainment industry. It’s not bound by age, time, or gender. It’s an on-going process. We hope, one day we can honour everyone who have imparted immensely’, Ihidero says.
This year’s edition of the conference has a star-studded line up of speakers and panelists, inclusing Prof Pat Utomi, BasketMouth, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, 2face Idibia, Jason Njoku, Uche Jombo, Tony Okoroji, Ope Awoyemi, Olisa Adibua, IK Osakioduwa amongst others.
The event is set to hold by 9am at the Grand Ballroom of Eko Hotel and Suites on Wednesday April 23,2014.
PROFILES OF NET HONOURS RECIPIENTS
ONYEKA ONWENU
This actor, broadcaster, singer and songwriter personifies excellence in all its ramifications. All through her glorious career, this indefatigable trailblazer continuously reminded us all that excellence is never accidental; rather, it is a result of incessant strives for perfection.
ZEB EJIRO
One of the country’s most prolific television drama writer and producer, with classics such as Ripples and Candle Light and Nollywood classics like Domitilla, Zeb Ejiro has shown repeatedly entertained millions of Nigerians and thereby contributed immensely to the development of the entertainment industry in Nigeria.
JAHMAN ANIKULAPO
Jahman was the last man standing of a dying breed of arts and culture reporters who shaped the entertainment industry, not by heaping unearned praise on celebrities, but by beating the industry into shape through conscientious and constructive criticism. Jahman stands a world apart from even his contemporaries: he is the reporters’ reporter, the editors’ editor and the most important arts and culture journalist of at least the past two decades in Nigeria.
DADDY SHOWKEY
Daddy Showkey’s sheer relentlessness defined the music of his era, from album recordings to live performances to reigning dance steps, it is an era still fondly remembered by many Nigerians with nostalgia.
AMIN MOUSALLI
Amin Mousalli has for long been the silent hand that rocks the cradle. When he launched Cool FM in 1998, something changed in radio broadcasting in Nigeria forever. Then WAZOBIA FM happened. His next move is television, those in that sector should watch out!
JAJ
Jacob Akinyemi Johnson popularly known as JAJ is an on-air-personality, news anchor and broadcast journalist. With a career spanning over two decades and his unique style of presentation, the JAJ brand has become a household name in the world of entertainment journalism.
JIDE KOSOKO, SUNDAY OMOBOLANLE AND ADEBAYO SALAMI
These three men are being honoured today as leading lights of a long-standing tradition of cultural presentation and representations through drama across platforms. From stage to screen, we have known these men almost all through our lives, bringing fun and excitement into our homes for decades. Dedicated to drama performances from the days of the travelling theatre tradition, to the days of television drama and now to film, these gentlemen are prime examples of a life solely dedicated to service in the entertainment industry.
LAOLU AKINS
Laolu Akins, the man who produced Sir Shina Peters’ ACE album is one of the brightest minds in a long tradition of excellent producers that have put the Nigerian music industry on the global stage. And he didn’t do it for Sir Shina Peters alone. Adewale Ayuba, Chris Okotie, Onyeka Onwenu and many are among the careers his great mind and magical fingers brought fame and glory.
OJB JEZREEL
For Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa a.k.a. OJB Jezreel music is undoubtedly the essence of his life and making beautiful music the purpose of his existence. OJB has been the creative force behind the numerous hits of a countless number of artistes. From Ruggedman, 2Face Idibia, Jazzman Olofin, Nomoreloss to Raskie, K-Show & Six-O, C-mion, Abounce, Jafaar, Amah, Funke, the list is endless.
TAJUDDEEN ADEPETU
Tajuddeen Adepetu started from creating content for several terrestrial stations to establishing his own cable TV channel and TV station. Soundcity and ONTV have grown to become household names in entertainment. His other assets include Spice TV, a full channel on DSTV and a social media platform Buddie.
AYO ANIMASHAUN
His relentless pursuit of fresh avenues to engage the entertainment industry is unparalleled. From newspaper to magazine to online radio and now to Hip TV, impossible is not a word Ayo Animashaun is familiar with.
OBI ASIKA
As the CEO and founder of Storm 360, Obi Asika is at the forefront of driving urban entertainment across Nigeria and Africa. His work spreads across TV, film, music, events and merchandise.
EBENEZER OBEY
Baba Miliki! The gentle crooner is a true legend by all measures, his evergreen pacifist music continues to us towards gentler possibilities of human interactions and co-existence. He provided the soundtrack to a time when life was easier and the hustling and bustling that has become the trademark of contemporary life was not so dominant.
CHRISTY ESSIEN-IGBOKWE
Nigeria’s Lady of Songs transcended linguistic and cultural limitations and repeatedly went to the core of her music and connected with our souls. Her music reflected the socio-cultural concerns her life was dedicated to. Gone too soon, she’s affectionately remembered and her music continues to signpost our realities.
SUNNY OKOSUNS
Sunny Okosuns typifies the Nigerian artiste as a social activist. His many revolutionary songs dotted the lines of conflicts both national and continental. He preached revolt and reconciliation through his music long before he donned the robes of a clergyman. As our nation currently experiences psychological and physical devastation from one conflict or another, it is the music of people like Sunny Okosuns that we miss; the kind of music that points out the foolery of focusing on our differences, rather that embracing ever more tightly our shared values.
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