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New firm brings together country’s brightest minds and signals new dawn for creative talent management in Nigeria The Temple Management Company (TMC), has announced the formation of a 360 management company which is poised to bridge the gap between the Nigerian corporate space and the burgeoning creative and entertainment sector....

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has named African Internet Group, which recently rebranded to Jumia, amongst the world’s 50 Smartest Companies for 2016. MIT editors picked 50 companies worldwide that best combine innovative technology with effective business models, taking into account the results emanating from a set of agenda...

As far back as 2012 a survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in over 20 countries conducted by the Internet Society found that 83% of respondents agreed with the statement that “access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right,” so essential has the internet become to...

BlackNBold Fashion House presents the Nigerian Student Fashion and Design Week (NSFDW 2016) sponsored by Nigeria’s longest surviving indigenous lender Wema Bank Plc. The event will showcase the works of emerging designers. Winners will emerge in the Fashion Designers Contest and General Public Contest for Most Stylish Student. Date: Friday,...

L-R Vice- President of Advertising Agencies Association of Nigeria (AAAN), Ikechi Odigbo ; The President of The Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN ), David Okeme ; AAAN President, kayode Oluwasana and first Vice President of ADVAN, Joan Ihekwaba when executives of AAAN visited ADVAN Secretariat, Lagos recently. The President of...

Outgoing GMD/CEO, UBA Plc and Valedictory Lecture Speaker, Mr. Phillips Oduoza (middle), wife Jumai and President, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria(CIBN), Professor Segun Ajibola(Right) at the 4th Valedictory Lecture in honour of Phillips Oduoza, organised by CIBN in Lagos on Friday Outgoing Group Managing Director of pan-African banking group,...

MultiChoice Nigeria has unveiled a brand new campaign for the DStv Compact bouquet called Live Your Dream and it features its latest brand ambassador, Odion Jude Ighalo. The Live Your Dream campaign celebrates the passion, perseverance and determination of Nigerians to achieve their dreams against all odds with Ighalo’s story...

  After four years of stellar achievements in the African e-commerce landscape, the Africa Internet Group has announced the incorporation of all its ventures under one conglomerate called Jumia Group. This move led to the renaming and general rebranding of all its seven ventures. It comes at a point where...

L-R Jones Bassey (Account Director Insight), Sinmisola Hughes-Obisesan (Group Creative Head Insight), Norden Thurston (Head of Marketing Seven-Up Bottling Company), Segun Ogunleye (Brand Manager Seven-Up Bottling Company)   Barely two weeks after winning the Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN) Poster Awards’ Grand Prix award for its Long Throat campaign,...

First Lady, Aisha Buhari on Tuesday launched the“Get Involved” component of the Future Assuredprogram designed to provide solutions to problems of malnutrition among children in the country. The initiative is aimed at attracting active participation of well meaning Nigerians, private sector and non governmental organizations in response to the alarming outbreak of undernourishment at...