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BRAND VALUE – AN ASSEST NO CEO, CFO OR CMO SHOULD IGNORE Today businesses operate in a constantly changing marketplace. Consumer values and needs change; products and services change; competitors change and adapt. One of the most frightenly undervalued assets of any company is their brand strength. Doug de Villiers,...

It is a season of love, and indeed love is in the air! As lovers get set to celebrate yet another St Valentine Day come 14th February 2015, you surely have a chance to be rewarded with goodies by participating in the on-going PZ Cussons’s Canoe Detergent Valentine Colour Mix...

Board decisions could make or mar business interests. The impact can either be rewarding or debilitating. At the introduction of GSM in Nigeria, Vodacom spurned the then fledgling Nigerian telecoms market, an action they later regretted after MTN which took the bold steps, is today flourishing. In April this year,...

Founder of TINK Africa, Franklin Ozekhome, who has spent a decade in advertising (media planning, brand strategy, account management, digital planning, marketing and new business) believes that brand managers are not investing enough in reading and exploring the world around them. In this interview with Daniel Obi, he challenges marketing...

Companies that deliver infrastructure, like mobile telephone networks, play a much bigger role than in just their sector. In Africa, where the challenges of infrastructure and environment have thrust millions of people into marginalisation, mobile networks arrived to connect individuals and societies, providing the ability to communicate and access information....

Coca-Cola's new campaign extends an invitation to Nigeria to ‘Share a Coke.’ For the first time in the Nigeria, Coca-Cola is personalizing the sharing experience by swapping out some of its iconic logos on on all its packaging – the returnable glass bottle, cans and PET bottles for the nation’s...

Etisalat Nigeria will sponsor season five of the reality TV music show, Nigerian Idol, as auditions for thousands of undiscovered, young music talents for the 5th season of the competition commence tomorrow in Benin City, Edo State. “Etisalat is proud to provide a platform to discover and nurture raw talents....

In a bold move to demonstrate how every Nigerian can use the power of the internet to do extraordinary things that make for a better life in 2015, Nigeria’s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, MTN has launched its BetterMe campaign with the unveiling of the My2015BetterMe app and...

Guinness Nigeria Plc has said Sodium Benzoate used as a preservative in Orijin, its herbal drink, is not harmful. During a tour of the Orijin Brewery in Ogba, Lagos Corporate Relations Director of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Sesan Sobowale, said the company met the certification for Orijin. He said Sodium...

As Nigerians joined the rest of the world in celebration of the New Year, Alomo Bitters, the multiple awards-winning medicinal herbal drink from the stable of Kasapreko Company Limited, has rolled out a weeklong marketing activation aimed at boosting consumer knowledge of the brand. The marketing initiative, which will be...