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Preaching the Gospel of Africa: Opportunities for Global Communication Professionals. By Femi Falodun.

On October 17, 2021, I joined the world’s leading PR and communications experts from over 30 countries to attend the ICCO Global Summit in London. The experience was made even more special because BHM, ID Africa’s sister company, was participating as Africa’s first platinum sponsor of the event, and I was also going to be […]

Talent Retention In PR: Building Superstars To Grow The Ecosystem. By Enitan Kehinde.

What do public relations agencies have in common besides the effects of COVID-19? High employee turnover. While the world is dealing with Coronavirus, the ICCO World PR Report 2020 showed that the global PR industry is also dealing with a pandemic of its own – loss and scarcity of skilled talent. Based on the conversations […]

Moliehi Molekoa – ICCO Global Summit 2021 Panel Session: What can we do to accelerate pace of change?

Speakers: Sue Hardwick, Co-Founder, Global Women in PR; Melissa Arulappan, Head of Corporate Communications, IQVIA; Anna Gefert, Managing Director, HERA Communication Strategies; Heather Kernahan, CEO, Hotwire Angela In this new hybrid working environment, what can we do to accelerate the pace of change? So, we’re doing a hybrid event of course here. So, hybrid discussion. […]

How Contemporary African Pop Culture Can Drive Global Youth Marketing. By Femi Falodun.

Africa used to be mostly recognized by its wildlife and images of elephants, lions and giraffes grazing in the East African safari. Today, the most powerful representation of Africa on the global stage is its creative artforms––fashion, entertainment, sports and the sheer force of its people’s creative energy. More specifically, African music has (re)penetrated global […]

Enitan Kehinde – ICCO Global Summit 2021 Panel Session: Skills For The Future: Retaining Talent And Developing Star Players

Moderator: Nick Band, Founder, Berlin PR Speakers: Maxim Behar, CEO, M3 Communications Group; Barbara Phillips, Director, Brownstone Communications; Owen Cullen, Managing Director, Cullen Communications; Enitan Kehinde, General Manager, BHM UK. Nick Well, this panel today is going to be discussing one of the burning issues of our generation really, is how to retain and it’s […]

Femi Falodun – ICCO Global Summit 2021 Panel Session: Africa Challenges and Opportunities

Speakers: Femi Falodun, CEO, ID Africa; Jessica Hope, Founder and CEO, Wimbart Moderator Okay, welcome back everyone for their final stretch of sessions for this afternoon. And next we have Africa challenges and opportunities. So welcome to the stage, Femi Falodun, CEO of ID Africa, and Jessica Hope, co-founder and CEO of Wimbart Femi Alright, […]

Results of the Series 1 Offer for Sale of MTN Nigeria Communications PLC Ordinary Shares, First Public Offer Via Digital Platform in Nigeria

Offer was 139.47% oversubscribed, activating the allocation of an additional 86.25 million shares Retail shareholders receive full allotment despite over-subscription Institutional shareholders under the Bookbuild were pro-rated as a result of the over-subscription  114,938 new CSCS accounts were created representing new market participants Approximately 76% of successful applicants via digital platform are women, and 85% […]

Labour shortages, economic shifts, digital disruption amongst six megatrends identified in PMI’s annual Global Megatrends 2022 report

Project Management Institute (PMI) has released its Global Megatrends 2022 report, an analysis of the global forces significantly impacting society and the project management profession today. Global Megatrends 2022 helps project professionals understand the world’s rapid transformation and the global context in which they work so they can use projects to solve complex problems. “The […]

PMI Global Megatrends 2022 Reveals Society’s Greatest Challenges Affecting Project Professionals’ Path Forward to Deliver Impact

Project Management Institute (PMI) has released its Global Megatrends 2022 report, an analysis of the global forces significantly impacting society and the project management profession today. Global Megatrends 2022 helps project professionals understand the world’s rapid transformation and the global context in which they work so they can use projects to solve complex problems.   “The […]