Chido Nwakamah was still president of Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN) when we sat in my office at BlackHouse Media in 2014. BHM, where I am CEO, was launching Nigeria’s first mobile application in the PR industry and Nwakanma attended with the association’s excos John Ehiguese, Muyiwa Akintunde, and others. As we […]
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More than 250 attendees participated in the first event, powered by WeChat The first AfricaBeta event where technology experts and startups discussed the ideas shaping the future of mobile in Africa held on the 3rd of October. It was organized by TechCabal and powered by WeChat. The invite-only event was tagged Chat 3.0, and there, […]
A 2015 research by BHM Media & Intelligence Unit The Difference Between Public Relations and Advertising Public Relations, on the one hand, helps establish and maintain mutual lines of communication, understanding, acceptance and cooperation between an organization (or brand) and its publics. It involves the management of problems or issues; helps management to keep informed […]
It’s 2015. It’s July 9, and almost 50 workers at BlackHouse Media, a public relations agency in Lagos, Nigeria are out of patience waiting for June salaries. A week earlier, the finance team sent a mail to all staff, explaining the delay and promising payment in one week. It’s the first time in many years […]
Interswitch, a leading digital payments and commerce provider focused on Africa has announced the launch of its new brand identity. The refreshed corporate identity was officially announced at an unveil event in Lagos on Tuesday, 22 September 2015. Giving an insight into the need for a new logo and brand position, CEO Interswitch, Mitchell Elegbe had this […]
TechCabal, Nigeria’s largest tech online publication and host of Africabeta is revealing the committee that will preside over the WeChat Ideathon in the run up to the event. The WeChat Ideathon is a parallel event within the Africabeta conference that will demonstrate outstanding technology and internet business propositions that are designed to take advantage […]
Relationships and all manners of interactive exchanges between people form the soul of every society. The higher the rate of relationships and productive exchanges, the more prosperous a society becomes economically and culturally. When people say that ‘Africa is rising’, they don’t merely mean that GDP figures are growing or infrastructure is being built or per capita incomes are rising. What they mean is that […]
23 years ago, my mum was actively involved in the construction of our current family home in Lagos, Nigeria. She was everywhere with sizeable cash sums – Bar Beach to haggle with sand tippers, Amu market for tiles and other building supplies, Coker for electrical supplies, Owode-Onirin for metalwork, Mile 2 for furniture, and just about anywhere else in Lagos where she could get what appears a decent bargain. Pregnant with […]
Do you remember the early 90s? If you are over the age of 30, then you probably do. Third Mainland Bridge was always free. Abuja was still a sleepy, civil servants’ city. Everyone’s must-have gadget was the Sony Walkman and the car that turned heads on the street was the Peugeot 505 ST. The only way to pay […]