Friday, December 02, 2011

Nollywood Day Held as Wennopreneurs Attend EDC Conference

It was a beehive of activities this week at the Wennovation Hub. The week started with an exhibition of the program at the recently concluded PAU-EDC Annual Conference held at the MUSON Center. It provided a natural avenue for would Wennopreneurs  to pitch their ideas to would-be partners, investors and clients

Valleybits Technology Ltd. Team & Intern, Femi @ EDC Conference, Nov 29 2011

On hand were MobiQube, Valleybits & Opacus CEOs to the delight of the attendees. The well attended gala night event was headlined by Dr. Towry Coker. In attendance also was LoftyInc Managing & Executive Partners, Dr. Wole Odetayo & Michael O. Oluwagbemi II.

LoftyInc Partners & Wennopreneurs at the Gala Night Event


The Panelists- In Session

The highlight of the week most definitely got to be the First Nollywood Day Event at the Wennovation Hub, which featured a panel discussion by eminent panelists from Nollywood, Publi Advocacy and Technology. Led by Mr. Bode Oluwafemi, a strategic consultant and eminent advocate for technology, health and technology, actress Nse Ikpe Etim and MobiQube`Nig Ltd CEO Mukthar Oyewo spoke eloquently about the technology needs of Nollywood 2.0. 
Nollywood Day Audience

With about twenty five live attendees, and twice as many followers on twitter, Facebook and Livestream, the Nollywood event was a resounding success with increased visibility for the positive impact of Wennovators in the emerging 21st century youth driven economy in Nigeria. 




Nollywood Award Winning Actress Nse Ikpe Etim with Wennovators

Friday, November 25, 2011

Nollywood Day at the Wennovation Hub: Powering Nollywood using Technology

In a bid to highlight the interconnectivity of Wennovation Hub’s recent content distribution technology and mobile application initiatives with top content creators in Nollywood and to achieve synergy with key actors, we are pleased to present to you the 1st Nollywood Day at the Wennovation Hub with the theme: Powering Nollywood using Technology (a panel discussion)


Venue: EDC Large Auditorium, Plot C Obasa Road, Off Oba Akran Rd Ikeja Lagos (road beside AP Petrol Station)

Date: Wednesday, November 30 @ 12.00pm


Panelists:


Nse Ikpe Etim, Nollywood Star & Best of Nollywood Awards 2011 Winner (Actress)
Nse Ikpe-Etim has been in the entertainment industry since age 18 when she anchored a show on NTA. Her first movie role was in Venom of justice 2 after which she has acted in various movies including the Nollywood big hit movies, Reloaded and Guilty Pleasures, where she acted as Ramsey Nouah's wife.


Chude Jideonwo, Founder – RedStrat/The Future Project, Y!Naija

A lawyer and award-winning journalist, Chude has, for almost a decade, garnered key experience in all forms of traditional and new media, and has translated that practical experience into successful media campaigns. He also works as an expert in youth development across the country and beyond.

Chude is founder and Creative Director of RedSTRAT/The Future Project, a full service public engagement/communications company. He is primarily in charge of Strategy, Planning, Content and Communication.
Chude also founded EnoughisEnough Nigeria, the largest coalition of youth and youth-led organizations in the country. It is now one of the country’s foremost civic participation groups as well as the premium voice for young people in politics. He chairs the Public Relations & Communications Committee, and has in that position secured buy-in from national and international media including CNN (International), BBC, Radio France, Reuters, the Associated Press, amongst others,
In May 2010, he was selected for the Nigeria Leadership Initiative’s (NLI) Future Leaders Fellowship.

Other panelists include Mukhtar Oyewo and Modupe Ajibola


Program:
• 12:00 – Introduction of Guests & Participants
• 12:20-­‐ Wennovation Overview
• 12:40 – Questions & Answers
• 1:00 -­‐ Panel Discussion: What ongoing technology developments are going to drive Nollywood 
2.0 and how can this be jumpstarted?

• 2:00 – Meet our Wennopreneurs
• 2:30 – Vote of thanks


Mr. Femi Babajide, Marketing Development Manager at Intel Corporation (West Africa), will moderate the event


Send in your questions via twitter to @wennovation using the hashtag #nollytech , or on Facebook

This event will be live on Twitter (#nollytech), Facebook & we will make arrangements to telecast live.
This is the first in a series of sector partnering events for the ecosystem. Feel free to invite a friend.

Contact : Ayokunle Akinrotimi (ideaslab@loftyincltd.biz +234 805 951 7814)




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