Nigeria’s Premier business platform, Businessday, shows initial interest in Awo-UK just as Tingo Mobile, Wakanow, and Cruxstone stand tall.
Awo-UK is designed as a premium-upmarket engagement for them.
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Mr Magnus onyibe, his daughter, Ebubechukwu ,her older sister Sopuluchukwu, a Software engineer in Canada and his wife Helen at the graduation ceremony of University of California, class of 2023 where Ebubechukwu bagged a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Affairs on 21/6/2023.
Images of Prof Ojo Bakare’s Ladi Kwali which showed this Easter at the Muson Centre lagos
Feb 5th 2023. ARTSPLIT, the high-end alternative investment platform, is heating the market with its latest innovative offering, MusicSplit. The maiden online auction of King Perryy’s upcoming EP has caught the attention of music lovers, investors, and industry executives, with none other than Don Jazzy himself taking notice.
In a recent video, he encouraged his followers to take advantage of this unique opportunity, “With MusicSplits, you can be like me! Don’t just enjoy great music; make money from it. You can start investing in your favourite songs and earn monthly royalties on ARTSPLIT,” Don Jazzy explained.
MusicSplit is a game-changer for music lovers and investors alike. With MusicSplit, you can own a fraction of any top Afrobeat music project and receive monthly royalty payments straight to your ARTSPLIT wallet.
Onyinye Anyaegbu, Executive Director for Technology and Communications at ARTSPLIT, said, “Our goal has always been to democratise access to investment in African art and artists, and with MusicSplit, we’re making that a reality. By dividing the estimated value of a music project into 100,000 units, we are giving music lovers and investors a chance to finance their favourite artists’ projects and profit from their investments. We’re thrilled to offer this alternative investment option and further elevate African music globally.”
Take advantage of this incredible opportunity to invest in the future of music. Download the ARTSPLIT app now and bid in the maiden MusicSplit auction of King Perryy’s upcoming EP, which ends on the 10th of February, 2023.
For more information, visit www.artsplit.com/MusicSplit or contact info@artsplit.com. The time to earn from music is now!
The historic and massive Burna Boy show ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ which took place on the 1st of January 2023 has raised the bar for outdoor entertainment in Nigeria. In a meeting held at the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos on the 5th of January, Mr. Kaycee Kennedy who is the main promoter of the show listed the positives.
The show was the first African Show listed on Burna Boy official website + ticketing; Biggest Outdoor Music Concert – over 30,000 audience; Biggest Car parking in an event – over 11,000 cars; Pioneer Single Source Online Ticketing via Wallet.
Other major observations included the fact that there were no reported casualties, theft, sexual assault or sexual harassment.
However, despite the positives, the organizers acknowledged that there were some challenges and learning points. In a bid to address the main challenges and negatives encountered at ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ show, the organizers, Creative Economy Catalyst Limited, visited the British Deputy High Commission at Walter Carrington Crescent to meet with the UK Department for International Trade to discuss possible collaboration for future events.
The issue of inadequate power supply and the power surge that led to an outage that took off a good number of equipment was discussed extensively. Secondly the need to seek logistics support in areas such as infrastructure which includes equipment hire, standardization of such equipment in a bid to meet minimum international standards, vendor sourcing and management was also looked at. Thirdly is support for waste management after the concerts and other such large events. It was agreed that an adequate waste recycling structure is very critical post-concert as a way of preserving the environment and keeping to acclaimed international bio disposal and environmental standards.
Chim Chalemera, Country Director, UK Department for International Trade, in her contribution was happy to provide the necessary support including match-making and introduction to relevant UK companies to partner with Creative Economy Catalyst Limited, the Concert Promoters, to ensure future concerts are delivered to international standards.
Incidentally, in November 2022, the UK Department for International Trade, facilitated a trade mission for 18 UK companies participating in £20m Round 10 Energy Catalyst for sustainable energy. They visited Eko Energy City, the venue of “Lagos Loves Damini” show and were hosted by Creative Economy Catalyst Limited.
Accordingly, this follow-up visit to the British Deputy High Commission office to meet with the UK Department of International Trade is geared towards developing a partnership between Creative Economy Catalyst and the Department for International Trade just before the next round of international shows and concerts slated for 2023 at Eko Energy City, Lagos.
Chim Chalemera said about the partnership that “the UK is very happy to support the Creative Economy Catalyst team as part of our extensive engagement with the Nigerian Creatives Industry. The UK has much to offer in terms of expertise when it comes to the delivery of large-scale entertainment events such as concerts and festivals and we look forward to seeing how this expertise can be applied for future events.”
The historic and massive Burna Boy show ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ which took place on January 1, 2023 has raised the bar for outdoor entertainment in Nigeria. In a meeting held at the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos on the 5th of January, Mr. Kaycee Kennedy, who is the main promoter of the show, listed the positives.
The show was the first African Show listed on Burna Boy official website + ticketing; Biggest Outdoor Music Concert – over 30,000 audience; Biggest Car parking in an event – over 11,000 cars; Pioneer Single Source Online Ticketing via Wallet.
Other major observations included the fact that there were no reported casualties, theft, sexual assault or sexual harassment.
However, despite the positives, the organizers acknowledged that there were some challenges and learning points. In a bid to address the main challenges and negatives encountered at ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ show, the organizers, Creative Economy Catalyst Limited, visited the British Deputy High Commission at Walter Carrington Crescent to meet with the UK Department for International Trade to discuss possible collaboration for future events.
The issue of inadequate power supply and the power surge that led to an outage that took off a good number of equipment was discussed extensively. Secondly the need to seek logistics support in areas such as infrastructure which includes equipment hire, standardization of such equipment in a bid to meet minimum international standards, vendor sourcing and management was also looked at. Thirdly is support for waste management after the concerts and other such large events. It was agreed that an adequate waste recycling structure is very critical post-concert as a way of preserving the environment and keeping to acclaimed international bio disposal and environmental standards.
Chim Chalemera, Country Director, UK Department for International Trade, in her contribution was happy to provide the necessary support including match-making and introduction to relevant UK companies to partner with Creative Economy Catalyst Limited, the Concert Promoters, to ensure future concerts are delivered to international standards.
Incidentally, in November 2022, the UK Department for International Trade, facilitated a trade mission for 18 UK companies participating in £20m Round 10 Energy Catalyst for sustainable energy. They visited Eko Energy City, the venue of “Lagos Loves Damini” show and were hosted by Creative Economy Catalyst Limited.
Accordingly, this follow-up visit to the British Deputy High Commission office to meet with the UK Department of International Trade is geared towards developing a partnership between Creative Economy Catalyst and the Department for International Trade just before the next round of international shows and concerts slated for 2023 at Eko Energy City, Lagos.
Chim Chalemera said about the partnership that “the UK is very happy to support the Creative Economy Catalyst team as part of our extensive engagement with the Nigerian Creatives Industry. The UK has much to offer in terms of expertise when it comes to the delivery of large-scale entertainment events such as concerts and festivals and we look forward to seeing how this expertise can be applied for future events.”
I was electrocuted at the Wonderland. The one on the serene Eko Atlantic Beach. The former Bar Beach.
I had gotten a call from Chioma the brilliant Investment Banker. Edgar my friend K C has a situation and wants your numbers.
I said ok . Then Ezekiel called. Ezekiel is a brilliant entrepreneur who has built a very responsive franchise with outdoor tents and other such sporting activities.
Well the issue was that, some person had posted that her child was electrocuted at the resort and the post had gone viral leading to them being shut down by the Lagos Safety commission.
They obviously didn’t like the situation since they suspected foul play especially with a competitor who wasn’t very comfortable with the resemblance in branding and offering.
The fact that the lady who made the post was a content creator and the post also being carried by so many blogs showed that it was sponsored.
Furthermore, same lady was found some minutes after drinking and dancing at the same place where her child was just electrocuted.
As a private investigator, I jumped into the matter and found myself walking the over 1m square meters of the park with a visionary Nigerian called K.C Kennedy
First let me put it out there that according to KC, NO SUCH THING HAPPENED. no electric shock talkless of an electrocution.
The Lagos Safety Commission have done their part and have given them a clean bill of health and the place is opened to all free and fun loving Nigerians.
That said, let me throw some stats at you. 1million sq meters of reclaimed land, 1million visitors, N1b in capital expenditure and N1.5b in daily revenues with 3,000 Nigerians employed
I look the man and say, ‘ pls show me the wire let me electrocute myself.
Wait there is more. He is currently building a Dome that will host the Burna Boy show 1st of January, 2023.
Listen o. 35,000 people are expected to attend and at N30,000 per person? Do the math.
As we were talking alert was hitting his phone. In the one hour that I stayed with him, he had received over N78m in ticket sales on his phone.
Burna will hit him at about $1.5m dollars including fees, a private Jet and other logistics cost including housing him on the 19th floor of the three block exotic skyscrapers just over looking the venue.
As he spoke, Iooked at his head and began to womder is this not the kind of head that should be studied.
He cleaned out during the world cup. With a 5,000 seater venue with screens and a beer village for pundits to come watch the matches.
The one that killed me was the N5m per booth already paid for by VISA that came with a tiny swimming pool for guests to watch the match.
Visa paid about $500k for their guests for that one. The place also hosted the PSquare concert.
In all of this, his real goldmine is the data generated from this 1million pple who are visiting
Everything is cashless. U register on the website and a wallet is created for you and you transact on site.
The data generated is massive which could be deployed to so many retail endeavors.
The site will be a permanent fixture as he is already getting ready for the biggest tech fair next March.
The huge infrastructural development, the job creation and the massive impact on business and people of this project goes to further confirm that our renaisance will be led by Private business with an understanding Government providing macro support.
As I walk away, I wonder just how expensive the electrocution joke was in the face of such a huge project that has revolutionized the way we use technology to drive dreams and impact in the new economy that is entertainment.
Welldone KC
Duke of Shomolu
Exciting pics from the just concluded play Ogiame Erejuwa II produced by The Duke of Shomolu Productions
So Basketmouth has joined the growing list of celebrity marriage collapses. It has been turbulence in Lala Land as marriages and couplings are collapsing like a pack of cards.
The other day, it was my brother Juluis Agu who lamented that as a result of his ill health diminishing resources his wife left him.
It is now almost a daily affair with the gossip blogs going to town with all the salacious stories that usually comes with these occurrences.
Some lose their lives in the process, like the car dealer who lost his wife in a fire allegedly lit by her in a scuffle for dwindling resources, amongst others.
There has been many reasons posited by onlookers for this rash of uncouplings all stemming from incompatibility, public pressure amongst others.
But I have decided to look at the economic angle. Now this is assuming that there are no illegal source of income being masked by a music or comedy career.
My take is simple. In a discussion with veteran show biz man Olisa Adibua , he told me that the average music career has a life span of 10 years.
That they usually remain on top of the game for that period. Some cross it others don’t but in the average, that is the time
Comedy is even more flitting. The very best gets like 5 years and that is why only very few like Alibaba , Ay and Bovi can still fill up Eko Hotel. Even these ones have to pull in a lot of comedians to join forces to achieve this.
Now what am I saying. At the peak of the fame, liquidity is assured and pours in with a massive hit on lifestyle.
Residence, cars, school, clothes are upgraded massively. They push into a secluded income bracket that is made up off genuine corporate giants.
So you see them move into the exclusive havens of the super rich. Banana Island, Nicon Town and Parkview amongst others.
Some buy up properties others rent but either way cost of living has taken a 1000% jump.
As its often the case with the new rich, they go overboard in living the life and showing off. Private jets become the choice of Air transport and the super exclusive boutiques of New York’s 5th Avenue and Milan become a second home for gradually getting spoilt wives who usually are often with no talent but with the looks of small goddesses.
The wives having entered that circle would live the life to the fullest and the need to ramp up income becomes imperative and with the 10 year band still very far off, this is not a problem.
Life is good. Posh Beckham is a personal friend of the family and oga smokes Cuban cigers with Steve Harvey and he is hosting the Oscar’s so the train will continue.
The lavish lifestyle may or may not allow for investments. So we are lucky, Oga has Edgar as financial adviser so he would have done some little investments in stocks and has bought some houses in Osapa London but the bulk of the funds coming in have entered lifestyle
He is now paying service charge in dollars with Mike Adenuga in Banana and doing like N4m per term in Day waterman for the children.
The cars must represent and the N5m weekend jaunts at the night club must complete
Then the career starts wanning down and a dbanj begins to happen. The songs are no longer selling and a hotter new kid on the block is now the rave.
Liquidity begins to slow down and we can no longer do the Private Jets but we can still manage Business Class.
The house is ours so no rent but maintenance is becoming sturdy and Estate dues are getting paid a little bit late.
The wife starts getting irritable. She doesn’t understand why she can’t just go to Los Angeles for Mo Abudu’s daughters wedding. What if she just came back from Wimbledon nko , how does that affect anything. So because of that she won’t join them at Fidelis Anosike’s Royal wedding at the old castle in England?
It is getting worse o. Bookings are drying up. His fees are now too high cos they are not placed side by side his market value but are placed to cover immediate financial obligations.
He has a N10m bill to pay Cosharis for the last two servicing of the Range and u are asking him to take N3m because Sabinus will take 2m. Am I Sabinus?
Problem starts at home. Things that were not issues suddenly becomes issue and the fleeting nature of the career begins to stare at the man.
He had placed her in a circle. She now has better options. The big daddy who has three Oil wells that wil never dry and who also needs the super stars wife for bragging rights is more than willing to step in and maintain the lifestyle pending when oga blows again which in most cases never happens.
I am not saying that this is the main reason we are having these rash of celebrity divorces cos there are other reasons like the need to showcase a power coupling instead of true love leading to no real foundation for the marriages.
The next thing, ‘ we see a statement asking us to respect our privacy’ at this time.
‘which yeye privacy, when they were all over IG showing us the latest $6,000 G string they just bought and him walking with bowlegs into his Range Rover and begging MTV to show us his crib he didn’t knw privacy that time o
Mbok no privacy..lets hear all the stories abeg.
Seriously, the economy is really part of this. Companies facing dwindling fortunes are cutting marketing costs so instead of paying a comedian N10m to come and compere the end of year party, the Head of HR will do it.
This Is my own take on the matter. You really don’t have to agree cos it’s the way I see it but then again be watching.
More celebrity marriages will come crashing. My bet is on that black tailor that will be driving exotic cars and be pretending that he is a warri person but na Yoruba person.
Another na him brother wey don branch into films that has bought him an extra 10 years after exhausting the first 10years on the comedy track
God protect us all
Duke of Shomolu