Funso Aina

I am a public relations/corporate communications professional with multi-sectoral experience in telecommunications, cultural diplomacy and journalism.

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... in my work and contributing to the elevation of the perception of our noble profession.

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... communication professionals who have made a significant impact in the field and are leveraging PR to make a difference in business.
I am grateful to be listed among other inspiring PR and communications professionals in Nigeria. I remain dedicated to upholding excellence...

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... The PR Power List is the definitive best-in-class list recognizing 50 PR and communication professionals who have made a significant impact in the field and are leveraging PR to make a difference in business.

I am grateful to be listed among other inspiring PR and...

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For the second year running, I am thrilled and honoured to have been included in GLG Communications' annual PR Power List, celebrating outstanding PR professionals in Nigeria to mark World PR Day, held globally on July 16. Presented in partnership with The Guardian...

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Thank you...

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Thank you for this recognition. It's a huge honour not only for me but for @MTNNG, Nigeria and Africa - the home of innovation and the future of the industry.

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#In2SABRE EMEA INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR: BRAND : Funso Aina

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... Muiz, Chineze and Aisha, I appreciate the positive impact and team play. The truth is, my name will not be on this trophy without your collective support and behind-the-scene hard work, which is why I dedicate this latest validation from our industry 'Oscar,' to all of you.

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2021... 2022. To God be the glory because HE alone makes all things possible.
Thanks to Lagos NIPR, organizers of the annual LaPRIGA, for the consistency. Grateful to the 'magicians' at BHM and Africa Practice fronted by Ayeni and Tim respectively.
And to Tobe, Omasan, Lakin...,

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QR code on trees, gives you all the botanical information you need about it... Innovation.

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... Indeed, IMC professionals looking for fresh insight in brand extension/brand stretching strategies will have a lot to learn from the gorillas of Rwanda.

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...there are billboards everywhere pushing the communication in your face. I even visited a gallery that created an impressive gorilla statue made from disused circuit boards of computers and TV sets.
I drank beer, coffee with aesthetically appealing gorilla branding and so on...

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... 'gorilla trek' up north, but the primate's brand equity is all pervasive in the country. Everywhere you turn, there's a brand association. The 'gorilla product' spin-off covers many consumer goods and leisure services, and right from the airport, and across the country...

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... with DR Congo and Uganda. It is home to a third of the near-extinct population of that particular primate specie left in the world, which is why the gorillas attract thousands of visitors to Rwanda every year.
Well, yours truly didn't have the top dollar to pay to go on a...

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Rwanda is said to be one of the only three countries in the world, where mountain gorillas can be visited safely in their natural habitat.
The Volcano National Park is Rwanda’s part of the Virunga Mountains which is a chain of beautiful volcanoes that cut across the borders...

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… face said it all - he did not believe a word of what I had just said.
Sigh.

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…what I had said, my son screamed: “Daddy, it is impossible to buy N20 worth of meat.”
I shook my head, and told him that 29 years ago, the stew I made with N20 meat lasted me a week, until the next CDS Thursday.
He did not need to verbalize his thoughts, the look on his…

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… sentence that I know, which is ‘Bani nama neira ashirin.’ It means ‘Give me N20 worth of meat.’
Learnt that as a youth corper in 1993 while serving in Saki in Oyo State. It was my weekly ‘recital’ to the genial mallam who sold me meat.
Without waiting for me to interprete…

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'GIVE ME N20 WORTH OF MEAT'
Two days ago, while driving somewhere with my very young son, we started talking about languages, and he told me he could count from 1 to 50 in Hausa. So I told him to go ahead. When he got to ‘ashirin,’ which is 20, I remembered the only full Hausa…

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Funso Aina recognised among top 50 PR professionals in Nigeria | TheCable https://t.co/JhVzRMFbPn