I am a polymath; media executive & culture catalyst impacting strategy, music business, communications, journalism & public relations
Head Exec @musiccustodian
The saying goes ; a woman gives birth to a child but the community is such child's parent.
Growing up , as playful, mischievous, childish we were as kids - there was just some things we never can do because the whole community was raising you. You had no space to do nonsense
Not necessarily an unpopular opinion... if you are being honest you will see it. But here goes...
The older generation of music execs, particularly in Nigeria, were uninformed and mostly "stabbing in the dark". When they found what looked like a working formula, they fought to protect it... even if they really didn't know what they were doing.
The current crop of business exes (a large portion) are actually worse. They know exactly what they are doing and are smiling with their peers while ruining them. From execs to lawyers. It's actually concerning to the point that when an artist is about to sign, I just sit with them and their lawyers and ask more questions to ensure what they are asking for is truly them asking or someone just trying to get a commission and put their lives in jeopardy or at least if this is truly what they want. The findings and outcomes have been interesting, to say the least.
My generation and the ones before could definitely have done and should still be doing better... but for people who claim to want to do better by their peers, the things I am seeing and having to step into are actually scary... and those are the ones I am able to do anything about or even know about.
Vindictive. Money driven. Ruthless! Smiling through all of it.
I am actually worried.
God is giving you capacity to carry all the dreams and ambitions you always had and most especially His Will.
That’s why you are going through all of these. To expand your capacity. You will see it 🥹
Not now.
Glory To God.
my idea of friendship is not everyday phone calls , rather meaningful addition to one another’s life and growth, actions that are and should be as clear as day ❤️
E reach Lagos turn , una turn Padel to high level high resolution ultimate planning make up hair nails photoshoot and influencer bucket list
So disgusting !
Even Timini 😭💔 bro
When asked about his dream collaborations- locally and globally @itsbayanni didn’t hesitate.
And then he casually let the cat out of the bag. 🤭 “I already have songs with some of them”
Watch full conversation on YouTube 🔗👇🏽
https://t.co/Tl789d8MOx
Dangote is about to list his refinery on the stock exchange and the people that need to hear this the most are not paying attention.
Forget everything you think you know about this man for a second and just look at the numbers.
$20 billion refinery. Largest single-train refinery on the planet. Not in America. Not in Saudi Arabia. In Lagos. Already pumping 650,000 barrels a day. Diesel. Petrol. Aviation fuel. This thing is not a plan. It’s not a pitch deck. It’s working. Right now. While you’re reading this.
And he’s offering 10% to the public.
Now here’s where it gets crazy and I need you to read this part slowly.
You buy the shares in naira. Regular naira from your regular account. But your dividends come back in dollars. American dollars. In a country where the naira does nothing but fall. Where your 5 million in savings last year is worth 3.5 million in purchasing power this year. Where you’ve been watching the exchange rate destroy your future in real time.
Someone just handed you a bridge and most of you will be too busy arguing about politics and celebrity drama to walk across it.
$6.4 billion in export revenue backing those dividends. Not projections from a PowerPoint. Real money from real petrochemicals leaving Nigerian ports to the rest of the world and coming back as dollars. Into your pocket. If you own the shares.
Economists are saying this one listing alone could take the entire Nigerian stock market from ₦105 trillion to over ₦200 trillion. One. Company. Nearly doubling everything.
And they’re not stopping. Expansion to 1.4 million barrels a day already in the works. Double what it is now. Within three years.
I don’t care if you have 50k or 50 million. When this IPO opens, you need to be in the room. Not because of hype. Not because Twitter told you. Because the fundamentals are screaming and the opportunity is once in a generation.
The last time something this big happened on the NGX most of you were in secondary school. You missed it. This one is happening in your adult life with your own money and your own decision.
What you do with this information is on you. But don’t come back in 5 years asking why everybody else is collecting dollar dividends and you’re still checking exchange rates on Google with pain in your chest.
You were here. You read it. Now move.