Nova🦋

Alumnus @alx_africa | VA for Creatives & brands | Music Business @cbaforafrica ‘26 in view | Behind the scenes for music & media 🎧

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

There are many other accounts like this, but this one is mine.

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

@GodwinTom @SonyMusicPub 👏🫡👌

[Godwin Tom @GodwinTom]

Four years at @SonyMusicPub West Africa as Managing Director.

So much more to do!

2027 will be our 5th year in the market and it coincides with 2 other significant milestones in my life.

2028 will be a year of celebrations... for now, we focus on making 2027 a big year!

2027 wey go sweet na from 2026 you go know 😆 🤣 😂

A big shout to every colleague, every team and every single person that has made this journey lighter for me. Thank you all!

#LegendsProject #FusionProject and more.
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[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

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[Godwin Tom @GodwinTom]

I dont like talking much but a big shout out to the poeple that have been fighting to fix our IP and Copyrights reforms as well as CMO regulations!

There is still work and I am honoured to know you guys!

A robust Collective Management Organisation regulation in Nigeria is not a niche administrative matter. It is economic infrastructure — and fixing it is, simultaneously, an act of policy reform, a trade enablement measure, a commercial infrastructure investment, and an act of cultural justice.

Work dey o!!!!!!

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

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[Godwin Tom @GodwinTom]

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.

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

@GodwinTom Happy birthday Big champ 🥂🎂

[Godwin Tom @GodwinTom]

To every version of myself that I despised.
To every hug I truly wanted, and every cry for help that I needed but didn't ask for — for fear of rejection, or the fear of a debt I didn't want to owe.
To every mistake I have made that taught me a valuable lesson — from losing money, to losing friends, to losing trust.
To every young child who bullied me and made me promise: never again.
To everyone, including family members, who said I would not amount to anything in life...
To every heart I have broken... and to the ones who retaliated on behalf of those they never met...
For every time I loved and was never loved back... and to everyone who loved me and I never loved back.
For every business that failed — the ones I laughed about, and the ones that broke me.
To somehow finding money... from toil, or just oil on my head...
To losing life-changing money and somehow still staying alive.
To the never-ending fights with depression, imposter syndrome, discomfort, and fear...
To the never-ending conversations and eventual friendship with depression, imposter syndrome, discomfort, and fear...
To building things that fail more times than those that succeed — and calling it part of the process.
To friendships I wish I never converted to business...
To friends I still miss dearly... but glad they are still alive and well and thriving...
To love! ❤️
To family... and offspring.
To keeping promises... like leaving a section of my board untouched for 3 years. Lol.
To temptations and trials and tribulations...
To the scorching sun and heavy rains that built a man who could take some of life's punches...
Ooohhh, to life's punches... making a man of a boy.
To homelessness...
To bad decisions and consequences...
To success and its short-lived euphoria...
To meaning and purpose... finding something bigger than me.
To God's calling...
To seasons — may we make the most of each of them!
To prophecy... the ones that come because a covenant was made!
To harvest — "Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over"!
To me... every version I have despised and loved and endured and appreciated — it's been an amazing journey that has led me here!!!
To the future — Happy Birthday, Godwin Tom!!!
You are, and you have, all you need.
+1 🎂

[Darmian Theodore @DIYSzn001]

#CBAForAfrica26 I have been able to grab a lot of knowledge from the weekly classes and I’m so proud of my fellow cohorts and how we work in unity, regardless of how differently the program must have been affecting each one of us, I appreciate the whole CBA Team @cbaforafrica.

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

@sheisrxre @cbaforafrica Grateful for the opportunity and the knowledge so far 🙏

[SHEISRXRE @sheisrxre]

Only God knows how much I’ve been wanting to be part of the CBA program. In less than 3 months in I can’t begin to tell you how much of an eye-opener it has been.

Really happy to be a part of the @cbaforafrica family! 🦅✨

#CBAForAfrica26

[Tónyė Jerry @iamtonyejerry]

Joining #CBAForAfrica26 has really reshape how I think about creative business ecosystem especially music.

As someone building across music, art, and culture, @cbaforafrica is the best decision I made this year, 4 months in and with every module I go “that is why I’m here”����🤏🏾

[Ganiyu @Ghanziyu]

I began the music business program at @cbaforafrica earlier this year with the goal of understanding the music industry but the thing I love the most about the program is how I have seen so many pathway options one could go in the same industry.
100% recommend #CBAForAfrica26.

[TYCOONBBY @Tycoonbby]

What I’ve learned from the @cbaforafrica is that success takes far more than raw talent or big dreams. It’s built on consistency, teamwork and intentional systems. This experience showed me how important planning, collaboration, and execution truly are. #CBAForAfrica26

[Spaceboy @spaceboy_air]

2026, I Took A Bold Step By Joining The Creative Business Academy For Africa (CBA) And It’s Been One Of The Best Decisions For My Music Career. Super Grateful For The Growth, Knowledge, And Amazing Creative Community I’m Building Through This Journey.

[Cynthia @cycloneArtemis]

I have so many stories that lead up to joining the 2026 @cbaforafrica cohort. Maybe one day I’ll tell them, maybe I won’t 🌚but one thing is for sure… Joining the program is hands down one of the best decisions I made this year. #cbaforafrica

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

@sheisrxre 🫡🙏

[Nova🦋 @Nova_VRsolution]

From watching this space in 2020 to finally being here in CBA for Africa ’26, it’s been a full-circle journey I don’t take lightly.
#CBAForAfrica26

[Arrzy @arrzyvire]

Got into the CBA for Africa program earlier this year and it has been an amazing ride so far.

Love how much emphasis is placed on leadership and community.

Can’t wait for the next phase.❤️‍🔥

#CBAForAfrica26

[Chinedu Eze is an icon @neduisasoja]

Can’t imagine where the vision first hit @godwintom but thank you for building this.

One unexpected thing @cbaforafrica has done for me is shift how I think about creative success.

Coming from film and live production, I’ve always focused heavily on execution. 1/3