My organisation is running a 2 week intensive programme for women interested in live sound engineering (free of charge)! If this sounds like you, respond to this and I’ll send you a pre assessment form !
I believe in singing the praises of people both privately and publicly, and I truly could not have made Call Of My Life without @UzoamakaPower . Her commitment to this film never wavered. Draft after draft, she kept showing up and giving more. We had one goal, to make a really good film and no matter the cost, she was willing to pay the price for the work.
Told my boss to do TGIF and take everyone to watch COML this Friday and he said I should provide the nollywood husband I’m trying to support
Can Andrew marry me before Friday? I have to prove my point 🙂↕️🤲🏾
4th pop up in 2 months of tuntunre in my second country. Tuntunre will be at Indra gallery this Friday and Saturday. I have 43 items and my goal is to sell everything. Please come in and say hi
Jola doesn’t succeed at ISWIS simply (or only) because she’s funny, she’s deeply knowledgeable about the creative business, the numbers, thoughts and philosophy of it.
She is THINKING in media!
Chude literally "brought me to Lagos".
He gave me my first big break when he remotely hired me to design all the graphics for The Future Awards Africa in 2014.
I was charging 5-10K Naira for logos on the FUTA campus in Akure. These were Lagos people and so I called the biggest amount I could think of. I had a deal for 150K Naira. The scope was a lot more work than I had ever done but I also couldn't believe my eyes. Or ears.
"This design thing is real o". The drill was over.
The night of the awards was my first time in Lagos by myself as a young adult.
I needed to be there to see it all live. What a night!
I muttered "Hi Asa, I'm Victor" as she walked by, then froze when she replied "Hi Victor". Did she just call my name?!?
I finally saw the one called 'Falzthebadguy' from one of the posters I was designing. How did his mother allow such a name? I thought.
It was a lot for me — the lights, the shiny clothes, the accents, but also the inspiring stories of the nominees and the gratitude in the eyes of the winners. I was both overwhelmed and inspired.
It was a whole new world, and I was ready to take it. I would be back on that stage years later as a winner, I thought. I was.
So much would happen in the decade to follow but a seed was planted that night, and Chude kept guiding, training, and coaching that potential to fruition.
I had asked him if I could bring flyers from Akure that had my name and our 'VGC Media' campus label as the official graphic designer of the event. Chude said 'why not?' and even approved adding it to the packs for guests that night. The prints didn't make it but in the months that followed in Lagos, I would come to cringe at the idea and also understand how gracious it was he didn't mind the thought.
It was the beginning of a long journey with him as my employer, client, mentor, and big brother.
When we were to start @fourthcanvas in 2015, he told me I had what it took and he believed in me. He even helped choose the name 'FourthCanvas'.
When I was stabbed in 2016, he was next to my hospital bed the following morning saying "you are going nowhere, we have a lot of big things to do together"😅
Imagine the full circle moment — me interviewing Chude on stage 12 years later about his own journey on the stage of Moment, a conference for which @fourthcanvas designed the graphics and overall brand.
What a Moment!
Thank you, @Chudeity 🥹
And thank you @whichayo and the @themainstack for such a huge feat, and the thoughtfulness that evidently went into the speaker selection and pairing, as well as other components of the event.
It is well. In the end. Na consumer I be.
And I use all platforms.
Nobody should sha try that at my event. I will fight you 🤝
Tomorrow is Sunday! Prepare for church