New Media Publishers, Bloggers, PR Consultants & Social Media Influencers at #OPANMC2018
The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria,
OPAN, Nigeria’s premier association of digital/new media publishers and
entrepreneurs held its maiden Annual New Media Conference (#OPANMC2018) on
February 6th, 2018, at the Wheatbaker hotel in Ikoyi-Lagos.
The one-day interactive conference gathered together
New Media practitioners – publishers, bloggers, PR consultants and social media
influencers for the first time, who engaged in discussions cantered on the
conference’s theme “New Media As Future
of the Fourth Estate”.
It was such an exciting experience for me as a blogger
to be present at such event which had leading personalities across the media,
politics and business sectors. Personalities like Dapo Olorunyomi, Publisher of Premium Times, Adesuwa
Onyenokwe, Publisher/Editor-In-Chief TW Magazine, Bolaji
Abdullahi – National Publicity Secretary, APC, Kola
Olagbondiya – National Publicity Secretary, PDP, Richard
Mofe-Damijo – Actor/former Commissioner for Culture & Tourism,
Delta State, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, Speaker Emeritus, Delta
State House of Assembly, Mustapha Chike-Obi, Former MD, AMCON
and Executive Vice Chairman, Alpha African Advisory, Chude Jideonwo
– Founder of Joy, Inc., Ismaeel Ahmed, Senior Special
Assistant to the President (Social Investments), Hakeem Adeniji-Adele
– Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Nigeria, Ono Bello – New Media Entrepreneur,
Founder, OnoBello.com, Makinde Azeez – Founder,
Naijaloaded.com, Olubukola Karibi-Whyte – CEO &
Founder, Robert Taylor Media Ltd., Bode Olatoye – CEO at
WebCoupers, Charles O’Tudor – Founder, ADSTRAT and Jehu
Omoruku – CEO, Gold Touch Technologies Ltd amongst several others.
The event had Moderators such as Sulaiman Aledeh –
Former Channel TV Anchor & Founder Aledeh.com, Yomi Owope
– TV/Host & Communications Specialist, Titithedynamite Oyinsan – Host
WakeUPNigeria Breakfast Show and Veronica Odeka – Founder,
Vane Style on different discussion panels. It was indeed an educative, interactive
and inspiring event with lots of good snacks, good music and definitely lots of
pictures, bonding and making new contacts.
Some of the sponsors of the event
are Onobello.com, UBA, BellaNaija, aiteo,FirstBank,Access Bank, and The Dickens Sanomi Foundation .
PhotoCredit: BellaNaija.
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