The “Beyond Football” Sponsorship Seminar which held at the MUSON Centre on October 14 2009 has come and gone. But the memories continue to linger. Many passionate brand managers and content developers had defied the disagreeable weather on that fateful... (Continue reading)
Following the Integrated Marketing Communications and stakeholders’ retreat organized by The Certified Marketing Communications Institute of Nigeria (CMCIN), stakeholders have concluded that the role of the media in the rebranding Nigeria project cannot be overemphasised. In a chat with... (Continue reading)
The popularity of football in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. Since 1985 when Nigeria’s U-17 team won the U-17 FIFA championship in China, football has enjoyed tremendous followership across boundaries. While most other sports are struggling to find sponsorship, football has... (Continue reading)
In the first part of this series we examined broadly some case studies of how different markets have developed alternative platforms for sponsorship and consumer engagement. We established from the case studies that it is possible to build other platforms... (Continue reading)
Adebayo Oluwasuyi, a bore-hole driller and Emeka Maduka, a barbing salon operator, recently made a profit of 1 million naira each, at the third edition of MTN’s daily grand price give-away. According to Mr Maduka, he took the advice of a... (Continue reading)
From every indication NEXT is here to give the likes on Punch, Guardian, Thisday and the rest of them a good run for their money. This fact is not mistaken when one engages in a chat with Mr. Toni Kan... (Continue reading)
For many years, sports has continued to take the lion share of sponsorship spend across the globe. According to a report from the Asian Sponsorship News, the total spend on sponsorship in Asia for 2007 came to about $2.83b, a... (Continue reading)
Passion Drivers™ is Octagon’s ground-breaking proprietary research programme, the first study of its kind, which assesses why fans love sport, music and entertainment. The deep insight it provides into fans’ passions enables brands to get inside the hearts and minds... (Continue reading)
Tosin Omoyajowo The wait is closing up on us, as we draw near to the hosting of two important sporting tournaments in Africa, nay three The SA 2010 (for the bigger boys), Nigeria 2009 (U 17 World Cup) and Angola 2010. ... (Continue reading)
Tunji Adeyinka Late in 2008, in one of the issues of the SportBusiness International magazine, an article with this same title was written by Kevin Roberts. If Kevin’s question was apt in 2008 because of the general ‘economic down-turn’ , it... (Continue reading)