It was time for yet another recognition as Managing Partner of Red Media Group, Chude Jideonwo, received an Award for Outstanding Achievement from his alma mater.

The award was given by the National Association of Student Ex-Mays (NASEM) – an organisation connected to his secondary school, Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State, founded by the last icon, Tai Solarin – and which he attented between 1995 and 2000.

The award was presented at the organisation’s 2011 National Convention, which held at the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.

Jideonwo, who was also the Keynote Speaker for the convention, was one of only three awards recipients.

Managing Partner of Red Media Group, Chude Jideonwo will be speaking to young people at the RISE Youth Forum in Uturu Abia State. The annual forum holds this year at the Lion Hall, Uturu Caves Hotels in Abia State on Saturday 10 September with the theme ‘Super Young Stars made in Nigeria.’

Taking the floor as the first speaker he will be speaking alongside other young innovative Nigerian leaders – Audu Maikori, chief executive officer of Chocolate City; Jerry Uchechukwu Eze, founder of Springs of Life International and Folayemi Anifowoshe, Manager Community Relations and Development of LNG Nigeria Limited.

RISE is an award winning organisation that holds the National Youth Forum annually to equip the youth with intellectual skills and entrepreneurial abilities. Earlier this year, on an official visit to Africa, RISE founder Toyosi Akerele was commended by American first lady, Michelle Obama for organising the largest Youth Conference in Nigeria.

Ms. Akerele’s work had been brought to Mrs. Obama’s attention following participation at the US Government’s International Visitor’s Leadership Programme, for which she had been nominated as an alumnus of The Future Awards.

Managing Partner of the Red Media Group, Chude Jideonwo will on the 2nd of September moderate the Youth-Marketer Converge Business Forum. The event holds at the upscale  Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos.

The topic for this session is “Effective Youth Marketing- Thinking In, Out and Around the Box” and the maiden edition of this interactive forum will “explore some traditional, contemporary and avant-garde ways of marketing to a broad spectrum of youth, with a view to keeping them loyal to a brand over time.” The Speaker at this forum is Akpo Daniyan, Head of Brands and Communication at Etisalat Nigeria.

Known across the continent as a Youth Marketing and Youth Culture expert, with a 7-year trackrecord of managing and founding successful youth brands and platforms, Mr. Jideonwo will be moderating the  session with 30 senior executives/professionals in Telecoms, ICT, Marketing, Banking, Media, Food and Beverage, Government, Advertising, Research, Sports, NGO’s etc across a broad spectrum of industries.

The strategy team at Red Media, a media content and communication company based in Lagos, has announced the formal launch of the firm.

Red Media enters the market as a leading media company with a prominent development subsidiary called The Future Project.

“Metamorphosing from our previous incarnation as RedSTRAT Communications, we are launching ourselves as RedMedia, a new company with a sharpened vision,” said a statement from the company. “Red Media stands at the cusp of a new direction for the communication business, as much across the world as in Nigeria, for at least reasons:

“First, we are headlining a new model that combines a strong marketing communication business with media content ownership. Furthermore, in a new media space defined by ubiquitous new/digital media platforms, we are one of a very small community of firms that has a depth of practical experience with both Traditional and New media and understand how brands should integrate both spaces – so we are able to give experience-based advice on where best to spend monies to achieve targeted results.”

Structured into two main businesses, its content arm is headlined by the premium Y! brands (Y! TV, Y! Radio, Y! In ‘D News and Y! Magazine), YNaija.com as well as The Future Nigeria Awards, reputed to be Nigeria’s biggest youth event; while its communication arm offers full-service communication solutions with a focus on Public Relations, New Media, Demographic Marketing (and a reputation as a pioneer in Youth Marketing), Editorial Consultancy and Perception Management.

“Our advantage includes an integrated marketing communication mix that gives our clients access to premium content and platforms, a wide network of national and international partners and goodwill ,thanks to our network ,as well as a knowledge-based approach to brand building.” said Adebola Williams, who is a Partner at the firm.

The company’s heritage over the past six years covers communication services for clients across a wide spectrum including Government, Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Technology, Development, Social Services, Entertainment, Fashion & Style, Education, and Personalities. Clients have included corporates and their brands such as Nigeria LNG Limited, PZ Cussons, Oando Limited, Federal Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Nigeria Leadership Initiative, Nigerian Breweries, British Council, House of Tara, Veda Technology and Alder Consulting, with a strong entertainment PR business that manages communication for international recording artiste Asa, entertainment brand Storm 360 amongst others.

The company is led by Chude Jideonwo, a journalist and communication expert with 10 years experience including work at the Nigeria LNG limited, Virgin Nigeria, Bank PHB’s The Apprentice Africa, amongst others. Recently reputed for securing an exclusive print interview with President Goodluck Jonathan – his first since assuming office – he is a winner of the Nigeria Media Merit Award and is part of the editorial board of NEXT Newspapers.

Other directors include Mfon Ekpo (Strategy); Cheta Nwanze (Technology) and Debie Magnut (External Relations).

The firm will be presented formally at a media and VIP event in Lagos in September. More information is onwww.rednigeria.com and via [email protected].

RED can also be found on facebook.com/RedNigeria, twitter.com/RedNigeria and youtube.com/RedNigeria.

By Chude Jideonwo

I started my career as a print journalist with TEMPO magazine, some eight odd years ago. TEMPO and its sister publication TheNEWS had just emerged from a classic ‘roforofo’ under Abacha and was trying to find its feet. There was no more lunatic general trying to snuff the life out of the media as well as citizens, the dynamics of investigative journalism were changing in a way no one could have anticipated considering the suddenness of ‘Khalifa’s’ death. It was double jeopardy for a magazine with two such stables.

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