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The SMW Lagos Team is happy to announce the release of our SMW Lagos 2013 Report. In preparing the report the huge impact of SMW Lagos became quite clear. As a first time host city and the first African city to host SMW we met and surpassed numerous milestones to deliver a week that was truly historic. SMW Lagos was a game changer for Lagos and the continent of Africa. View + Share The SMW Lagos 2013 Report Here:…
Every year hundreds of thousands of people head to Austin, Texas to participate in the largest Music, Interactive and Film Conference in the world. South by Southwest (SXSW) is an awesome opportunity to engage an audience eager to learn about new ideas and trends around the world. SMW Lagos Executive Director Ngozi Odita and Advisory…
After three days of investigating areas of interest. The teens at the Ovie Brume Foundation started working on their year long photo documentation series. Esther, Age 10 Focus: Self Portraits, Everyday life Street Scene by Esther, Age 10 Goddfrey Age 18 Focus: Everyday life in Lagos Atinuke, Age 16 Focus: Young People and…
Photographer Delphine Fawundu in collaboration with the Ovie Brume Foundation launched a youth photography workshop as a featured event during the Africa’s first Social Media Week in Lagos, Nigeria. Nokia generously provided the youths ages 10-18 the opportunity to use the Lumia 920 mobile phones as their documentary tool in this dynamic workshop. On Wednesday, February…
On the eve of Social Media Week Lagos our team announced it’s partnership with Etisalat via Twitter. As one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world and the leading operator in the Middle East and Africa, news of Etisalat’s support of Africa’s first Social Media Week spread like wild fire! “SMW Lagos’s partnership with…
Ever walked into a store and walked out with nothing because you were confused by the tons of options/ information you had coming at you from all angles? Research has shown that too many options can lead to one making poor decisions, leave you feeling tired, mentally drained and dissatisfied. Eek! We wouldn’t want that…
Get the Beat: Meet Nokia’s Beatrice Olumhense
We hope you’re as excited as we are for SMW13, powered by Nokia. Looking over the incredible list of activities around the world, we know it’s going to be one of the best yet. As we finalize preparations, we want to make sure you meet Beatrice Olumhense from Lagos. You’ve already met the other Nokians…
Diarize this: Billboard Music Day
Just a little after the world (read America) caught up with our clannish day to day threads and hailed them as last season’s fashion phenomenon of tribal prints, it seems that while in Africa they also caught up with our music. Jumping straight into the Afrobeats bandwagon that ushered many into the New Year before we’d even begun to…
Growing up in New York City, my exposure to African fashion was limited to the small immigrant communities of Harlem, the stories my father would tell me and the minute representations in American magazines. Having always had strong cultural influences in my life I found myself drawn to the beauty and style of the African…
A lot of things have changed since social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Linked-in, Yahoo and Google+ became a part of our lifestyle. Aside from managing personal accounts every business owner these days wants to be the star of their social media platform of choice. 1.According to a recent study social media platforms now have a…
