How Social Media is Shaping Nigerian Sports: The Top Sprinter Story
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Hosted by Making Of Champions Ltd
Masterclass Suite Water Corporation Road - Plot 5B VI Lagos
More Nigerians are now really aware of what is going on in the field of athletics through exciting content creation distributed through various social media platforms. The focus case study will be largely on Athletics and Football. How Social Media is Shaping Nigerian Sports: The Top Sprinter Story will feature how digital sports platform Making of Champs (MoC) is inciting participation and interest in sports via social media.
This interactive discussion will feature recaps of some of the most defining, comedic, inspiring social sports moments of 2015
We will review some of the year’s winning viral sports video clips like:
– 2015 World Relays in the Bahamas, where Nigeria beat USA and Jamaica to GOLD in the Women’s 4x200m Final
– 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where Nigerian Reporter tells Usain Bolt that he won because “Gatlin Made a Mistake”
Participants will also get a behind the scenes look at the Top Sprinter Reality Show. Solely leveraging on social media technologies, athletes from all over Nigeria turned out in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu and Benin to audition for the Top Sprinter Genesis Reality TV show. This fusion of sports, entertainment and social media has made a lot of athletics fans out of sports loving Nigerians.
Venue & Location
Masterclass Suite
Water Corporation Road - Plot 5BVI, Lagos