Adiat Disu

Adiat Disu
Born 1987 (age 30–31)
Nigeria
Residence New York City
Nationality Nigeria
Citizenship United States
Education Bentley University
(BSc in Information Technology, Marketing & Communications)
Occupation Media & Information Technology Corporate Executive

Adiat Disu, is an American media, Information Technology corporate executive and entrepreneur born to Nigerian & Ghanaian parents. She is the founder of ADIREE Company, an omni-media, marketing and retail group. Adiree has headquarters in New York and a satellite branch in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2009, her firm ADIREE founded the annual Pan-African-focused, lifestyle marketing platform called Africa Fashion Week,[1] during New York Fashion Week[2] Her work with ADIREE has been profiled in CNN International, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Forbes Africa, Huffington Post, Forbes Afrique, CNN International, Huffington Post and CNN Inside Africa. She currently serves as a contributor at Entrepreneur Media Inc. and its international edition, based in New York City.[3]

Background and education

Adiat studied at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire before she was admitted to Bentley University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bentley University in 2008, with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Marketing & Communications.[3]

Career

In February 2009, straight out of university, she established an omni-medial, marketing and retail company with headquarters in New York and a satellite branch in Lagos, Nigeria. The group’s client list includes corporate and social enterprises, government and non-for-profit agencies, individual lifestyle, and media brands such as: Verisk Analytics, that lasted four months in 2016 and another with Hearst Magazines (developing and launching Heart Magazines’ first media site in West Africa), beauty brand by Kimora Lee Simmons' Shinto Clinical , Iman Cosmetics, Pikolinos Shoes, USAID (United States Agency of International Development), as well as celebrities like Korto Momolu and Akon

Honors and recognition

Disu and her work has been recognized in :

  • 2011: CNN, Founder of media and marketing platform: Africa Fashion Week [4]
  • 2011: Washington Post, Creatives Bringing Africa To The World [5]
  • 2011 : Bullet Magazine, Wrap It Up
  • 2012 : Black Enterprise, Everyday Hero [6]
  • 2013 : Huffington Post, Founder of Africa Fashion Week [7]
  • 2013 : Huffington Post, , Africa Fashion Week, produced by Adirée [8]
  • 2013 : Global Post, Adiree, Communications and Brand Strategy Firm [9]
  • 2014: Forbes Magazine , 30 Under 30 [2]
  • 2014: Black Enterprise, Founder of Adiree, the Premier Communications and Branding firm, in New York for Africa's Global Leaders [10]
  • 2015: Africa Channel, Adirée, the Communications and Brand Strategy Company [11]
  • 2016 :Huffington Post , Adiat Disu, Entrepreneur and Forbes 30 Under 30 [12]
  • 2017: Entrepreneur Magazine, Information Technology and Communications Executive [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Africa Fashion Week – Where Fashion Began". www.africafashionweek.com. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. 1 2 Nsehe, Mfonobong (4 December 2014). "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014". Forbes.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 TAAI (23 November 2017). "Adiat Disu: Founder, Africa Fashion Week". New York City: The Africa-America Institute (TAAI). Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ↑ CNN, From Isha Sesay, for. "African fashion on parade in New York". Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  5. ↑ Wax, Emily (2011-06-30). "Africans bring their continent's style to the worldwide fashion scene". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ Hutson, Brittany (June 2012). "EVERYDAY HERO: Young entrepreneur promotes economic growth in Africa through fashion" (PDF). Black Enterprise: 162–163.
  7. ↑ Mensah, Rai (2013-07-25). "The Re-Interpretation of 'African Inspired'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  8. ↑ Lorraine, Nova (2013-07-10). "African Fashion Designers Shake It Up This Summer!". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  9. ↑ "How African fashion broke through: 3 Questions with Adiat Disu (PHOTOS)". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  10. ↑ "Power Women of the Diaspora: Africa Fashion Week Founder Uses Passion to Rebrand Continent". Black Enterprise. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  11. ↑ "How African Fashion Broke Through Western Culture". Africa Channel.
  12. ↑ Joseph, Alanah (2016-06-20). "She Leads Africa: Co-Founder Yasmin Belo-Osagie on Black Female Entrepreneurship". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  13. ↑ "Adiat Disu – Entrepreneur". www.entrepreneurmag.co.za. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  • Profile at Entrepreneur magazine's website
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