Adekunle Ayeni

Adekunle Ayeni is a Nigerian businessman. He is the publisher of Nigerian Entertainment Today and founder of Nigeria Entertaiment Conference, NECLive. He is also the founder of Black House Media, a Public Relations firm, and ID Africa, a digital marketing agency.[1][2]

Adekunle Ayeni
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Ibadan
OccupationEntrepreneur
Websiteayenithegreat.ng

Background

Adekunle Ayeni is from Oka-Akoko area of Ondo State, had his primary and secondary education (Awori College, Ojo) in Lagos, and his University education at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State where he studied Microbiology and got his BSc degree.[3][4]

Journalism

Adekunle had a stint as a feature editor with Hip Hop World Magazine. After graduating from the University of Ibadan, he joined Encomium Weekly as showbiz columnist, after which he moved to ThisDay. In July 2008, Adekunle joined The Punch as an E-Punch columnist. "Working for Encomium I knew I wasn't going to be there for too long, I had always wanted to do my own stuff, but needed to gain some experience working for others. But because I wanted to also taste the other side of the print media, I joined Thisday newspaper and finally, The Punch. It was after that that I felt it was time for me to start my own newspaper."[5]

Upon leaving The Punch newspaper in Lagos, Adekunle Ayeni founded Nigeria Entertainment Today (NET), a newspaper and website specially dedicated to reportage of entertainment.[6][7]

Black House Media

Adekunle Ayeni founded Black House Media in 2006 for public relations services. In 2012, he led a team of software and content developers in [Nigeria] to unveil the BHM App, an app for public relations experts.[8][9][10] In February 2015, Ayeni announced the launch of his digital media agency, named ID Africa.[11][12]

References
  1. "'Why I chose to be a journalist without formal training' -NET newspaper publisher, Ayeni Adekunle". Encomium. 28 February 2012.
  2. "BHM Group Announces The Launch of Pan-African Digital Agency". Connect Nigeria. 2 March 2015.
  3. "Who Am I?".
  4. Adewole Ajao (11 August 2014). "From Sciences to Publicity". Cre8tiveEntreps. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. "Thenetng/BHM Founder, 'Ayeni The Great' Speaks To Pulse". Pulse. 27 November 2014.
  6. "After 2 years, Adekunle Ayeni, Nigerian Entertainment Today Publisher shares his success story". Olori Supergal. 26 April 2012.
  7. "About Nigerian Entertainment Today Adekunle". NET. 28 February 2012.
  8. Editor (5 August 2014). "Ayeni Adekunle's BHM Launches Nigeria's First PR App". SabiNews.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. Raheem Akingbolu (2 October 2014). "Ayeni: PR is About the Truth Well Told". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  10. "Trending Market". BrandsMart. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015.
  11. "BHM Group announces the launch of Pan-African Digital Agency". Encomiun. 27 February 2015.
  12. "BHM Group Announces The Launch of Pan-African Digital Agency". Connect Nigeria. 2 March 2015.
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