Femi Falodun

Femi Falodun is a Nigerian marketing and communications professional.[1][2] In 2017, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, COO of ID Africa[3][4][5] and in 2019, he was named Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the company after it acquired NET News Limited and all its subsidiaries .[6][7][8] Falodun is recognised as one of the young Nigerians pioneering the use of technology in marketing and communications.[9] In 2016, Falodun was honored by Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) with a Digital PR Ambassadorship Certification.[10][11]

Femi Falodun
NationalityNigerian
EducationB. Sc Biochemistry, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, MBA (Marketing), University of Lagos, PGD Marketing, The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
OccupationMarketing, PR and digital communications
Board member ofID Africa & Black House Media

Education

Falodun holds a B. Sc. in Biochemistry from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and an MBA (Marketing) from University of Lagos. He earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing, CIM, UK after being conferred with membership of the institute. Falodun is also a CIM tutor and Digital Marketing Institut, DMI, trainer.[3][4]

Career

Falodun started a banking career at Zenithbank Plc where he worked for six years (2008-2014) working in operations, Marketing and Consumer Banking before leaving to develop a new career in digital marketing and communications at Black House Media, a PR and Communications firm.[12] Falodun was the head of the Digital Unit of Black House Media which he developed from a department to a full-fledged digital marketing, communications and technology solution company – ID Africa. In 2017, Falodun was named Chief Operating Officer (COO)[10] and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ID Africa in 2019 after the company acquired NET News Limited and all its subsidiaries.[13][14][15]

Falodun at various times facilitated training workshops and masterclasses at NIPR (Nigerian Institute of Public Relations) Lagos, Social Media Week Lagos and Social4Media Masterclass.[16][17][18][19] At ID Africa, Falodun led the team that developed the first Nigeria PR App and established an independent music streaming service called ORIN, which was the first of such service in Nigeria. In 2015, Falodun and his team at ID Africa launched a web App - Nigerian Twitter Map which tracks trending topics and their creators on Nigerian Twitter, to identify and categorize creative social media influencers.[20][1][6]

References
  1. Wada, Emmanuel (May 12, 2015). "Femi Falodun Team Develops Nigerian Twitter Map App". Technology Watch Magazine. 6 (201): 2.
  2. "ID Africa Boss Headlines NIPR Conference". News Watch Nigeria. June 15, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. "BHM today announced the appointment of two new Executive Directors, Femi Falodun and Moruff Adenekan to its Board of Directors". The Medium. September 5, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  4. "BHM restructures for industry leadership, announces new board members and business". Vanguard. September 5, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  5. Olowookere, Dipo (September 8, 2017). "Top Media Firm BHM Announces New Appointments". Business Post. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. Nwane, Chucks (March 9, 2019). "Femi Falodun steps in as CEO ID Africa". The Guardian. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  7. Kehinde, Opeyemi (March 4, 2019). "Femi Falodun becomes ID Africa's CEO". Daily Trust. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  8. "ID Africa Names Femi Falodun CEO". Money Issues. March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  9. Suleiman, Joy (May 10, 2019). "Femi Falodun, a young Nigerian pioneering Digital Marketing and Communications in Nigeria". Nigerian Pilot. 5 (271): 12.
  10. Magazine, Yes International! (2016-11-03). "ID Africa's Femi Falodun honoured by NIPR". Yes International! Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  11. Enitan (2016-11-03). "ID Africa's Femi Falodun Honoured With Digital PR Ambassadorship By Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations". BHM. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  12. Grace, Gbobiri (14 May 2020). "Femi Falodun, Former Banker Turned Digital Marketing and Communications entrepreneur". Nigerian Pilot. Vol. 9 No. 105: 27. ISSN 2141-7199.
  13. Oduah, Henry (2019-03-04). "ID Africa names Femi Falodun CEO". QED.NG. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  14. "Femi Falodun appointed CEO of ID Africa". NigeriaPresslog. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  15. Kehinde, Opeyemi; Lagos (2019-03-04). "ID Africa acquires TheNETng". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  16. Akwu, James (2019). "Femi Falodun teaches Digital Marketing and Communications techniques at NIPR Workshop". Daily Asset. Vol. 3 No. 221: 21. ISSN 2616-1036.
  17. "ID Africa CEO, Femi Falodun, to speak at NIPR Lagos' 2019 PR Week". This Is Lagos. 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  18. "Femi Falodun To Speak At PRCAN Masterclass". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  19. Magazine, Yes International! (2019-06-14). "ID Africa CEO, Femi Falodun, To Speak At NIPR Lagos' 2019 PR Week". Yes International! Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  20. "Femi Falodun now ID Africa's CEO". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
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