Perspective

“KEFEE IS LIKE A BIG SISTER TO ME”

Music is a talent but very few people will resign from a lucrative banking career, just to fulfil their passion about being a minister in songs.  Mrs. Anna Ibrahim a musician, business woman, housewife and a mother,  is a talented gospel artiste.  ANNY (that is her stage name), is a Masters Degree holder from Bayero University Kano and worked in the Banking Industry for several years before quitting to pursue her vision of  music and also went into private business so she could have time for her family.

Married to Mr. Olawale Ibrahim, they are blessed with two beautiful kids.  Anny recently launched her second album at the prestigious Royal Tropicana Hotel Kano.  It was a well-attended, star studded event.  It brought top gospel artiste from different parts of the country and the highlight of the album launching was the presence of Kefee, a gospel artiste with several national and international awards to her credit.  In this interview  few days after the album launch/music concert, Anny expressed her joy, happiness and gratitude to God for making her dreams come true and the album launch a success.  Enjoy it:

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In Nigeria, living in the North and being in the entertainment industry might not always be a bed of roses because as far as the entertainment industry is concerned, the north might still be backward in that area.  Interestingly,  inspite of this wrong insinuations, there are a lot of talented entertainment practitioners who have been consistent and have also paid their dues in the industry.  Be it in fashion, music, modeling, broadcasting, acting, comedy and others.  Kano particularly has had a fair number of show biz practitioners who are actively involved in contributing their quota to the growth of the industry.

Tokunbo R.U. Adeyemi whose runway name is GOLAD, is a cool-headed and consistent face in the modeling and acting industry in Northern Nigeria.  He has modeled for so many top designers and hopes to hit the international scene some day.  In an interview with Emmanuel Gabari, at the venue of a recent fashion show held in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria,  Tokunbo tells his story about how he got into the modeling industry.  Here are excerpts:

HOW DID YOU GET INTO MODELING?

Well, it all started way back in my childhood days.  I have always been a very neat and Fashion-conscious person.  So from my primary school days, I have been receiving  lots of awards and recognitions for being the best well-dressed pupil.  It went on to my secondary school days at St. John’s Boys Model School , Edo State where I was appointed the Social and Uniform Prefect.  Professionally, it  began when I followed a very close friend of mine to a fashion show auditioning and one of the designers saw me and walked up to me to say she would like me to model for her.  I was a bit scared because I had not been on the run way before.  But due to my interest in fashion, I agreed and surprisingly, I was the first act or model to step out and show case the clothings for the evening and I got a lot of applause from the audience.  That really inspired and encouraged me to continue because deep inside of me, I was very tensed but the applause I got helped me push through the night at the fashion show.  Since then, it’s been from one fashion show to another, and am grateful to God for it. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello people!

How was your weekend? I had this interview with Emmanuel Gabari over the weekend. Emmanuel is a KANO-based broadcaster cum musician.

He talked about his life, family, music career and so on. Enjoy

Can we meet you?

My name is Emmanuel Gabari.

Who is Emmanuel Gabari?

Emmanuel Gabari

Sometimes it is very difficult to describe who Emmanuel Gabari is, but let me try. He is a complete gentleman. A hardworking and multi-talented person. He is a broadcaster with Radio Kano FM, a musician, a reporter with Abuja based National Waves Magazine, a social worker, a motivational speaker, Master of Ceremony and lots more. He is from Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State. He is married with three children, two boys and a girl.

Can you describe a day in your life?

Are u asking about the most memorable day of my life? Or just how each day starts for me?

I have had many most memorable days in my life. One was the day I got married. The second was the day my first child was born and another was when I got a double promotion in my office. I’ve had so many memorable days.

Also for how a normal working day starts for me: I will say I work round the clock. I wake up in the morning, say my prayers with my family, prepare for work and face a busy day ahead. It’s either getting stories, news items, interviewing people for the magazine I write for, or doing media consultancy for others, or getting materials like CDs and information for the radio programs I present and then do my little business alongside other activities of the day. I tell you, it’s always a hectic time for me. But thank God am moving on.

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“There is no substitute to deep-rooted knowledge in your field of endeavour. Therefore, learning is crucial. Do not assume that business is simple especially web-based business. Get the fundamentals right and take your audience/customers seriously. You will gain experience along the way. Adjust your business based on experience, to suit your market audience.” Oluniyi David Ajao,

Those are the words of the Oluniyi David Ajao. Oluniyi is a Ghana-based Nigerian young entrepreneur and runs a web host, Web4Africa, as well as Africa’s leading website about mobile telecoms, “Mobile Africa“. He is a professional web developer who supports the open-source platforms and web programming languages. Linux, PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML and web standards are amongst his favourites.

I had this interview with him yesterday. Happy reading…..

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Oluniyi: I am Oluniyi David Ajao, an Internet entrepreneur and Managing Director of a leading web hosting company, Web4Africa Ltd. I also have strong interests in mobile communications technology and a background in Computer Science.

SN: What is the name of your blog/start-up/company?

Oluniyi: My personal blog is self-named: “Oluniyi David Ajao” and is located at http://www.davidajao.com/blog/ while my company’s website is located at www.web4africa.net/

SN: Please tell us about your blog/start-up/company?

Oluniyi: Web4Africa Ltd. offers affordable and reliable web-related services to clients in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Services offered include: domain name registration, web hosting, website design and e-commerce solutions. Read the rest of this entry »

Ahmad Mukoshy is the brain behind Aimtech Hosting Company. I had this interview recently. Happy reading

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Ahmad: That’s way too long to tell. But, I am Ahmad Mukoshy and I am still in college. I am 19 years old and I come from a family of education where studies mean everything in the house. I love reading books, meeting new people and working on my computer day and night.

SN: What is the name of your Company?

Ahmad: We all call it Aimtech Nigeria. But it is registered as Aimtech Hosting Co. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello people!

Happy New Year ‘009. I had this interview with Lateef Olajide, an Internet Business Strategist. Lateef is a brain behind www.internetmarketingnigeria.com

Happy reading…..

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Lateef: My name is Lateef Olajide. I am from Ogun State precisely, Abeokuta. I had my primary and secondary school education in Abeokuta. I found myself in Lagos sometime 1997 and since then Lagos has been my base.

I had a very VERY VERY humble background. I learnt how to feed myself and sibling while I was still in junior secondary school. After my secondary education I wanted to go to the university to study medicine just like my friend but couldn’t make it for some reasons. I stayed at home for couple of months after secondary school examinations. Eventually I found myself in a freight forwarding company in Lagos as an apprentice without my wish.

The company was full of greedy people so I couldn’t make it to the sea-port where the real action is to learn much. So I decided to take part time course in shipping to study import and export management. It is advance diploma course.

I made up my mind very early in my life that I am going to be an entrepreneur and create job for others here in Nigeria and will never leave this country until I become a millionaire. That exactly is what I am doing now. Making more money here in Nigeria than most of my friends that abscond to USA and UK years back. Read the rest of this entry »

Damilare Onajole started playing with computers in late 2002. His first computer was a Pentium II, Windows ‘98 runned computer, actually owned by his father for business. Engrossed by the awe the internet holds, he picked up his first HTML 3.2 lessons from www.w3schools.org

I had this interview with him recently. Enjoy it….

SN: Please tell us about yourself, your background and interests?

Damilare: I am Damilare Onajole, a self self-taught technopreneur currently studying Philosophy at Lagos State University. I started doing web development in 2003; it all started as a hobby, then became a business a few years later. Problem solving has always been my hobby, so I naturally fell into web applications development and internet businesses.

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