by Chi Ibe

After Michael Ugwu, erstwhile chief executive of digital music company, iROKING left in a cloud of controversy; the online chatter was firm on the future of the company – it was going down.

Well, apparently not if founder of the company as well as iROKOtv Jason Njoku has anything to do with it. To cut all the drama shut, he has made a typically bold move, and appointed himself the new boss.

Official statement below:

iROKING, Nigeria’s leading digital music platform, announces that its new CEO is Jason Njoku.

Njoku was the original founder and CEO of iROKING alongside his role at iROKOtv, the world’s largest online catalogue of Nollywood movies. Njoku will now return to take overall control of iROKING artist management, all aspects of music distribution, including YouTube, iTunes and Amazon distribution, and oversee platform partnerships with the likes of Mxit and Eskimi.

Speaking on returning to a company he founded, Jason Njoku says: “What we’ve built with iROKING in its 23 month history is pretty incredible. There’s a lot of chat amongst the technorati about the potential of the African online music space – now is the time to put words into action, hence why I’m taking a more hands-on approach to growing iROKING from a solid online Nigerian music distributor into a behemoth of a pan-African music platform”.

As of 2014, there will also be a renewed focus on the monetization of Nigerian digital content, as well as greater emphasis on strategic partnerships with leading companies in the industry.

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