Tag: Jason Njoku

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March 25, 2014

Who are the 10 most powerful people in Nigeria’s Tech Eco-system? We have the list!

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The Nigerian tech space may still be finding its feet but players have already emerged, staking their ...

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February 22, 2014

PrepClass wins $20,000 at the TechCabal Battlefield competition in Lagos

by Akan Ido We are pleased to announce that out of 92 applications, a fiercely competitive shortlist of 20 and ...

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January 24, 2014

Daddy’s boy: iROKO TV boss, Jason Njoku poses with his cute son (LOOK)

by Oge Okonkwo Tech media mogul and founder of iROKO TV, Jason Njoku, is proud to show off his little bundle ...

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January 9, 2014

Come & be inspired! ‘Crocodile in the Yangtze’ (The Alibaba story) powered by Konga

by Oge Okonkwo In a social responsibility drive to give internet access to the Yaba Police station and to power Nigerian ...

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December 31, 2013

iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku is the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2013; beats Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga & Akinwunmi Adesina to get the prize

by Oge Okonkwo The editors of Y! – TV, Magazine & Online – yesterday announced the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the ...

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December 30, 2013

Editorial: The Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2013 is… Jason Njoku

by Our Editors Jason Chukwuma Njoku, 33, is chief executive and co-founder of iROKO Partners, an online start up that ...

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December 26, 2013

See who won the popular vote for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2013 | Overall winner to be announced on 30 December

by Chi Ibe And we have a winner – at least for the popular vote! The Y!/YNaija.com voting for Person ...

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December 23, 2013

Jason Njoku writes: Who says iROKO is dead?!

by Jason Njoku iROKO will be here in the next 5 years. $8Mn and my revenue growth over that period ...

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December 18, 2013

iROKOtv becomes Africa’s most funded internet company with $8 million investment

by Oge Okonkwo  iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, known colloquially as ‘Nollywood’, today announces a funding round ...

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December 3, 2013

Jason Njoku: No, iROKING is not dead

by Jason Njoku Nope. Not even close to it. There has been a chorus of all types of strange sayings ...

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November 30, 2013

It’s official! Don Jazzy, Psquare, Omotola, 20 other Nigerians named among 100 most influential Africans (See list)

by Adeola Balogun Nigeria’s place as the giant of Africa has been further highlighted as a list of the continent’s ...

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November 9, 2013

YNaija Editorial: Beyond Twitter fights, contracts have to be honoured – that’s all

If you’ve paid attention to the Nigerian entertainment industry lately, it is unlikely you have missed the network of conflicts ...

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November 1, 2013

Ex CEO of iROKING, Michael Ugwu reacts to company’s claim of gross misconduct & contract breach

by Rachel Ogbu On Thursday October 31, Jessica Hope, Global Communications Officer of iROKO Partners released a press release announcing ...

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August 28, 2013

Jason Njoku writes: iROKO is dead. Long live iROKOtv

by Jason Njoku The most obvious and globally acceptable way of monetizing premium content on ANY platform is via subscriptions. ...

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August 22, 2013

Jason Njoku: The death of a startup – RIP Brash magazine (Part 3)

by Jason Njoku  I was left with nothing. My ego was shattered, my life’s work amounted to £0, my reason ...

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August 21, 2013

Jason Njoku: The story of Brash magazine, my most epic failure (Part 2)

by Jason Njoku Everyone basically thought (rightly so) I was a failure. But not only that, a whole class of ...

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August 19, 2013

Jason Njoku: The story of Brash magazine, my most epic failure (1)

by Jason Njoku It was all egos. The editor and I were friends from the first year at university, but ...

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August 13, 2013

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Technology in Nigeria – Bridging the generational divide (Y! FrontPage)

by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji One of the fundamental building blocks of the new Nigeria will be the ability of older generations to ...

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July 31, 2013

The Future Awards Africa Winners Spotlight: Jason Njoku (Entrepreneur of the Year, Technology)

by SK Johnson Jason Njoku is a self-proclaimed geek and founder of what is, in his own words, “one of ...

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July 30, 2013

Aww, how cute: iROKO TV boss, Jason Njoku and wife welcome son (LOOK)

by Oge Okonkwo   iROKO TV boss,  Jason Njoku and wife, actress Mary Remmy Njoku welcomed their first child, a ...

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July 28, 2013

Chude Jideonwo: Don’t mind us Celestine, just keep moving

by Chude Jideonwo The feeding frenzy is on. If you’ve followed YNaija’s excellent technology pages, or that fine blog TechCabal, ...

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July 28, 2013

Editi Effiong: Dear Start-up, great job! But what if the VCs don’t come?

by Editi Effiong Last night, I read that post by the co-founder of tiketmobile, and was really saddened, but without a lot ...

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July 28, 2013

Seyi Taylor: 5 things to learn from the Tiketmobile fiaso (yes, I’m calling it a fiasco)

by Seyi Taylor 1. Hindsight is 20/20. And Not Even Then. We don’t know the terms Jason offered for his ...

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July 26, 2013

Hauwa Gambo: Tony Elumelu must not give Celestine a penny more (Y! FrontPage)

by Hauwa Gambo Wonders shall never cease o. Apparently, last year, banking guru and venture capitalist, Tony O. Elumelu gave ...

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July 16, 2013

Behold Africa’s future! Ashish J. Thakkar, Peter & Paul ‘Psquare’ Okoye, 8 others make The Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year list

by Isi Esene The Central Working Committee (CWC) of The Future Awards Africa has unveiled the long list for the ...

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May 30, 2013

“He was hungry for success”: YNaija Investigates the iROKO TV business (Conclusion)

READ: “Jason Njoku is only trying to distract everyone”: YNaija Investigates the iROKO TV business (part 1) by Adegoke Oyeniyi, ...

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May 30, 2013

“Jason Njoku is only trying to distract everyone”: YNaija Investigates the iROKO TV business (Part 1)

One of the easy success stories from Nigeria’s evolving technology space, Jason Njoku can’t stop talking about how successful he ...

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April 23, 2013

He’s “a hustler”: Iroko TV’s Jason Njoku speaks to Quartz

by Hauwa Gambo You could say his Public Relations team is working over-drive and you would be right. Iroko TV’s ...

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March 19, 2013

Andrew Rice: Iroko’s Jason Njoku is creating the next Netflix in Nigeria

by Andrew Rice He was just a poor kid from London, but Jason Njoku has master­minded the African equivalent of ...

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January 19, 2013

Iroko TV’s Jason Njoku spoils wife with new Range Rover (LOOK)

by Rachel Ogbu   He calls it a toy, but this car is no play thing! This 4×4 SUV offers ...

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