(Chude Jideonwo and his partner named Young
Business Leaders. Photo: Red Media)
29-year-old Chude Jideonwo and 28-year-old Adebola
Williams have been announced among the Young
Business Leaders of the year 2014.
The honour was bestowed on the partners at CNBC
Africa ‘All Africa Business Leaders Awards’ which held
on Tuesday, October 23, 2014 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos,
Nigeria.
Jideonwo and Williams are co-founders of Red Media
Africa, credited as Africa’s leading youth media network.
While receiving the award, Jideonwo who is the
managing partner of Red Media Africa said: ‘It is
certainly not easy to build a young business in West
Africa, especially to build one organically, without debt,
external investment or even a famous last name. It is
even more difficult to build a media business in a region
famously hostile to sustainable media enterprise.
Therefore, this is a reminder that much is possible in
spite of the difficulties of our environment and it
definitely inspires; to keep creating value and to keep
building a new model of enterprise and (being)
relentless. Thanks go to the incredible guys at
#TeamRED, and special thanks go to the leadership of
the team, including Mfon Ekpo, Cheta Nwanze, Damilola
Oyedele, Chioma Agwuegbo, Bukonla Adebakin, Isime
Esene, Emilia Tobi, Oluwatobi Soyombo, Sola
Odetola and Nkoyo Eze.’
Guests at the event included Atedo Peterside, Arunma
Oteh, Folusho Phillips, Bismark Rewane, Ben Bruce,
amongst others.
See photos from the event below…