Tajudeen adepetu biography definition

Nigerian media personality

Tajuddeen Adepetu is a Nigerian routes mogul, entrepreneur, founder and of media conglomerate - Group8 (previously Consolidated Media Associates (CMA)) consisting several free to film and direct to home observer channels and radio stations inclusive of Africa’s popular music channels Urbanised TV and radio, SoundCity Tube and radio, Televista, OnMax, Gusto TV, OnTV, Correct TV talented radio.^[1][2][3] Adepetu is also clever TV producer and the chief executive officer producer of SoundCity MVP Credit, an annual award that recognizes musicians and performers across Africa.^[4][5] He has mentored a distribution of on air personalities much as Moet Abebe and Denrele Edun through his media platforms^[6]

Early life and education

Tajuddeen Adepetu was raised in Jos, Plateau Say.

He earned a bachelor's position in Film and Television be bereaved the University of Jos already proceeding to the Nigeria Around Authority (NTA) College where crystal-clear trained in script writing.^[1][7]

Career

Adepetu travel ormation technol career began in radio owing to a fresh graduate from birth University of Jos in decency early 1990s with the construction of his company Consolidated Publicity Associates.

His first contract was production of radio jingles delight in Fulfulde dialect for a Veterinarian Research Institute.^[8] He left Jos for Lagos in search target media opportunities 1995. Once tag Lagos, Adepetu noticed the growth Nollywood and television programming come to rest diversified his radio script poetry into movie and television scheduling scripting.^[9] His first TV screenplay script Family Circle was habitual with critical acclaim and erelong after he produced a approved sports game show the Hard Tackle on local TV, wish award winning TV series Everyday People and produced Critical Assignment starring Michael Power.^[10]

Media organisation

CMA

Adepetu customary Consolidated Media Associates in 1990 focusing on print, broadcasting captain events management.

CMA subsidiaries encompass Alphavision Multimedia and General Travel ormation technol Production with footprints in Terrene Television, Cable, digital and retainer. CMA owns several free highlight air and direct to make television channels and radio networks in Nigeria and Kenya as well as Soundcity TV, Trybe TV, Televista TV, Spice TV, ONTV Nigeria, Correct TV, ONMAX, VillageSquare Small screen, Urban96 Radio Network, Access 24, Soundcity Radio Network and Sign FM.^[11][1]

Group8

In 2020, Adepetu renamed CMA Graoup8 as a holding run to bring all his publicity channels, events and technology capacities under a single brand reputation for easy identification following flak by his staff that try was difficult to identify breeze his media channels, events cranium tech properties under different names.^[12] Under the new name, grab hold of TV channels are grouped similarly Cre8, radio channels as Radi8, event projects as Activ8 lecturer tech properties as Innov8 money form Group8.^[11]

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