New Media Conference to Host MTN’s Lakin Goodluck, Omnicom’s Yinka Adebayo, Wakanow’s Bayo Adedeji, and Layi

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The New Media Conference (NMC) has announced a stellar lineup of speakers for its 10th day edition, acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Thursday, September 25, 2025, astatine The Podium, Lekki, Lagos.

Among the confirmed names are Yinka Adebayo, Group Executive Director astatine Omnicom Media Group; Dr. Lakinbofa Goodluck, Public Relations Manager astatine MTN Nigeria; Group CEO astatine Wakanow, Bayo ‘Lion’ Adedejii, Yemisi “Sisi Yemmie” Odusanya, 1 of Nigeria’s astir fashionable YouTubers and integer creators; and Elozonam Ogbolu, world TV prima and integer talent.

They volition beryllium joined by Malik Afegbua, Nigerian filmmaker and CEO of Slickcity Media; Olukunle Folarin, Director of Programmes astatine TVC Entertainment and New Media; Yemi Orimolade, Strategic Communication Advisor and Consultant; Tolani Tayo-Osikoya ‘Diary of a Kitchen Lover’: Layi Wasabi, Actor and Comedian; Lekan “Pexxie” Bamidele, alongside different manufacture leaders, innovators, and creators.This year’s theme, “A Decade of Disrupting New Media: Shaping Africa’s Future,” marks a milestone for the league founded successful 2015 by media entrepreneur Oluwatosin “Olori Supergal” Ajibade. Over the past decade, NMC has evolved from a section gathering successful Lagos into a pan-African level with erstwhile editions successful Nairobi and Accra.

Highlights of the 2025 variation see keynote sessions, sheet discussions, breakout workshops, and exhibitions showcasing startups and brands wrong the integer ecosystem. The lawsuit volition besides diagnostic the unveiling of the NMC 100, a curated rotation of 100 individuals and organizations who person shaped Nigeria’s integer media abstraction implicit the past 10 years.Speaking connected the milestone, Ajibade said:

“Reaching 10 years of the New Media Conference is simply a arrogant moment, but it is besides a reminder of the enactment ahead. When we began this journey, our extremity was simple: to make a abstraction wherever media, technology, and creativity could conscionable to signifier Africa’s future. Today, we spot an ecosystem that is bigger, bolder, and much connected than ever before.”