Co-founder of RED | For Africa and chairman of AW Network and STARC, Adebola Williams has been named the winner of the Trailblazer Award on the DTN @ 100 Times Heroes Awards, just lately held in Victoria Island, Lagos, as half of the centenary celebrations of Daily Times Nigeria (DTN).
The centenary programme, themed “Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future,” introduced collectively three elements: the Shaping the Future Town Hall, the Honouring the Past Exhibition and the DTN @ 100 Times Heroes Awards. Together, they marked 100 years for the reason that newspaper was based in 1926.
Williams acquired the Trailblazer Award for his function in shaping trendy African political communications and nation branding for a trifecta of African presidents, together with President Muhammadu Buhari, President Nana Akuffo-Addo and President Macky Sall. The platforms he based and owns together with YNaija, Rubbin’ Minds on Channels TV, The Future Awards Africa, and StateCraft Inc. proceed to dominate social influence storytelling and youth engagement throughout the continent.
He was honoured alongside Elohor Aiboni, Shell’s Executive Vice President and Country Chair for Nigeria; Dr Kola Adesina, Group Managing Director of Sahara Group; General Christopher Gwabin Musa, Nigeria’s Honourable Minister of Defence; Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, CEO and General Partner of Future Africa; and Uche Pedro, Founder of Bella Naija.
In his keynote tackle, former Governor of Ogun State and former Managing Director of Daily Times, Chief Aremo Olusegun Osoba, mentioned that attaining 100 years provides Daily Times the prospect to transcend celebrating itself and to recognise the people and establishments whose imaginative and prescient, management and achievements have formed Nigeria, whereas preserving their tales for future generations.
