Top 100 most influential black people on Social Media: 6 Nigerians make the cut

Yipeeee! We are getting there! 6 hardworking and social savvy Nigerians have made Eelanmedia’s list of the top 100 most influential black people on digital/social media. Top ten on the list include; Barack Obama, Beyonce Knowles, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Will.i.am, Serena and Venus Williams, Michelle Obama, Usain Bolt, Farrah Gray and Pete Dalton.
According to them these are people who “are using blogging, tweeting, Facebook, videos on YouTube and vine, posting on Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ and answering questions on Quora etc to build their profile, promote their business interests and most importantly, engage and build their communities.” Click here to see full list
Nigerians on the list:
(1) Japheth Omojuwa (29th position)- Cyberpreneur, Speaker and Political Commentator
(2) Ezeani Kingsley (50th position) – Social Media Strategy Consultant
(3) Blossom Nnodim (57th position)- Author, Blogger, Compere
(4) Jason Njoku (74th position) – Internet Entrepreneur
(5) Luvvie Ajayi (77th position) – Writer, Digital Strategist
(6) Ikenna Azuike (93rd position) – Vlogger, Speaker, Voice-Over Artiste.

Photos: Jason Njoku, Obi Asika, others attend UK Nigeria SME Summit.

The UK Nigeria SME Summit; an initiative of Enterprise Creative – Nigeria’s leading development agency for the creative industries and the official Lagos Partner and Hub for the UK Nigeria 100 Project took place on Friday, March 28, 2014, at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Victoria Island, Lagos.
 
The event was a gathering of key stakeholders in the Nigerian creative and digital industries who rubbed minds on pertinent business issues relevant to UK and Nigerian SMES. Present were entrepreneurs, corporate executives, heads of international organizations, public institutions to mention a few.
 
 
Speakers at the Summit include British Deputy High Commissioner Peter Carter,
Obi Asika (Chairman, Dragon Africa); Jason Njoku (CEO, SPARK); Femi Longe (Co-founder, CC Hub); Connie Price (Country Director, British Council Nigeria); John Adeleke (Chairman, Montgomery Africa & World Trade Centre); Prince Adeyemi Adefulu (President, Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce), Sanyade Okoli (MD Travant Ltd), Emeka Mordi (Buyam.com.ng), Chuka Ekeledo, Beverly Okoye etc
 
 
The UK Nigeria SME Summit is a key part of the UK Nigeria 100 Project, an ongoing initiative of the UK Trade & Investment and the Foreign Commonwealth Office, which aims to partner 100 British small businesses with 100 Nigerian small businesses in the diverse and dynamic creative and digital industries.
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