{"id":73041,"date":"2025-08-13T17:54:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73041"},"modified":"2025-08-13T17:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:54:03","slug":"build-brands-with-patience-process-digital-experts-urge-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/13\/build-brands-with-patience-process-digital-experts-urge-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Brands with Patience, Process, Digital Experts Urge Youth\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the maiden Digital Professional Fair 2025 have urged Nigerian youth to leverage digital tools and adopt discipline in building sustainable brands.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day event, organized by Tutu Adetunbi, sought to equip young people with the skills to compete in the global digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speaker Jude Chikezie, founder of Oyster Skin, stressed the importance of \u201cpatience, process, and purpose\u201d in brand growth.<\/p>\n<p>He shared his own entrepreneurial journey, cautioning against rushing to scale a vision before it is fully developed.<\/p>\n<p>He also advised having a tangible brand in place before seeking external investment.<\/p>\n<p>Legal practitioner Oluwatosin Adegbesan warned against legal oversights, urging entrepreneurs to fully understand partnership terms to avoid losing control of their ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers, including Omobosola Alaka, CEO of Hafrikplay, encouraged the use of AI to drive the digital economy, while highlighting the need for continuous practice, collaboration, and monetization of skills.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Adetunbi called for government support to make such empowerment events more frequent, saying they can play a vital role in bridging the digital skills gap among Nigerian youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Speakers at the maiden Digital Professional Fair 2025 have urged Nigerian youth to leverage digital tools and adopt discipline in building sustainable brands. The two-day event, organized by Tutu Adetunbi, sought to equip young people with the skills to compete in the global digital economy. Keynote speaker Jude Chikezie, founder of Oyster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":73042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73043,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73041\/revisions\/73043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}