The print edition of The Podium International Magazine will be formally unveiled in Akure, the Ondo State capital on August 3, 2023, at Bliss World Hotel, Ijapo.
Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, Commissioner for Finance, Ondo State will be the Special Guest of Honour while the Royal Father of the Day is HRM Oba (Dr) Olufaderin Adetimehin, FIIN, FCIB, Jimoko II, Jegun of Ile-Oluji Kingdom.
The Royal Host is the Deji of Akure, HRM Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, Odundun II.
The event will also feature a business lecture on “The Role of Strategic Meeting in Business Development”, to be delivered by Dr. Wale Banmore, Ph.D., MD/CEO of STACO Insurance PLC.
The Podium is a general interest magazine that commenced operations in 2019 with an online edition via www.thepodiummedia.com.
The print edition debuted in the United States in 2021. It currently circulates in Houston, Dallas, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Indianapolis. It has also been unveiled in Lagos, London, Abuja, and Ibadan.
The mission of The Podium International Magazine is to celebrate Nigerian professionals, business managers, and entrepreneurs with legitimate means of livelihood. The focus is on sharing success stories so that others can learn and be inspired.
Ahead of the Akure unveiling of the print edition of The Podium International Magazine, the Publisher, Mr. Ademola Akinbola, has reiterated that the vision is to build a global media brand that will celebrate the good deeds of Nigerians all over the world.
Speaking in Lagos at the weekend during a virtual engagement session with the media and other stakeholders from Nigeria, as well as Europe and North America, Mr. Akinbola stated that the global unveiling is an inclusive marketing strategy aimed at extending the reach of the Magazine to major countries with significant Nigerian population. Germany, Canada, and South Africa will follow in the course of 2023, respectively, he added.
