The Ibadan Social Media Festival, now in its second year, seeks to bring together, active social media users of all ages to harness the benefits of social media, learn, interact and network.

According to the organisers, they hope to reach out to the youths, who by statistics, are the largest users of social media as well as the older generation who embrace social media or who by chance depend on it for their businesses or personal development.

“The theme for this year’s event is ‘EVOLVE’. The idea is to propel attendees to stay relevant in a fast changing society by evolving. The event will take place on Saturday 17th of November, 2018 at Pentorise Event Centre, Bodija, Ibadan”, Paul Alasiri, one of the organisers said.

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There will be five major panel sessions where speakers, well versed in major sectors that drive the economy will lead discussions in pertinent areas. The five segments identified were entertainment, government, mainstream media, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), business, tech and entrepreneurship. There will also be an opportunity for interaction/networking where individuals can interact with one another and businesses too can get to meet their followers and potential clients. There will also be food, drinks, games and karaoke as side attractions. It is a fully packed event.

The event is powered by Connect Ibadan, Voz Empire and Paul Alasiri, all social media influencers from  Ibadan. It is fully endorsed and supported by Oyo State Ministry of Youths and Sports and Oyo State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

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