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Delta festival 2024 to mix business, entertainment, and youth development

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2 years ago

October 7, 2024

The Delta Festival (Delfest 2024) is set to take place from November 22 to 24 at The Dome Event Centre, Asaba. The festival will blend business, entertainment, and youth development, offering opportunities for networking, business seminars, and training in tech innovation, filmmaking, and music production. Delfest, backed by the Delta State government, aims to boost business investments in Delta while empowering youths with essential skills.

The last quarter of the year in Nigeria is always buzzing with cultural and entertainment events, and a new addition, Delta Festival (Delfest 2024), has just been announced.

Delfest will be held from November 22 to 24 at The Dome Event Centre in Asaba, Delta State. Aimed at blending business and entertainment with youth development, this event promises a mix of networking, talent discovery, and hands-on training in vital skills for the modern world.

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Ethemena Raphael Obrike, founder and director of Delfest, explained that talent development is central to the event. It provides a platform for youths to learn cutting-edge skills in tech innovation, filmmaking, and music production.

Obrike emphasised that Delfest is not just about entertainment but also a key opportunity for businesses to invest in Delta State, a region ripe for growth, with its six million vibrant residents and strong economic potential.

“Delfest is a business and cultural destination for forward-thinking enterprises to explore opportunities in Delta State, the new frontier for business growth,” Obrike noted.

He encouraged leading CEOs to look toward Delta for investment, with Delfest providing the platform to connect with potential partners and investors.

In collaboration with the Delta State Ministries of Trade & Youth Development, Arts and Tourism, and the Office of the Governor, Delfest will train over 450 youths from across Delta State in tech innovation, filmmaking, and music.

The festival’s training programme is set to empower young people, helping them acquire skills necessary to succeed in today’s challenging economic environment.

Apart from the youth training sessions, the festival will feature six business seminars during the Business Amplify Summit. Key topics will include customer service, leadership strategies, business and technology, and legality in business.

Speakers like Dr Maxwell Loko, Dr Linus Okorie, and Rockson Igelige will share their insights on how to grow businesses and make them attractive to venture capitalists.

Obrike highlighted that Delfest represents a strategic initiative that blends corporate social responsibility with entertainment and entrepreneurship, aiming to take youths off the streets and provide them with career-building opportunities.

The festival is poised to become a significant event that not only entertains but also contributes to the socio-economic development of Delta State.

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The contemporary art and photography exhibition “Wake Up!” is back again for a second edition.

Curated by Awele Onwordi, Wake Up! 2 exhibition pays homage to the Nigerian youth and burgeoning street culture which many of its contributing artists reference in their works.

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Titled “Young, Wild, Free”, the exhibition celebrates the creativity, resilience, freedom and cultural influence found in Nigerian youth.

Taking aim at societal issues and economic concerns, the exhibit reflects the youth and their refusal to compromise or bow despite all the challenges stacked against them while charting youth culture through art, music, fashion, skateboarding, photography and community.

The exhibition will be held, once again, at the Angel and Muse Gallery at 25 Sumbo Jibowu street off Ribadu Road off Awolowo Road in Ikoyi.

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This second edition which focuses on celebrating, nurturing and exploring artistic practices rooted in youth and street culture will feature works from DENCITY and SUPERGLIDER HOUSE.

Exhibiting artists include Ajilore Kehinde – their work is deeply influenced by Nigerian street culture and works of other artists like Slawn, Peters Ejiro, etc, Chuka Onwordi – graphic designer who embodies themes of death, melancholy and beauty in his works, ZIDYEP – Abuja based creative whose works move between digital and physical spaces through art, graphic design and air brushing , Franklyn Okoye – graphic designer and artist whose works explore themes of identity and hyper-reality, Awele Onwordi – founder & curator of WAKE UP and multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans character art, creative logo design, album covers and more , Oluchi Kogolo – digital illustrator whose work explores street culture, personality and storytelling through a raw and playful visual style and Kozetuo Apeji – multidisciplinary artists who work explores experimental approaches to problem solving through both digital and traditional art forms.

Commenting on the exhibition in her curatorial statement, Awele noted that “despite economic instability, limited opportunities and socio-political challenges, Nigerian youth continue to shape culture through music, fashion, art, skateboarding, raves, photography and community.”

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Continuing and harping on the raison d’etre of the exhibition she said, “Young, Wild and Free exists to celebrate Nigerian youth while also creating a platform that supports and amplifies them.”