Dike Onwuamaeze
At a time magazine journalism has almost fizzled out, a new magazine, the TMBC Business journal/magazine would be unveiled and launched into the Nigerian market by the TMBC Media & Communication Limited on Tuesday, April 23.
According to a press statement signed by the TMBC Media’s Acting Head, Conferences, Mrs. Rosemary Akele, the unveiling of the magazine would be preceded by a lecture titled, “Platforms: Their Strategic Importance in the Information Age for Leader Organisations,” which would be delivered by Dr. Anne N. Odoh of the Lagos Business School at the 4-Points Sheraton Hotel, Oniru.
Akele said: “With vastly qualified professionals across diverse but complementary fields of endeavours, the TMBC Media & Communication Limited prides itself as a budding media-house with a focus on the business segment of the Nigerian economy.
“A monthly, the TMBC Business reflects the organisation’s clear desire to contribute to the stable of eco-business magazines.”
She stated that the TMBC Media was ardent about promoting its understanding of journalistic ideals that was most evident in its slogan and values: clarity, authoritative, non-judgmental, non-biased, analytical and localised (CANNAL).
“Working in conjunction with like-minded corporations and individuals, the TMBC Business will explore the prospects and the strategic information/intelligence in the numerals across the most critical sectors of the Nigerian economy over what it has identified as the most popular business timeframe.
“The TMBC Media & Communication Limited is convicted the numbers are largely under-utilised and the TMBC Business will present them in a user-friendly style that reflects its CANNAL values while reinforcing entrepreneurship and the need for harnessing the power of data to drive informed decision-making, optimise operations as well as raise fresh questions,” Akele said, adding that the magazine’s online and gloss hardcopy publications would be targeted at those in C-suites.
“The organisation strives to be one of the best comparatively in its chosen field. Writers, contributors and columnists are mostly Nigerian professionals, domiciling in the local terrain as well as in the diaspora, in some of the largest business districts in the world.
“We believe quite fervently in the diverseness of their locations, trainings and experiences because of its power to shape perspectives,” she said.
The statement also disclosed that the TMBC Media and Communication Limited would be led by an economist, Mr. Tony Monye, who until recently was the Director, Research & Advocacy, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Monye, who was educated in Nigeria, United Kingdom and Germany, has more than two decades’ experience across variegated functional departments, groups and banks, leaving as the chief economist of a systemically important financial institution.
