PHOTOSSS!! Keeping You Entertained for 20 Years! 2Face, Omawumi, DaddyShowkey, Waje & More Celebrate with MultiChoice Nigeria as it Turns 20

Dance, drama, hit performances, speeches from top dignitaries and an amazing wrap to an awesome evening! The grand ball room of the Eko Hotel and Suites VI came alive on Sunday 17th November 2013 when Nigeria’s pioneer pay TV Company, MultiChoice Nigeria, celebrated its 20th anniversary.

The anniversary celebration, which was well represented by captains of industry, Nigerian celebrities and friends of the group, saw the likes of Daddy Showkey, Waje, Seyi Shey and 2face Idibia alongside the Crown Troup of Africa entertain guests in attendance.

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Ben Ogbeiwi on stage

We know you know  this one. Can we hear you sing Shooooowwkey!

Daddy Showkey

Don’t worry ladies and gentlemen. It’s all part of the act.

Waje

Ms. Irawo hit the stage wearing a pretty pink lace number. I think this might be one of my best looks for Seyi Shay on stage. What do you think?

Seyi Shay

It wouldn’t be a celebration without 2 baba himself. The star took a sec of daddy duty to hit the stage and perform some of his classics.

2Face Idibia

Now that is how to get down. Omawumi never disappoints. She rocked it like it was the year 2000 on stage with her dancers.

Omawumi

The performances were geared towards telling the MultiChoice Nigeria story- its entrance into the Nigerian pay TV market, its challenges, breakthroughs and successes. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria, Adewunmi Ogunsanya said, “MultiChoice is credited with enhancing access to premium, digital pay-TV content when it introduced several affordable decoders into the market plus five bouquets – DStv Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and Premium.”
“In addition, the introduction of GOtv, another highly affordable television service which delivers a selection of exciting channels in great picture and sound quality, has helped to enhance skills and expertise across board in Nigeria’s entertainment industry. Its state-of-the-art high definition studio, the first in Africa, was sited in Lagos”.

The availability of the studio facility in Nigeria led to the production of hit television shows such as Tinsel, 53 Extra, Jara, among several other content which are popular in Nigeria and also well received across Africa.

Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe, said the pay-TV company celebrates the family as the pillar that sustains its business in the last 20 years.

“At MultiChoice, we pride ourselves as the global leader in technology. We bring entertainment to homes in over 50 countries across the African continent. The theme for our 20th anniversary celebration, ‘Keeping families together for over 20 years’, was not chosen casually. It is a major responsibility for MultiChoice that serves both as a mantra and a philosophy, a promise that we will invest continually in cutting edge technology and the content we expose daily will help create the atmosphere we call home.”
“Through our DStv, GOtv, mobile and online platforms, we provide wholesome family entertainment on over 150 channels. We constantly expand the frontiers of content generation to remain competitive globally. We rub off on the Nigerian economy in unquantifiable ways,” added Ugbe.

Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa and Mr. Lulu Louis Mnguni, High Commissioner, South African High Commission

Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport and Mrs. Busola Adeogun- Philips, Regional Director for Dtsv Media Sales

IK and Mr. Martin Mabutho, General Manager, Marketing and Sales, MultiChoice Nigeria

Hmmm. Who do you think rocks locs better? Uti Nwachukwu or Gbenro Ajibade?

Uti Nwachukwu and Gbenro Ajibade

Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director MultiChoice Nigeria and Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa

Double the smile, double the beauty. Is it me or do they look like twins?

Funmilola Aofiyebi and Mrs. Abiola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Okigbo

Mr. Oludare Kafar, Marketing Manager, GOtv and Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv

Jide Kosoko and Kate Henshaw

Biola Alabi and Uti Nwachukwu

Mr. and Mrs. Akinola salu

Mr. Subomi Balogun, CEO, FCMB and Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria

Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. Ben Bruce.

Mr. Lulu Louis Mnguni, High Commissioner, South African High Commission and Mr. Emeka Mba, Director General, NBC

Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager GOtv

Mr. Lionel Brits and wife

Mr. Jenkins Alumona and Odett Bagley

Mr. Moses Praiz and wife

L-R: Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria and wife with Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe

L-R: Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria; Ms Kappa Kahumba, General Manager, Operations, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria

L-R: IK Osakwodua; Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, MultiChoice Nigeria and Jenkins Alumona

L-R: Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, CEO, Airtel Nigeria; Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria.

L-R: Mrs. Busola Tejumola, Insight Consumer Manager; Miss. Omolola Ola and Akaoma Onyeonoru

L-R: Mr. Loinel Brits and wife with Mr. Nico Mayer, CEO, MultiChoice Africa

Jide Kosoko, Kate Henshaw and Funke Akindele

Florence & Iyke Okechukwu

L-R: IK Osakwodua; Victoria Okigbo; Victor Okigbo and Mrs. Busola Tejumola

L-R: Mrs. Busola Tejumola, Insight Consumer Manager; Mr. Martin Mabutho, General Manager, Marketing and sales, Miss. Omolola Ola Marketing & Communications and Patrick Dumme, Event Manager, MultiChoice Nigeria

L-R: Dr. Tom Adaba Mr. Emeka Mba, Director Genaral, NBC; Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria

L-R: Mr. Nico Mayer, CEO, MultiChoice Africa; Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria; Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa

L-R: Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa; Mrs. Busola Adeogun- Philips, Regional Director for Dstv Media Sales and Mr. Nico Mayer, CEO, MultiChoice Africa

L-R: Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Mr. Emeka Mba; Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mrs. Busola Adeogun- Philips, Regional Director for Dstv Media Sales

Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa; Ms. kappa Kahumba, Genaral Manager, Operations; Mr. Nico Mayer, CEO, MultiChoice Africa; Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv; Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mrs. Busola Adeogun- Philips, Regional Director for Dstv Media Sales

L-R: Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Biola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa; Mr. Nico Mayer, CEO, MultiChoice Africa and Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria

L-R: Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Ms. Kappa Kahumba, General Manager, Operations, MultiChoice Nigeria; Mr. Martin Mabutho, General Manager, Marketing and Sales, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mrs. Elizabeth Amkpa, General Manager, GOtv

L-R: Mr. Segun Agbede; Mr. Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport; Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director MultiChoice Nigeria and Victor Ikpeba

L-R: Funmilola Aofiyebi; Zac Orji; Mrs. Abiola Alabi, Managing Director, M-net Africa and Jide Kosoko

L-R: Dr. Tom Adaba, pioneer DG of the NBC; Mrs. Abiola Alabi, Managing Director, M-Net Africa; Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria; Mr. Felix Awogu, General manager, SuperSport; Mr. Adewunmi Ogunsanya, Chairman, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. Emeka Mba, Director General, NBC 2013.

L-R: Mrs. Abiola Alabi, Managing Director, M-Net Africa; Mr. John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria and Mr. Felix Awogu, General manager, SuperSpor

The DStv Explora, the newest innovation in high definition (HD) decoder technology, was unveiled at the colourful event attended by subscribers, the media, Nigeria’s leading entertainment figures, regulators and captains of industry. With 2 terabytes of storage capacity and 220 hours of recording time, the decoder has been deemed the mother of all decoders.