Rufai Ladipo emerges 'the Outstanding Advertising Personality of the Decade'

Lead Consultant and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's fastest growing integrated marketing communications agency, Agile Communications Limited, Mr Rufai Ladipo, is in the news again.

And this time like other times, Ladipo has cause to rejoice as he has just emerged, 'The Outstanding Advertising Personality of the Decade.'

Below is a recent letter, received by his organization regarding his emergence:

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR EMERGENCE AS WINNER OF MARKETING EDGE OUTSTANDING ADVERTISING PERSONALITY OF THE DECADE

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We are pleased to notify and congratulate you on your emergence as the winner MARKETING EDGE OUTSTANDING ADVERTISING PERSONALITY OF THE DECADE. This is in recognition and celebration of your professional and entrepreneurial odyssey over the years.

As you may be aware, MARKETING EDGE, Nigeria’s leading brands and marketing publication which has been at the vanguard of robust brand journalism in the last eighteen years. During this period, we have served as witness to the fortunes of players and gladiators in the integrated marketing communications industry and positioned the magazine as a valuable and veritable source of intelligence on the evolution, growth and development of the industry in Nigeria.

We have also, in the last eight years, organized an annual (two-in-one) event - the MARKETING EDGE NATIONAL MARKETING STAKEHOLDERS SUMMIT and BRANDS AND ADVERTISING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, through which we have deepened and expanded the frontiers of knowledge in the business of brand management and the management of brand business. We have, through these two major events, recognized, rewarded and celebrated deserving brands, companies, agencies and personalities.

Consequently, as part of activities marking the 18th Anniversary of MARKETING EDGE, the editorial Board and the Board of MARKETING EDGE BRANDS & ADVERTISING AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE have concluded plans to organize its above stated annual (two-in-one) event with the Summit holding virtually on Thursday, August 26 2021.

Summit theme for year is: “RE-THINKING THE BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES”. We shall confer on you MARKETING EDGE OUSTANDING ADVERTISING PERSONALITY OF THE DECADE at the Awards event, which holds on Friday, August 27, 2021 at the luxurious D’PODIUM INTERNATIONAL EVENT CENTRE on highbrow Aromire Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.

We shall also do a post event special edition publication of MARKETING EDGE on the Summit and Award Night. The Edition which will be published in August/September, 2021 will, among other things, profile all awardees and nominees and their corporate or product adverts, as well as exclusive interviews with select awardees.

Yours faithfully,

For: MARKETING EDGE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

John Ajayi, fnimn, NGE

Publisher/CEO

Rufai Ladipo runs a fully Nigerian owned Marketing Communications Services Agency, committed to building brands across Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, with competence that spans across advertising, strategy design brand activation media buying consultancy, public relations digital communications, environmental branding amongst others.

Prior to starting Agile, Rufai was CEO  STB-McCann, a member of the McCann WorldGroup, a global giant in advertising and later CEO of former Scanad Nigeria, then a member of WPP.

A past president of Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN), Rufai Ladipo remains a formidable name in the world of advertising and creativity with many other similar awards in his kitty.