27/08/2026
I was on the Nigerian International Film Summit stage yesterday saying the same thing I’ve been saying for a while.
Talent Management is the missing link.
Talent Management is what is sitting between our creativity as a people and the value that should flow back to everyone who creates it, not just a select few.
One person cannot be doing the work while another becomes the sole beneficiary of the returns from that work.
We need a professional system around every creative that ensures that the value they create actually reaches them.
Money’s flow towards talent alone is limited, but its flow towards structure is steady and dare I say, endless.
The world is watching Africa. The world is watching our creative industry.
Are we ready to do business with the world at the scale of our creativity?
This is what we’re trying to fix with TGM Academy.
The questions after my session, and the number of people who came up to meet me, proved that it’s time for this Talent Management conversation to move beyond stages and straight into the industry.
We need more leaders.
More critical thinkers.
More talent managers.
Thank you Ijeoma Onah for creating the platform for this conversation, and thank you to every member of the NIFS team who worked so hard to put this year’s event together.
And I have to add that Glover Memorial Hall was the perfect place to have this conversation.
Well done again to everyone involved.
Creativity to currency and currency to legacy.
That’s the goal.
