36-year old creative entrepreneur with 15

years of experience as a performing-arts

educator, founder and director of Nigeria's

biggest music school with 6 campuses.

P R O F I L E

24 Afariogun Street, Ikeja,

Lagos, Nigeria.

+2348099514777

info@akapoemmanuel.com

www.akapoemmanuel.com

@akapoemmanuel

C O N T A C T

Address

Phone

Email

Website

Facebook

Creative/Performing Arts

Education

Music Business

Writing/Production

Business Development

Project Mangement

IT Skills

S K I L L S

LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

POINTBKANK MUSIC SCHOOL, LONDON

MUSIC PRODUCTION & SOUND ENG.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE, CALIFORNIA

COMPUTER SCIENCE

SHAW ACADEMY

LEADERSHIP & BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

E D U C A T I O N

TENSTRINGS MUSIC MANAGEMENT •

2011 -PRESENT - FOUNDER/CEO

W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

BUYINSTRUMENTS.NG • 2015 - PRESENT

MD/CEO

TENSTRINGS MUSIC INSTITUTE • 2007

-PRESENT - FOUNDER/CEO

BLACK FRAGRANCE FOUNDATION • 2017

- PRESENT - PRESIDENT

BLACK FRAGRANCE DESIGNS • 2017 -

PRESENT - FOUNDER/CEO

LAGOS SCHOOL OF DESIGN • 2017 - PRESENT

FOUNDER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

AKAPO

EMMANUELCREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR

DE TA I L ED PROF I L E He i s r e fe r red to a s ' t he man who revo l u t i on i zed mus i c educa t i on i n N ige r i a ' . Akapo Emmanue l i s an i n te rna t i ona l l y r ecogn i zed c rea t i ve en t rep reneur , w i th i con i c sk i l l s and ach i evements a s a mus i c educa to r , d i r ec to r , r eco rd p roducer , wr i t e r , a r t i s t manager and showb i z consu l t an t . He runs N ige r i a ’s b i gges t and most pa t ron i zed mus i c co l l ege (Tens t r i ngs Mus i c I n s t i t u te ) , w i th seve ra l s tudy cente r s sp read ac ross the count ry . The i n s t i t u te has t r a i ned ove r 10 ,000 pe rsons i n about a decade and en ro l s s tudents f rom 12 o the r count r i e s . He has go t a two-decade mus i c mak ing and teach i ng exper i ence , hav i ng se rved as a r esou rce pe rson and consu l t an t to ove r 30 i n s t i t u t i ons i n N ige r i a and ab road . He i s t he au tho r o f the popu l a r mus i c handbook - ' You ' ve Got Mus i c ' - wh i ch r anks as the b i gges t and most comprehens i ve mus i c t r a i n i ng book pub l i shed by a N ige r i an eve r (584 pages and a 2h r DVD) . He has a l so au tho red o the r works , such as ESSENT IALS OF S ING ING and seve ra l mus i c t r a i n i ng mate r i a l s . He was a member o f pane l o f j udges fo r the Wor l d Mus i c Fes t i va l , No rway 2005 . He i s a r ec i p i en t o f the Centu ry I n te rna t i ona l Qua l i t y E ra Award (Sw i tze r l and 2013 ) . Akapo i s a l so the founder and convener o f the Annua l N ige r i a Mus i c Confe rence (NMC) , wh i ch has he l d fo r seven consecut i ve yea r s . He ’s the co - founder a l so , o f o the r a r t s - i n c l i ned o rgan i sa t i ons , such as , Foundat i on fo r A r t s and Sus ta i nab l e Deve l opment (FASDEV) , A l lMus i cBank I n c , Tens t r i ngs Mus i c Management & Promot i ons Company , Buy Ins t ruments . ng and Lekk i Commun i t y Cho i r . I n 2016 , he was appo in ted by Mother l and Beckons as the ch i e f p roducer fo r the i r t e l ev i s i on s ta t i on - A tunda Tv ( t he f i r s t 100% Af r i c an-content en te r ta i nment te l ev i s i on s ta t i on i n A f r i c a - www.Atunda . t v ) . He has s i n ce then been p roduc i ng and d i r ec t i ng many contents fo r the te l ev i s i on , r ang i ng f rom ce l eb r i t y i n te rv i ews to ma jo r events and f rom l i ve conce r t s to i n te rna t i ona l f es t i va l s . I n 2017 , he founded B l ack F rag rance Foundat i on : a soc i a l en te rp r i se tha t seeks to fos te r sus ta i nab l e deve l opment i n N ige r i a th rough en t rep reneur i a l and soc i a l i nnova t i ons tha t improve access to educa t i on , s t rengthen the c rea t i ve economy , deve l op en te rp r i se and p romote peace . (www.b l ack f rag rance . o rg ) . B l a ck F rag rnce has two bus i ness a rms : The Lagos Schoo l o f Des i gn (www.des i gnschoo l . ng ) and B l ack F rag rance Des i gns I n te rna t i ona l (www.b l ack f rag rance . com) . He owns two o f N ige r i a ' s l ead i ng mus i c b l ogs : www.Na i j aMus i c247 . com and www.SoundAf r i ka . com ( cove r i ng mus i c updates ac ross A f r i c a ) . Emmanue l i s a member o f the Rota ry C l ub o f V i c to r i a Ga rden C i t y , Lekk i , Lagos , and has been appo in ted as the Cha i rman , Youth Se rv i ce , f o r the yea r 2017/2018 . H i s u l t imate pass i on h i nges on the bus i ness o f t a l en ts : engag ing , empower i ng an expos i ng t a l en ted young pe rsons i n the pe r fo rm ing and c rea t i ve a r t s , t o the po i n t they a re commerc i a l l y success fu l t h roughout the i r c a ree r l i f e - span . H i s phenomena l and who l i s t i c approach to the c rea t i ve bus i ness has made h im an accomp l i shed p ro fess i ona l and o f fe red h im the p r i v i l ege o f work i ng w i th tons o f up- and-com ing ac t s a s we l l a s h i gh-p ro f i l e t a l en t s . Ge t more de ta i l s about Akapo Emmanue l a t : h t tps : / / en .m .w ik i ped i a . o rg /w ik i /Akapo_Emmanue l

ROTARY

INTERNATIONAL  -

MEMBER, YOUTH CHAIR

2017 -2019

LEKKI COMMUNITY

CHOIR-              

FOUNDER, MUSIC

DIRECTOR

S O C I A L S E R V I C E

NAIJAMUSIC247.COM &

SOUNDAFRIKA.COM   • 2015

- PRESENT        

OWNER/BLOGGER

O T H E R V E N T U R E S

BRITISH COUNCIL NIGERIA-                             

CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM  

   

LONDON CENTRE FOR INTER-

DISCIPLINARY STUDIES •           

CREATIVE WRITING

O T H E R P R O F E S S I O N A L

T R A I N I N G S

PAN-ANTLATIC UNIVERSITY -        

ENTERPRISE INNOVATION PROGRAM 

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TIM-TECH IT INSTITUTE

WEB DESIGN & GRAPHICS 

AKAPO

EMMANUEL

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