Adiat Disu, is an American media, Information Technology corporate executive and entrepreneur born to Nigerian & Ghanaian parents. Featured as Forbes 30 Under 30 she is the founder of ADIREE, an omni-media and retail company with headquarters in New York and a satellite branch in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2009, her firm ADIREE founded the annual Pan-African-focused, lifestyle marketing platform called Africa Fashion Week, during New York Fashion Week Her work with ADIREE has been profiled in CNN International, Forbes, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Forbes Africa, Huffington Post, Forbes Afrique, CNN International, Black Enterprise, Huffington Post and CNN Inside Africa. She currently serves as a contributor at Entrepreneur Media Inc. and its international edition, based in New York City.
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Background and education
Adiat studied at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire before she was admitted to Bentley University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bentley University in 2008, with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Marketing & Communications.
As a former IBM communications/operations specialist and analyst for TJX Company, Disu merges her desire for business, tech, and lifestyle brands. She also advocates for young or first time entrepreneurs.
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Career
In February 2009, straight out of university, she established Adirée Communications, an omni-media and retail company with headquarters in New York and a satellite branch in Lagos, Nigeria. The group's client list includes corporate and social enterprises, government and non-for-profit agencies, individual lifestyle, and media brands such as: Verisk Analytics, that lasted four months in 2016 and another with Hearst Magazines (developing and launching Heart Magazines' first media site in West Africa), beauty brand by Kimora Lee Simmons' Shinto Clinical , Iman Cosmetics, Pikolinos Shoes, USAID (United States Agency of International Development), as well as celebrities like Korto Momolu and Akon
It's media and marketing platforms Africa Fashion Week , Luxury Africa Conference, and Off The Runways are the premier platforms for accessing and engaging Africa and the Diaspora's brands and audience.
Honors and recognition
Disu and her work has been recognized in :
- 2011: CNN, Founder of media and marketing platform: Africa Fashion Week
- 2011: Washington Post, Creatives Bringing Africa To The World
- 2011 : Bullet Magazine, Wrap It Up [1]
- 2012 : Black Enterprise, Everyday Hero
- 2013 : Huffington Post, Founder of Africa Fashion Week
- 2013 : Huffington Post, , Africa Fashion Week, produced by Adirée
- 2013 : Global Post, Adiree, Communications and Brand Strategy Firm
- 2014: Forbes Magazine , 30 Under 30
- 2014: Black Enterprise, Founder of Adiree, the Premier Communications and Branding firm, in New York for Africa's Global Leaders
- 2015: Africa Channel, Adirée, the Communications and Brand Strategy Company
- 2016 :Huffington Post , Adiat Disu, Entrepreneur and Forbes 30 Under 30
- 2017: Entrepreneur Magazine, Information Technology and Communications Executive
See also
- Bozoma Saint John
- Mo Abudu
- Susan Oguya
- Tebogo Mashego
References
External links
- Profile at Entrepreneur magazine's website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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