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Market Watch · Leadership · Strategy

Champion Breweries Has the Distribution. Bature Has the Brand. The Deal That Protects Both.

You are building something Nigerians actually want. The brand is working in Lagos. The product moves. Word of mouth is

By BrandingSchool.NG

November 12, 2026

Case Study · Leadership · Strategy

VerseTap at the Port Harcourt Media Conference 2026: What Happens When a Product Meets the Room It Was Built For

On September 5, 2026, VerseTap did not buy a slot at the Port Harcourt Media Conference. It was given one.

By simeontaiwo

November 10, 2026

Strategy · Culture · Leadership · Market Watch

Burna Boy’s Brand Collaboration with On Is Not an Overnight Story

On the evening of October 27, 2026, in a stadium in Paris built for the world’s attention, Burna Boy delivered

By BrandingSchool.NG

November 9, 2026

Strategy · Leadership · Marketing

How to Get Repeat Customers Without Begging for Them

She ordered a cake for her daughter’s birthday, sent you three heart emojis and a voice note that ended with

By BrandingSchool.NG

November 5, 2026

Market Watch · Digital · Leadership · Strategy

DStv’s New Packages Are Official. What the Numbers Behind the Move Actually Mean.

On October 27, 2026, MultiChoice confirmed that the DStv new packages in Nigeria would be reduced to just four tiers:

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 30, 2026

Market Watch · Case Study · Leadership · Strategy

Shoprite Moved Into Your Neighbourhood. Did the Brand Strategy Follow?

In October 2026, Shoprite Nigeria announced it is reopening stores: not in the malls you remember, but in smaller, standalone

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 29, 2026

Market Watch · Culture · Leadership · Strategy

BellaNaija at 20: Twenty Years in the Same Lane

On October 17, 2026, BellaNaija at 20 became official. A star-studded gala in Lagos, attended by leading figures in Nigerian

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 28, 2026

Market Watch · Culture · Leadership · Strategy

First Bank, Portable, and the Art of Brand Rehabilitation

In May 2025, a musician known as Portable took to social media with a complaint that made First Bank of

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 27, 2026

Market Watch · Leadership · Strategy

30 Days Notice: What the Onafriq Baxi Shutdown Reveals About Building Your Business on Someone Else’s Platform

Somewhere in Lagos, Kano, or Port Harcourt, a POS agent woke up last week to news that the platform their

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 26, 2026

Market Watch · Leadership · Strategy

When the NCC Became Nigeria’s Telcos’ Customer Service Department

This is the NCC subscriber compensation story they are not writing about: it is February 2026, and you are somewhere

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 26, 2026

Market Watch · Case Study · Leadership · Strategy

Bolt inDrive Lagos Strike: A Brand Trust Lesson for Every Nigerian Business

Imagine this: it is Monday morning in Lagos, the first day of the Bolt inDrive Lagos strike, and you are

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 22, 2026

Market Watch · Leadership · Strategy

Nigerian Bank Brand Equity: What ₦4.65 Trillion Cannot Buy

Every Nigerian bank now has money. What happened to their brand? Nigeria’s banking sector just completed the most significant capital

By BrandingSchool.NG

October 7, 2026