"Being on Forbes List is not the true award" - Red Media boss

folarin okunola

August 11, 2015 3:20 PM

Debola Williams’ philosophy is that a fulfilled life is one that pleases God, serves others then yourself.

Red Media boss, Debola Williams

“Being honored for hardwork is always instructive & highlights the responsibility upon your shoulders,For us the true awards is the impact platforms we have created to daily deliver. @Mi_Abaga will always tell, incredible role @tfaafrica played in his career, @koredebello @bayoomoboriowo &more. That is the real plaque.”

Those were the exact words of Debola Williams, on how it felt being mentioned on 2013 Forbes 30 under 30 Africa's best young entrepreneurs during a recent tweetchat with media personality Tosin Adekeye, popularly known as CuteKimani.

The founder of Red Media, parent company of The Future Awards said it has taken, vision, passion, doggedness, sacrifice, delayed gratification, deep love for Nigeria, and, Gods’ grace to get to the level which he has attained.

He also quoted his mother(s), partner @Chude, @Obyezeks, @richardbranson, ex-governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi, and his high school teacher as his biggest influences during the tweetchat that was followed by hundreds of youths on popular social media platform Twitter.

Debola Williams is the first of the four professionals scheduled to grace the #ProAugust as part of the vision of popular and engaging tweetchat #KimaniOffAir to inspire and reposition Nigerian Youths and also Nigeria as a whole, through sound, educative and intellectual chats.

#ProAugust, which is the second in the ‘Youthspiration’ series, is aimed at progressive and active interactions with the professionals on issues of interest throughout the month of August.

The #KimaniOffAir tweetchat has been specially dedicated to the molding, developing and transforming of the Nigerian youth to be agents of positive change in the society.

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