For the management and staff of WapTV, it was celebration galore on Saturday November 4, 2023, as the organisation was honoured twice at the prestigious BrandCom Awards, which took place at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
At the annual event organised by Brand Communicator magazine, WapTV Network was pronounced as the Most Outstanding Indigenous TV Channel for providing quality family entertainment to the nation in over 10 years of its existence. The organisation’s chairman, Mr Wale Adenuga MFR, was also inducted into the BrandCom Hall of Fame for his immense contributions to the industry, including connecting thousands of brands to millions of target audiences for the past 40 years.
Speaking, Wole Adenuga, Managing Director WapTV, said: “As the first Nigerian TV channel with presenters speaking Pidgin English since 2012, we are intentional about our content being primarily targeted at the middle and low income earners in Nigeria; who actually make up the vast majority of our country’s population. Hence, we meticulously create and curate top-notch content to provide our viewers with family entertainment that they deserve.
“As with all our awards, we are thankful to God, the organisations advertising their products and services through us, the independent producers airing their programmes (both live and recorded) on our station, and of course millions of viewers who tune to WapTV daily. We promise to do more.”
The event was attended by hundreds of dignitaries from leading corporate organisations, advertising agencies and media houses across Nigeria.
WapTV is a 24-hour family entertainment channel. It is available across Nigeria and several African countries on an extensive network of satellite and cable TV platforms such as DStv 262, StarTimes 116, GOtv 129, FreeTV 751, and Play 275; as well as several global streaming apps including AVOTV, SuperTV, and TVNow.