Bright Okpocha a.k.a Basketmouth, partook at Social Media Week Lagos alongside a panel that included communication experts at Viacom International Media Networks Africa’s (VIMN Africa) forum.
The popular comedian used the event to discuss about the future of content in our part of the world.
The engaging discussion, which was themed “Music, Content and Consumer Experiences…Changing The African Narrative”, was moderated by MTV Base VJ, Folu Storms and featured other top guns in the entertainment industry like Solafunmi Oyeneye; Ernest Audu; Steve Babaeko and Ayeni Adekunle.
The panel had close to 100 people in attendance and broke down everything from creating content music-wise to how persons that create contents can position themselves to earn profit from their effort.
Basketmouth is currently one of the few Nigerian stand-up comedians who has done major work on two VIMN Africa platforms.
8 years ago, he was called upon by MTV Base to host his own show ‘The Big Friday Show’ and the TV show went on to win the best TV show.
6 years ago, Basketmouuth partnered with Comedy Central as host of Live at Parker’s.
His words, “There’s nothing like a good joke. A joke can always be improved and even I often share some of my jokes with fellow comedians and they tell me it’s okay but tell me how to make it better. Doing skits on social media is very different from performing on stage. There is no filter on stage.”
“Create content that is buyable. All you need is good content and it will sell by itself.”
