Preparations are in top gear for the 60th edition of Havana, the
prestigious annual carnival hosted by the Sigma Club, University of
Ibadan. Towards this end, G’ENNIE Leisure Inc, the event organisers, are
plotting on selling the Havana brand to corporate sponsors.
Mr Akin Olaiya, the CEO of Ambitus, one of Havana’s marketing
partners told journalists in Lagos on Wednesday that they are
considering how sponsors can gain economically as publicity alone does
not bring in sponsors these days.
After a meeting in Surulere, Lagos, which had six agency
representatives and the CEO of a popular musical network present, it was
agreed that a shot be taken at activating an event that could allow
sponsors six weeks of exclusive marketing opportunity pre-Havana finale
so that products and services would be successfully marketed by
intending sponsors.
“We know that it will be a grand event once we are able to get
sponsors,” said Sigma Chief, Loyalist Damilola Oyebayo, expressing
confidence in holding
a landmark Havana sometime this year.
“For the companies that have showed interest in sponsoring Havana, we
thank them. We shall hold a successful event when it eventually
happens.”
Though the venue and date of the carnival as well as the expected
artistes are yet to be disclosed, Corporate Affairs Manager of G’ENNIE
Leisure Inc, Ms Kemi Onojobi, said that only six musicians will be
featured at this 60th edition of Havana for six hours of non-stop music.
Sigma Club was founded by six undergraduates in 1950, two years after
the University of Ibadan came into existence. In order to fund the
charitable causes of the club, it birthed the Havana Musical Carnival in
1955.
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