Dreams Of An African Child By IGWEONWU CHIAMAKA
Alex Okosi is the senior vice president and managing director of MTV Networks Africa. Alex Okosi left Nigeria as a young boy in the late 1980s to seek a better future in the United States. By the early 2000s, the music executive was carving a successful career with broadcasting giant MTV, holding strategic positions within the influential medial company both in the United States and Europe.
Born in the West African country of Nigeria, Okosi moved to the United States at the age of 12. He excelled throughout school, graduated with high honors in 1994 and won a scholarship to St. Michael's college in Vermont. He credits his mentor Midge Monte for shaping his character and showing him the value of working hard to achieve your goals.
Okosi's determination and academic excellence helped him land a job with MTV straight after university. His talents soon started to shine. Okosi worked both in MTV's New York and West Coast offices before moving to London to be part of the company's international strategy team...READ MORE >>
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I wished I could remind my Captain that I did my training in one of the best aviation schools in Florida, United States. I wished I could tell him that I trained in an airfield that sometimes had more traffic than the Port Harcourt International airport. I wished I could tell him that I had flown to many International airports during my course in the States. There were all mere wishes though, all I could do was to stand there like a rookie that knows nothing, listening attentively to him as he tried to teach me how to read the TAFs, METAR and other meteorological reports...READ MORE >>
Profiling...Alex Okosi, Managing Director Of MTV Networks Africa
Dream is what inspires one to his achievements. Living in a naturally endowed large mass of land called Africa is an optimistic child whose dreams are clearly traced from the depth of his heart and boldly written on his face with determination.
This child is the African child. It is true Africa is the second largest continent of the world yet it still tops the list of under-developed continents. What gladdens the heart of every child is the level of regard and recognition rendered to his root or origin, but Africa lags behind in the aspect of development and civilization.
Being breed in an environment that lacks these important features has eaten deeply into the lives of Africans especially their children, the believed leader of tomorrow. The African child dreams for the day he would be set free from such hopeless way of life, a day he would live in a land full of civilization and creativity.
Wake up an African and tease him with a question such as “If I were God what would you ask me to grant you?” you would notice the face beaming with smiles and there would come a sharp response “I would ask you to take me to United States, the world of civilized men.” This really shows the urge for transformation filled in the heart of the child such that the mere thought of further development of Africa hastens the heartbeat of the child with anxiety.
Truly, the realization of these dreams would boost the pride the young African human has in his heart for his fatherland...READ MORE >>
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