Daily Times Nigeria
Nigeria's newspaper of record, reporting the nation since 1926.
Primary serviceNational news publishing
ExploreFolio Africa
Connecting Africa.Shaping the Future.
Folio Africa is a diversified African enterprise with businesses across media, communications, advertising, publishing, technology, lifestyle, and strategic investments.
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02Who We Are
A holding group built on a century of Nigerian record.
Folio Africa grew out of Nigerian print. Daily Times Nigeria began publishing in 1926 and became the country's newspaper of record; the group that formed around it now spans media, communications, advertising, publishing, technology, lifestyle, hospitality and strategic investments.
Legacy
Custodian of one of Nigeria's most complete media archives, and of institutions the public has trusted for generations.
Innovation
A working incubator inside a heritage group: new ventures in technology, energy and the creative economy, built with the reach of a century-old network behind them.
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Mission
To build and sustain businesses that create durable value for African markets — nurturing self-sustaining ecosystems of products, services and partnerships rather than isolated assets.
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Vision
To be the African enterprise that connects the continent's institutions, industries and audiences, and shapes what comes next.
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Purpose
To put African capability, African stories and African enterprise at the centre of the continent's growth, on terms set in Africa.
03Our Ecosystem
33 businesses. 8 divisions. One network.
Nothing in the group operates alone. A campaign placed by Folio OOH runs alongside editorial from the newsrooms and digital delivery from Folio Interactive. Select a division to see what sits inside it.
Division 01 / 08
Media & Publishing
The heritage core of the group — national newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that have recorded Nigeria's story for close to a century.
8 businesses in this division
Business Times
Business, markets and policy for Nigeria's commercial decision-makers.
Primary serviceBusiness and financial journalismExploreSunday Times
The weekend edition — long reads, analysis and national conversation.
Primary serviceWeekend news publishingExploreDTNow Magazine
Culture, style and the people defining contemporary Nigeria.
Primary serviceLifestyle magazine publishingExploreLagos Weekend
What is happening in Lagos, and who is making it happen.
Primary serviceCity and lifestyle publishingExploreFolio Post
The group's digital-native newsroom for a mobile-first readership.
Primary serviceDigital news publishingExplore1st October Publishing Company
Book and commemorative publishing under the group's imprint.
Primary serviceBook publishingExploreBcom Media
Publisher of The Nigerian Grand Book, the country's reference record.
Primary serviceReference publishingExplore
04Our Impact
The group, in numbers.
Reach and scale across editorial, outdoor, consumer and project delivery.
Years of heritage
Since Daily Times Nigeria first went to press in 1926.
Businesses within the group
Operating companies, titles and programmes across eight divisions.
Industries served
From national newsrooms to energy project development.
Divisions
Legacy media through to social impact, under one holding group.
Cities reached
Editorial, outdoor and distribution footprint across Nigeria.
ProvisionalAdvertising locations
Billboard, transit and airport inventory operated by Folio OOH.
ProvisionalCampaigns delivered
Integrated campaigns across owned editorial, outdoor and digital.
ProvisionalCorporate clients
Advertisers, institutions and government partners.
ProvisionalFigures marked provisional are working estimates and are excluded from published materials until the group confirms them.
05Our Industries
Eleven industries, one operating logic.
Build durable businesses, keep them close enough to work together, and let each one benefit from the reach of the rest.
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Media
National newsrooms, broadcast production and a syndication network that reaches readers in print, on air and on the phone in their hand.
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Publishing
Magazines, books and reference titles produced to archival standard — including one of Nigeria's most complete newspaper archives.
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Advertising
Campaign strategy and creative delivery, planned across the group's owned editorial, outdoor and digital inventory in a single brief.
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Digital Communications
Performance media, content production and the platforms brands need to reach audiences that live online first.
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Outdoor Advertising
Billboards, transit and airport inventory on Nigeria's busiest corridors, developed and operated end to end.
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Events
Awards, summits and cultural programming — produced, hosted and covered by the group without leaving the network.
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Lifestyle
Consumer brands built around wellbeing, personal care and the everyday essentials Nigerian households actually buy.
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Hospitality
Water, venues and airport concessions serving guests, travellers and the hospitality trade at national scale.
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Real Estate
Managed venues, concessions and the physical estate that gives the group's audiences somewhere to gather.
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Technology
Platforms and products incubated inside the group, from digital publishing infrastructure to new consumer ventures.
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Strategic Investments
Equity positions, procurement and large-scale project development — including offshore structures that connect Nigerian operations to international capital.
06Latest News
Announcements, awards and work in progress.
- AnnouncementDaily Times Nigeria
Daily Times Nigeria opens its centenary programme
A hundred years after the first edition went to press, DTN@100 opens with archive restoration, commemorative publishing and a national programme of events.
- AnnouncementTimes100 Heroes Awards
Times100 Heroes Awards opens public nominations
Nominations open for the hundred Nigerians whose work has measurably improved the lives of others across business, public service, science and community.
- ProjectNigeria Energy Dialogue
Nigeria Energy Dialogue convenes operators and regulators in Lagos
Generation, gas and distribution leaders join regulators and investors to work through the practical sequencing of Nigeria's energy transition.
- Press ReleaseFolio OOH
Folio OOH extends its inventory across new arterial corridors
New large-format and transit sites extend the network's reach in Nigeria's highest-traffic commercial corridors.
07Leadership
The people accountable for it.
A group board sets direction; division leads own delivery. Reporting lines are short by design.
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Group Chairman
Chairman, Folio Africa
Sets the long-term direction of the group and chairs the board that oversees Folio Holdings and the offshore entities, including the partnership with NOK Group.
- Group strategy
- Governance
- Offshore partnerships
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Group Managing Director
Managing Director, Folio Holdings
Runs the Nigerian operating group day to day, with the eight divisions and their managing directors reporting into this office.
- Operating performance
- Division oversight
- Capital allocation
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Executive Director, Media & Publishing
Media & Publishing
Custodian of the group's mastheads and editorial independence, overseeing the newsrooms and the publishing houses that sit alongside them.
- Editorial standards
- Daily Times Nigeria
- Publishing portfolio
08Why Folio Africa?
Three things the group is not willing to trade.
- Heritage
Building trusted institutions.
A masthead that has published through every chapter of modern Nigeria, and the editorial standards that kept it credible for a century. Trust is the group's oldest asset and the one it protects hardest.
- Innovation
Creating modern solutions.
Digital newsrooms, incubated ventures and platforms built in-house. Future Forward exists so the group is never only defending what it already owns.
- Impact
Delivering measurable value across industries.
Infrastructure delivered, campaigns placed, classrooms equipped. The group holds its social work to the same standard of evidence as its commercial work.
09Careers
Work on things that outlast you.
A newsroom editor and an energy project lead sit in the same all-hands here. That range is the point.
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Custodianship
You inherit something older than you and hand it on in better condition. That applies to a masthead, a client relationship and a codebase alike.
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Range
A group this broad means a newsroom editor and an energy project lead sit in the same all-hands. People here move between disciplines more than most careers allow.
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Evidence
Claims get checked. It is a habit the newsroom taught the rest of the group, and it shapes how decisions are argued everywhere in the business.
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Proximity
Small teams, short reporting lines and real ownership. Work here reaches audiences at national scale without passing through six layers first.
10Investors & Partners
Four ways to work with the group.
Company profile, governance framework, partnership tracks and the media kit — all in one place.
Co-investment
Equity and joint-venture structures through Folio Investment and Trading Company, alongside existing positions in Landmark, Lasena Limited and L'Avyanna Limited.
Project delivery
Infrastructure, energy and healthcare undertakings developed with Tefan Consulting and the group's government and industry network.
Media & distribution
Access to national editorial reach, outdoor inventory and digital audiences through a single commercial relationship.
International partnerships
Cross-border structures via A360, MVMO Seychelles and MVMO Mauritius, including the group's partnership with NOK Group.
11Contact
Start with the right desk.
Four routes, four inboxes. Pick the one that matches your enquiry and it reaches the team that can act on it.
General enquiries
Anything that does not fit the routes below. We reply within two business days.
info@folioafrica.worldPartnership enquiries
Joint ventures, concessions, distribution and co-investment proposals.
partnerships@folioafrica.worldMedia enquiries
Interviews, statements, press accreditation and the group media kit.
media@folioafrica.worldCareer enquiries
Open roles, graduate programmes and speculative applications.
careers@folioafrica.world