Mr Emmanuel Afemikhe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Voiceover Workshop and Media, has urged participants in its just-concluded two-day virtual conference on voiceover  to bring their knowledge to bear on art.

Afemikhe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that the  annual conference, which began in 2020, was the first in Africa.
He said that the aim was to expose African youths to job possibilities in the voiceover and expression industry.
The CEO said:  “The just-concluded conference is an empowerment programme, and I am glad at the number that participated.
“I, therefore, advise those who benefited from the conference to get themselves meaningfully engaged.
“Our goal is to bring together youths with bright minds to give talks on a wide range of topics related to communication and voiceover, to foster learning.
“It is also an inspiration for the youth. It is to provoke conversations that matter to the voiceover industry in Nigeria and the entire Africa.”
He said that the participants  could seek jobs in production companies and artist management brands, adding that they could become voiceover entrepreneurs to the broadcasting industry and could secure jobs in animation companies and other places.
“Employment opportunities are in radio stations, advertising agencies, religious organisations, television stations and other channels of communications,” he added.
Afemikhe said that the conference which had its first edition in 2020 was intended to establish that voiceover artistry was a career path.
He added that it was part of efforts to tackle unemployment in the country.
“I believe voiceover artistry can help to cut down unemployment rate because the minimum amount a professional voiceover artist should be paid per 60 seconds radio advert is N40,000.
“The charge can go as high as some hundreds of thousands of naira even with the infancy state of the industry here in Nigeria.
“It is, therefore, essential that we start looking inwards to help the ordinary educated Nigerian or African to find a career path.
“We believe we can reach more people; the just-concluded conference had about 1,000 participants with so much impact and feedback from attendees,” he said.
NAN reports that the conference held on May 25 and May 26  had the theme: ”Evolving Opportunities for Voiceover in Africa”.