About Utopia Media Group

We are builders.
Of brands. Of stories.
Of Africa.

Since 2010, we have been at the intersection of African culture, brand ambition and marketing craft — creating campaigns that define categories and strategies that build legacies. We are the foremost technology-driven creative marketing group in Africa.

16
Years Operating
50
Brand Partners
4
Operating Companies
50M+
Audience Reach
Who We Are

Africa's most trusted full-service marketing group.

Our Mission

To produce the most authentic, effective and culturally resonant brand communications Africa has ever seen — setting the standard for what African marketing can be on the global stage.

Our Vision

To be the foremost technology-driven media group in Africa — developing and managing content and digital strategy, and creating technology-enhanced audience engagement for the continent's most ambitious brands.

Our Purpose

To elevate African storytelling, transform how brands connect with their audiences, and create an ecosystem that translates African culture into commercial outcomes — for clients, for creators, and for Africa.

"Create the story. Be the story. Tell the story."

Our Values

Integrity

Radical transparency with clients, partners and each other.

Boldness

Brave ideas that challenge convention and create culture.

African Pride

We tell the authentic African story as it truly is.

Excellence

Global-standard output. Delivered from the continent.

Data-Led

Every creative decision anchored in insight and evidence.

Partnership

We don't have clients — we have brand partners who share our ambition.

Our Full Capabilities →
What We Do

The more apt question might actually be — "what don't we do?"

We run an Integrated Marketing Communications approach built to not just come up with brilliantly effective ideas, but to successfully execute them across every touchpoint. Strategy → creative → production → media → content → data → measurement.

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Idea Generation & Development

The centrepiece creative platform that connects your brand to African culture across every channel — from the big idea to each executional detail.

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Brand Strategy

Positioning, brand architecture, and communications frameworks — building clear reasons to exist and compelling ways to talk about them.

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Copywriting & Design

Words and visuals that move people — crafted with African cultural precision and global creative standards. On-brand, always on-brief.

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Social Media Marketing

Strategy, creative production and community management that builds genuine connection with Nigerian and African audiences across all platforms.

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Content Marketing

Editorial content, video series, brand stories and digital properties that earn attention and build lasting brand authority.

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360° Campaign Execution

ATL, BTL and digital — flawlessly integrated, flawlessly delivered, from brief to live. TV, radio, OOH, press, digital and experiential.

Digital Marketing

Display, programmatic, search and performance marketing — from strategy through to full attribution. Powered by the Utopia DSP.

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Media Planning & Buying

Negotiated value, strategic planning and transparent reporting across TV, radio, OOH, press and digital. Open-book. No hidden rebates.

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TVC & Film Production

Award-quality television commercials and branded content produced to international broadcast standards by Section 84.

Our Methodology

The Science & Art of Utopian Marketing.

We have built a proprietary process that combines the rigour of data with the alchemy of creative thinking — producing marketing that moves people and moves markets. Every campaign, every time.

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Research

Deep consumer & market understanding

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Data

Proprietary & third-party inputs

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Insight

The human truth that unlocks the brief

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Strategy

Where, when and how to win

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Idea

The creative platform

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Planning

Channel, content & timing

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Execution

Flawless delivery at scale

Research + Data + Insight + Strategy + Idea + Planning + Execution = Marketing Gold

Our Culture

Built on a different kind of professional DNA.

We are young, super creative and deeply committed to building success — for our clients, for each other, and for Africa. An enticing blend of youthful energy and good old-fashioned African tenacity.

Our DNA

The five characteristics that define who thrives at Utopia Media Group.

Self-Starter

We identify the opportunity, form the plan, and move — without waiting for permission.

Self-Belief

The work is hard and the market is tough. We believe in ourselves, our team and our ability to win.

Dreamer

We imagine bigger futures for our clients, for Africa and for ourselves — then pursue them with rigour.

Right Person

Character first. The right person with the right values outperforms any credential alone.

Team Player

Our biggest ideas come from people who build together rather than compete with each other.

Cultural Pillars

Three commitments that shape how we grow, lead and face adversity.

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Leadership

We develop leaders at every level. Leadership here is a behaviour and a mindset — not a job title.

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Resilience

Africa's market demands resilience. We build it individually and collectively. Adversity does not define us; our response to it does.

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Continuous Learning

The industry, technology and consumer always change. We stay ahead through structured learning, curiosity and investment in our people.

ESG & Responsibility

Good business. Good Africa.

Our commitment to responsible business — aligned to the global ESG standards that WPP and the world's leading agency groups have adopted.

People & Inclusion

  • Hiring and progression on merit, talent and potential alone
  • Inclusive leadership training programme
  • Annual pay-equity review
  • Speak Up — external 24/7 confidential ethics hotline
  • Reflect Nigeria's diversity at every level

Planet & Production

  • Sustainable-production playbook on every shoot
  • Carbon-aware media channel options available
  • Digital-first where equivalent effectiveness
  • Responsible AI — approved enterprise tools only
  • Client confidentiality protected from prompt to output

Governance & Transparency

  • Open-book trading — transparent fees and commissions
  • Rebates and AVBs accrue to clients, not the agency
  • Annual audit rights for all clients
  • NDPA 2023 compliant data handling
  • Aligned to WPP / GroupM global trading standards
Regulatory & Industry
APCON Registered ARCON Compliant ADVAN Member AAAN Aligned NDPA 2023 Compliant WPP/GroupM Trading Standards
Meet the Builders

Young, super creative and committed to building success.

An enticing blend of youthful energy and good old-fashioned African tenacity — our Utopian Builders are the reason our work wins. Led by practitioners who have operated at the highest level in Nigerian and international marketing.

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Akintunde Marinho

Founder & Group CEO

13+ years across finance, marketing and technology. Former Head of International Trade at OnPoint Consultancy UK and Group Head, Digital Marketing at JWT/LTC Group. Founder of the Utopia Media Group ecosystem. Holds degrees from City University, London and a PG Diploma in Marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK.

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Folakemi Onipede

Group Account Director · Group Creative Director

12+ years across entertainment and marketing on TV, radio and digital. Award-winning Creative Lead. Former Pepsi Brand Ambassador and On-Air Contributor with Inspiration 92.3 FM and Smooth 98.1 FM. Currently studying for her Master's degree in Communication and Language Arts at the University of Ibadan.

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Emmanuel Williams-Ugbebor

Creative Director

Has created campaigns for Mastercard, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, Wild Turkey, Power Oil, Wow Lotto, Hero Lager, South Africa Tourism, Cam Dairies, Wema Bank, BetKing, Evercare Hospital, McVitie's, Wemabod and many more. A Creative Director who leads with insight, not instinct alone.

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Glory Effiong

Team Lead, Account Management

Leads client services and account management ensuring seamless delivery, rigorous project oversight and sustained commercial growth across the Utopia Media Group portfolio. The connective tissue between creative ambition and client reality.

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Jibola Jegede

Head, Digital Marketing

Digital strategy and full-service execution lead — overseeing all performance, programmatic, social and content marketing for Utopia Media Group clients across the Nigerian and Pan-African digital landscape.

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Precious Ojobor

Lead, Project Management

The engine behind flawless execution — ensuring every campaign, production and client deliverable is on time, on brief and to the world-class standard that clients expect from Utopia Media Group.