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They Built Nigeria’s Biggest Brands — But You Hardly Hear Their Names | UNSUNG Documentary
Monday, 20 October, 2025
In Nigeria’s thriving tech ecosystem, we often celebrate founders and engineers - the builders, the innovators, the faces on the covers. But behind every viral campaign, every trusted brand, and every startup that broke through the noise, there’s a different kind of builder: the marketer.Unsung is a raw and reflective documentary exploring how marketers shape perception, drive growth, and create culture in Nigeria’s fast-growing tech space. These are the storytellers who translate technology into emotion — who connect founders’ vision with the everyday realities of users.This film dives deep into their world. It’s about the brand strategists, growth marketers, content creators, community managers, designers, and performance leads who make sure the products we talk about actually reach us. From traditional media to digital-first marketing, we trace how storytelling, creativity, and data have evolved to define the Nigerian tech identity.But Unsung doesn’t shy away from the tough parts. It uncovers the struggles marketers face in a product-driven industry - being undervalued, underfunded, and often the first to be let go when budgets shrink. It reveals the fight to prove marketing’s worth beyond vanity metrics and to claim a seat at the table where business strategy is shaped.These voices - from industry veterans to emerging talents - speak honestly about the burnout, blurred roles, and pressure to constantly deliver results. Yet through it all, they remind us why marketing is not just about selling; it’s about storytelling, empathy, and connection.Featured voices include Feranmi Ajetumobi, Joshua Chibueze, Bukayo Ewuoso, Tochy Emereole, Ama Udofa, Izzie Ekong, Tega Gabriel, Grillo Adebiyi, Mojisola Fagbohungbe, and Ore Badmus. Together, they share what it truly takes to build brand love, loyalty, and trust in an ecosystem obsessed with code and capital.This is more than a marketing story. It’s a story about being seen, being valued, and finding meaning in work that often goes unnoticed.Sponsored: Get personal or business loans, invest, earn, lend, or borrow from friends, pay bills, and transfer money in Nigeria. Download the app today: https://sycamore.ng/Timestamp:00:44 - Intro03:06 - What marketing really is and why It matters18:45 - How great marketers actually work40:27 - Do all marketers wear multiple hats?1:02:12 - Seeing Marketing as a cost centre1:07:24 - The urge to quit as a marketer1:11:21 - What success looks like for a Nigerian marketer in 5 years1:23:40 - Outro#Unsung #FoundersConnect #NigeriaTech #MarketingInTech #documentary Consequence - Wonders by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
