Jide Durowoju

Jide Durowoju is a strategic communications and digital marketing professional with over six years of experience driving brand growth, narrative development, and audience engagement for non-profit, civic-tech, and cultural organizations.

At Àkójọpọ̀, Jide leads marketing and communications efforts — from conceptualizing and executing digital campaigns to managing the organization's social media presence across platforms. He shaped the visual and editorial identity behind every Àkójọpọ̀ concerts from productions, including Aféfé Àjoyò, Taste of Nigeria, Game of Our Heritage, and Across Waters: Songs of Memory and Migration, Led marketing efforts for the launch of Akojopo’s Pan-African digital sheet music product, arts administration initiatives, and cross-functional marketing collaboration. He launched and continues to produce the Àkójọpọ̀ podcast, handling editing, promotion, and distribution. He also crafts the organization's monthly newsletter and oversees website management and SEO strategy - all in service of promoting Pan-African art music to a global audience. A Google search of #PanAfricanArtMusic keyword will reveal these digital footprints.

Beyond Àkójọpọ̀, Jide volunteers as a tech and product officer at Urban Alert, a civic-tech NGO based in Nigeria dedicated to improving public institutions and citizen engagement. His broader career spans work with human rights organizations and advocacy initiatives, where he has consistently demonstrated communications as a tool for social accountability. In previous roles, Jide has led product marketing and growth efforts in several tech start-ups in Nigeria.

Jide holds a master's degree in Information Science from the University of Ibadan and a political science degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ifẹ̀. He is skilled in SEO strategy, content creation, visual design, podcast production, and cross-functional team leadership in international and multilingual settings.