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n and

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ian. Adiat Disu founded a multi-media marketing and advertising agency called Adirée, offering cross-cultural campaigns, content, and commerce––

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services, with headquarters in New York. Adirée founded the annual consumer-marketing & media platform AfricaFashionWeek.com with off-shoots in local cities (example: Africa Fashion Week New York during

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in 2009. Adiat Disu also writes for ''Entrepreneur'' magazine.

Background and education

Adiat Disu studied at

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before she was admitted to

Bentley University Bentley University is a private university focused on business, accountancy, and finance and located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in ...

, in

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. She graduated from Bentley University in 2008, with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Marketing & Communications. Adiat Disu went on to

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at Dartmouth College where she received Executive Education in Digital Leadership and Management.

Career

In February 2009, straight out of university, Adiat Disu established an omni-medial, marketing and retail company with headquarters in New York and a satellite branch in

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. The group's client list includes corporate and social enterprises, government and non-for-profit agencies, individual lifestyle, and media brands such as:

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, that lasted four months in 2016 and another with

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(developing and launching Heart Magazines' first media site in West Africa), beauty brand by

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' ''Shinto Clinical'',Iman Cosmetics, Pikolinos Shoes,

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(United States Agency of International Development), as well as celebrities like Korto Momolu and

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Honors and recognition

Adiat Disu and her work has been recognized in : *2011: ''CNN,'' Founder of media and marketing platform: Africa Fashion Week. *2011: ''Washington Post,'' Creatives Bringing Africa to the World. *2011:''Bullet Magazine'', Wrap It U

*2012: ''Black Enterprise,'' Everyday Hero. *2013: ''Huffington Post,'' Founder of Africa Fashion Week. *2013: ''Huffington Post
Africa Fashion Week
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Adirée
' *2013: ''Global Post,'' Adiree, Communications and Brand Strategy Firm. *2014: ''Forbes Magazine'',30 Under 30. *2014: ''Black Enterprise,'' Founder of Adiree, the Premier Communications and Branding firm, in New York for Africa's Global Leaders. *2015: The Africa Channel, ''Africa Channel'', Adirée, the Communications and Brand Strategy Company. *2016: ''Huffington Post'',Adiat Disu, Entrepreneur and Forbes 30 Under 30. *2017: ''Entrepreneur Magazine,'' Information Technology and Communications Executive.

References

External links

Profile
at ''Entrepreneur'' magazine's website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Disu, Adiat 1987 births Nigerian women in business Dartmouth College alumni Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Bentley University alumni Living people

Background and education

Career

Honors and recognition

See also

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