Chude Jideonwo

One year after we released the teaser that shook the nation, our docu-series ‘Is It Your Money?’ is finally out!

The definitive story of how Diezani Alison-Madueke went from the most powerful woman in Africa to Nigeria’s most wanted international fugitive.

Part 1 is now streaming EXCLUSIVELY on withchude.com.

Go watch now!

This story will shock you.

We are investors in this fantastic new film.

Ayobola Eniola is producer and co-visionary behind ‘The Perfect Spec’, which hit the cinemas last weekend.
He was head of the production team for #WithChude when we officially kicked off in 2020. Then I recommended him to produce my ex-boss, Funmi Iyanda's show the year after. Incredibly dedicated guy. So it was a no-brainer when he asked me to invest in this film and I said yes immediately.

I am extremely proud of him for this achievement.

If you knew the behind stories - the vision Ayobola had for faith based film, the sacrifices he made to purse the vision, and the battles he fought to get this film made - you’d be incredibly proud of him too.

It also makes me proud to see Gbolahan ‘Gaffy’ Gafar - who worked as one of the #WithChude producers under Ayobola and who went on to produce the show himself - as Producer on this film.

The film is a banger. I (very) highly recommend it.

Please go see it in the cinemas NOW!

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Man. What a year I’ve had.

The good news just keeps pouring in - from planned and then unexpected quarters. I certainly did not expect to be celebrating awards for ‘How Depression Saved My Life’.

But I am deeply honoured to receive the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Best Non-Fiction 2026.

I remember my mother taking me to the ANA office in Surulere in 2000 after I had published my first book at the age of 15, and how in awe I was of all the authors that I encountered on that day and with every meeting.

It was wondrous.
Truly wondrous.
To be a writer is a wonderful thing.

I have been blessed to win the top prizes in every sector that I have worked in - public relations, broadcasting, journalism, film, etc and now writing.

This one is dear to me.

I am truly, deeply blessed to live this year and to receive these endless gifts.

(The book is available on Amazon, at all Roving Heights book shops, on Kindle (ebook) and Audible (audio) and with the video book on watch.withchude.com.)

"Our ambition is for HBC to become the continent’s largest combined media, content and communications conglomerate by revenue, audience size and impact."

We are already one of the largest. We intend to become the largest.

How do you build the Berkshire Hathaway of the media industry in Africa?

Or to use a comparison Africans may be more familiar with: How do you build the Dangote Group in the media industry?

That is precisely the vision of HBC.

We are bringing that scale of corporate ambition and institution-building to African media so that the stories we tell today are supported by businesses that will still be here tomorrow.

"That is the vision, the journey we are on, and where we are going."

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Oprah at the front, Buffett at the back.

“Jideonwo’s influences offer another explanation for his unusual combination of storytelling, corporate ambition and management philosophy.”

On a personal level, he identifies Oprah Winfrey as the individual who has most profoundly influenced his worldview.

He says he has studied virtually every interview and profile he could find about the American media entrepreneur, including archival material retrieved through internet repositories.

He even describes himself as “Oprah’s first son.”
As his business interests matured, however, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger became increasingly important influences.

He began studying Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholder letters, annual meetings, corporate governance practices and capital allocation philosophy.

He also cites The Outsiders, a book examining executives who created substantial shareholder value through unconventional management decisions, and the writings of Jeff Bezos.

His admiration extends to Naspers, the South African company that evolved from a media business into a global technology investment group.

The common thread is his fascination with businesses that evolve beyond their original products and personalities.

For Jideonwo, the ultimate ambition is not simply to own more media companies. It is to create an African institution capable of identifying opportunities, allocating capital and allowing capable executives to build independently.”

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