Pulse Nigeria

Pulse Nigeria an Online newspaper covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. It is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

## Contents

* 1 History and profile
* 2 Online Media
* 3 Awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History and profile[edit]

Pulse Nigeria was started in 2012 as part of Ringier investment in media in Africa. The company's leadership with founder Leonard Stiegeler developed the Pulse media platform to be a youth-focused, mass media publication present on its own web and social media channels.

In addition, Pulse Nigeria spearheaded the development of digital news video in Africa under the brand Pulse TV.

Its Pulse Network includes the Business Insider Africa license[1]. From 2020 it is running Business Insider Africa as a pan-African publication[2].

Its commercial video production and creative brand studio runs under the brand Pulse Studio and its marketing arm is Pulse Marketing. With Pulse Products, Pulse offers media-enabled products to the market.

## Online Media[edit]

According to Socialbakers, Pulse Nigeria's Instagram page ranks as the sixth most interactive news page worldwide[3]. With a total of 35.9 million interactions and 1.8 million followers, Pulse is the only African news media channel to appear on this list.

Additionally, Pulse Nigeria's YouTube channel ranks eighth[4] for total views in Nigeria.

## Awards[edit]

* Best Online Media Webiste - Nigeria Internet Registration Association .ng Awards 2018[5]
* Best Online Media Website - Nigeria Internet Registration Association .ng Awards 2017[6]
* Youth Blog Magazine of the year - AYTA 2016[7]
* Best Online TV Channel - Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 2015[8]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Salazar, Roddy. "Welcome Business Insider Sub-Saharan Africa!". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
2. ↑ "Business Insider Africa now a standalone site with expanded coverage across Africa". ringier.com. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
3. ↑ AfricaNews (2019-11-29). "Pulse Ranks 6th Most Engaging News Media Page Globally on Instagram". Africanews. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
4. ↑ Socialbakers. "Most popular YouTube Channels in Nigeria". Socialbakers.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
5. ↑ "2018 .ng Awards" (PDF).`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
6. ↑ "Pulse Nigeria Wins Best Online Media Website Award At Nira's .ng Awards 2017". NigeriaGalleria - Enterprise, Awards, Innovation, Events, Brands, info. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
7. ↑ "The All Youths Tush Awards 2016 Winners List". NaijaOlofofo. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
8. ↑ "Past Winners | Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards". nbmawards.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

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