Alex Okosi Promoted to SVP, MD for MTV Networks Africa

JOHANNESBURG, June 28: Alex Okosi has been promoted to
senior VP and managing director of MTV Networks Africa.

Okosi was promoted from his previous position as the VP and
general manager at MTV Networks Africa. In his new expanded role, Okosi is responsible
for all aspects of MTV Networks Africa’s business operations, with the ongoing
task of growing MTVNI’s brands in key territories as well as launching viable
radio, mobile and online offerings that will resonate with consumers in Africa.

MTV’s multimedia entertainment portfolio in sub-Saharan
Africa includes six music and kids’ TV channels across the MTV, VH1 and
Nickelodeon brands.

Nigerian-born Okosi joined MTV Networks International in
2003 and was the architect of the launch of MTV base, MTV’s first channel for
Africa. MTV base eventually become the most widely distributed music and youth
channel in the region, reaching an estimated 50 million viewers in sub-Saharan
Africa via its 24-hour satellite pay-TV channel and terrestrial TV blocks. He
joined the MTV New York team in 1998, where he worked in the sponsorship
development and trade-marketing group, before joining the MTV Networks
affiliate sales and marketing team in Los Angeles in 2000.