Projects
Fabian under his company 1 take media was heavily involved in the African Broadcast Media Partnership (ABMP), a unique pan-African coalition of 66 African broadcast companies across 38 countries collaborating to increase the amount, quality, entertainment and informational value of public health-related broadcast programming.
The campaign is a multi-platform, radio, TV, Web, manuals, and off-air initiative targeting youth between the ages of 18-25 years all. Fabian was part of the creative team that designed, developed and produced content for broadcast in English, French, Arabic, and Portuguese with separates provided to translate into individual languages.
In addition to being responsible for content production Fabian ran media workshops training producers from across the continent from both radio and television in content production, and communications.
His media training included training and directing amateur dramatists into professional dramatists and voice over artists. He also served as a judge on the ABMP’s reality show.
Mr Fabian Adeoye Lojede, is one of Africa’s leading actors and creative exports, who has given of his creative know how to the fight of HIV/AIDS in Africa, by not just writing, training but also voicing a lot of the materials produced by the ABMP.
Eko Vibes is a one take media production that features the Nigerian music industry, with such a rich culture and having made so many advancements globally there is a plethora of content to mine and Eko Vibes is just the series production to do that.
Eko is the local name for Lagos and thus an apt name for the series – the series will not only feature Nigerian artists but will also feature artists from all over the African continent.
Fabian and his partner Mickey set out to produce a project that was close to their hearts – a passion piece. From an intricately written play by well known playwright Jude Idada who is based in Canada, the coma is a subject matter driven film that tackles the complex subject of Coma’s. When faced with the decision to pull the plug or keep waiting for a loved one to wake, there is never a straight answer.
The movie features renowned Mickey Madoda Dube is an international award winning Film, TV and Commercials Director. A Fulbright Scholar at one of the notable film schools internationally, the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, under the tutelage of some of the top filmmakers in Hollywood, his filmography spans both the commercial and socio-political, with a strong emphasis on looking at the complexity of human nature and the dilemmas of a multi-identity in the modern era. Mickey has Produced and Directed many international and South African TV and Cinema commercials for brands such as Pepsi, Coke, Standard Chartererd Bank, Barclays, Kenya Airways, Globacom, filming in territories like China, Russia, USA, UK and across the African continent.
He moves comfortably across genres and formats, from commercials to feature films, documentaries, Reality Shows and TV Drama, as well as across disciplines – Producing, Directing, Writing, Editing, etc.
Recently, Mickey finished a global film on how music helped topple apartheid, doing interviews with such renowned individuals as Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Jesse Jackson, Peter Grosslight, Neil Kinnock, Ron Dellums, etc. Before that was a film on one of the most formidable leaders SA has ever produced, Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe, number one prisoner on Robben Island. The film made history by becoming the most trended docu-drama ever when it was first shown in South Africa and has already won several local and international awards.
Actors such as;
Hakeem Kae Kazim - (Plays the Doctor)
is a Nigerian-born, English-raised South African actor now living in Los Angeles, California, best known for his role as warlord and terrorist Colonel Ike Dubaku on the television movie 24: Redemption (2008) and Season 7 of the action series 24, in 2009. He made a notable guest appearance as Emeka in the 5th episode of Season 3 of the television series Lost, entitled "The Cost Of Living", in 2006 . He is currently in highly popular Black Sails seasons 1 & 2. In 2007 he was seen in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, The Jinn, Hurricane in the Rose Garden, and Big Fellas.
Bimbo Akintola - (plays Omowunmi {Segun's sister} in The COMA)
Bimbo Is a seasoned thespian and screen actor; she is one of the most versatile and well known actresses in the Nollywood movie industry. She has won numerous awards for her dramatic performances and is known for playing deep dramatic roles. She made her acting debut acting in the feature film Out of Bounds in 1997 and has been in notable Nigerian such as Hoodrush, Smoke and Mirrors and many others. She is a graduate of Theater arts from the University of Ibadan.
And
Fabian Adeoye Lojede - (Plays Segun)
Nana's son and tortured over keeping her in a coma or pulling the plug.
A website that serves the continent for all news on Pan African Arts, advertising and marketing, the site allows creatives to feature their work and for clients to find creative work for references and more http://www.paaam.net/ . PAAAM features creative input and management expertise from Fabian.
For too long all our emoticons have had no relevance to Africa – Afromee is an app available on windows, Android and the apple store for those seeking authentic African emoticons. The app is the brainchild of Fabian for global use and even though just recently launched has over 1,000 downloads and still counting.