Paschal Eze
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C. Paschal Eze, also known to people in his target audience as The Rebranding Strategist, is an American tourism marketing consultant who currently serves as Vice President for Africa at the Hawaii
USA-headquartered International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) which helps city, regional and national tourism development agencies as well as hotels and other tourism
related businesses achieve their tourism product development and marketing goals responsibly and cost-effectively.
Eze has authored over a dozen books since 1998, including Rebranding Race: Lessons from brand makeover winners, losers, pretenders and spectators, Don't Africa Me: "Their" geo-branding war, "Our" trade, tourism wounds, and Winning like China, and Prominence Power Kit.
A former Gambian
daily newspaper and monthly business magazine editor in chief
, Eze acts on his belief that a polity fairs well when the press is truly free, unbiased and alive to its watchdog duty. In 2001, he resigned from his position as editor in chief of The Gambia's largest selling independent daily newspaper, The Daily Observer
, in response to being told not to publish interviews or stories about United Democratic Party
politician Lamin Waa Juwara. Ten other member of the editorial staff resigned along with Eze. Eze who had been a tourism reporter and columnist then expanded his career into tourism, where he was appointed in 2002 as the West Africa director of the Miss Tourism World Organisation, an international beauty pageant organizer that runs Miss Tourism World among other contests. Eze moved from The Gambia to Iowa
, United States
in 2003, where he works as certified training
consultant, media
and rebranding
strategist and business communication advisor.
, the third largest town in Southeast Nigeria's
Imo State
. Eze was the first of seven children and the family eventually moved to Owerri
, the Imo State capital where he grew up. Each of the six villages of Isiekenesi community would later become an autonomous community, with Eze's place of birth becoming the autonomous community of Dimagu in Ideato-South Local Government Area.
Reflecting on his childhood, Eze noted "My earliest ambitions were to travel widely, preach the gospel and be a notable public speaker. My parents were not rich or prominent but they did their best for my siblings and I, and I owe them a lot." From 1985 to 1987, Eze studied Library Science
at The Polytechnic Nekede
(now Federal Polytechnic Nekede) in the southeastern Nigeria town of Nekede
, a suburb of Owerri. In 1988, Eze began attending Abia State University
, a state owned university in Uturu
, Abia. Over the next four years, he studied Government and Public Administration and contributed articles to the Imo State government owned The Statesman newspaper. Eze became editor of the Awareness Club student newspaper and was associate editor of the short-lived Tokumbo Magazine in Lagos
. He graduated from Abia State University in 1992 with a second class upper (2.1) degree.
and held a variety of paid positions in education, tourism and news media, including instructor of business communications at Gambia's Technical Training Institute and President's Award Scheme, Gambia correspondent of PanaPress
, media consultant to leading German tour operator in Gambia, Frosch Touristik GmbH (FTI), entertainment manager at Gambia's ecotourist resort King's Club Lamin, and tourism columnist and journalist at The Daily Observer. His work at The Daily Observer led him to reporting assignments in places such as Washington, D.C.
, London, England, Berlin, Germany, Senegal
, Ivory Coast and Ghana
. In 2001, Eze was a vice president of the Global Communication Research Association, an organization headquartered at the Macquarie University
in Sydney, Australia that supports media and communication researchers from geographically and epistemologically underrepresented areas. In February 2001, Eze founded the Gambia Media Network Against AIDS (MENAA), a coalition of Gambian print and electronic media journalists organized to combat Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Eze also served as deputy editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer
, Gambia's largest selling independent daily newspaper.
In late February 2001, Eze was made acting editor in chief
of The Daily Observer. On departing, the outgoing editor in chief identified Eze as someone who would never compromise his principles, noting "I have worked with him over the years and I am very much optimistic that he will move the Observer from better to best." In June, The Independent
reported that Eze was confronted by the management of the Daily Observer and told to not publish interviews or stories about United Democratic Party
politician Lamin Waa Juwara. Three days later, Eze tendered his resignation as editor in chief along with ten other member of the editorial staff. In response to the mass resignation being considered "a major blow," Eze noted the he and the others resigned "because our credibility was at stake and, by so doing we want the world to know that we cannot compromise on the ethics of our profession." In a June 2001 editorial, The Independent noted,
At the time of his political protest by resignation, Eze was serving as chairman of the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP)-Eturbonews Tourism Awards Committee and as Master of Ceremonies
of Gambia's Miss Elegance contest.
In 2002, Eze was editor in chief of The Entrepreneur Magazine, a publication of the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In May of that year, Eze chaired the Miss Gambia 2002 beauty pageant. Five months later, in October, Eze was appointed as the West Africa director of the Miss Tourism World Organisation, an international pageant organizer that runs Miss Tourism World, Miss Bikini World, Model of The Universe, and Model of The World. Eze was tasked with organizing contestant selection events in each of the 16 West African countries to supply contestants to Miss Tourism World Organisation's four international pageants. In discussing his likely collaboration with a variety of West African tourism departments and authorities, Eze noted "My task is to bring West African countries into these mega events. I am particularly interested in using these events to promote tourism in the sub-region and I would be bidding for the hosting of the Miss Tourism World in The Gambia or Nigeria in 2004 or 2005, with over 60 countries in attendance."
In 2003, Eze was re-ordained as a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ seven years after his first ordination. In August 2003, his second book Playing Casino With God was published. The book relates to christianity
. At that time, Eze was working as editor at large
of a high society magazine in London, England. Two months later, Eze moved from Gambia to Coralville, Iowa
. In 2004, Eze organized the Christian Book Fair International 2004, an event attracted author and publisher participants from across the US and other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. In 2005, Eze owned and operated a Christian book store as well as organized the Christian Book Fair International 2005. In 2006, Eze again organized the Christian Book Fair International.
In January 2007, Eze was president of the Christian Book Outreach, Inc., a Coralville, Iowa provider of books to U.S. seniors in nursing homes and English-speaking African children. That same month, Eze initiated the Best-Caring Author Program which encourages bestselling authors to donate their autographed books to US seniors in nursing homes.
By 2008, Eze had authored six books and was working as keynote speaker, certified training
consultant and business
coach from Iowa. His campaign to expose and admonish individuals and organizations that wage spirited geo-branding war against the African continent culminated in his 6th book, Don't Africa Me: "Their" geo-branding war, "Our" trade, tourism wounds, and Winning like China.,, In applying his experiences to Africa's economy, Eze asserted in a February 2008 interview that Africa may be moved into the economic mainstream by branding
the continents 54 countries, including Western Sahara.
In November 2008, Eze was interviewed by the American Black Journal, a Detroit, Michigan
television show providing commentary and news on the black experience since 1973. In the show, he provided an African perspective on what Barack Obama's victory meant to Africans. As the author of Don't Africa Me, the Michigan Chronicle interviewed Eze in December 2008 about his views on the impact that Barack Obama
would have on Africa as President of the United States
.
Eze granted an interview to AfribizTalk radio show on January 27, 2010 on effective use of mixed media in US trade with Africa, advising businesses to methodically mine the media landscape for needed visibility and credibility gold because “people take what they see in the media as true". Another interview he granted in January 2010 was to the Dakar Senegal-based West Africa Democracy Radio
, and focused on how to deal with the ceaseless western media onslaught on the African continent, as succinctly captured in an editorial on Afribiz.com titled "Media: Propagating or Pummeling Business in Africa".
In April 2010, following the release of his 10th book, Prominence Power Kit, Eze wrote an op-ed for Michigan Chronicle newspaper Detroit titled "Awakening The Sleeping “Thank You” Giant".
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
USA-headquartered International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) which helps city, regional and national tourism development agencies as well as hotels and other tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
related businesses achieve their tourism product development and marketing goals responsibly and cost-effectively.
Eze has authored over a dozen books since 1998, including Rebranding Race: Lessons from brand makeover winners, losers, pretenders and spectators, Don't Africa Me: "Their" geo-branding war, "Our" trade, tourism wounds, and Winning like China, and Prominence Power Kit.
A former Gambian
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
daily newspaper and monthly business magazine editor in chief
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
, Eze acts on his belief that a polity fairs well when the press is truly free, unbiased and alive to its watchdog duty. In 2001, he resigned from his position as editor in chief of The Gambia's largest selling independent daily newspaper, The Daily Observer
The Daily Observer
The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, The Gambia.The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, was founded by Kenneth Best in 1990. Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia, until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with...
, in response to being told not to publish interviews or stories about United Democratic Party
United Democratic Party (The Gambia)
The United Democratic Party is a conservative political party in The Gambia, affiliated to the International Democratic Union, founded in 1996 by the human rights lawyer Ousainou Darboe...
politician Lamin Waa Juwara. Ten other member of the editorial staff resigned along with Eze. Eze who had been a tourism reporter and columnist then expanded his career into tourism, where he was appointed in 2002 as the West Africa director of the Miss Tourism World Organisation, an international beauty pageant organizer that runs Miss Tourism World among other contests. Eze moved from The Gambia to Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2003, where he works as certified training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
consultant, media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
and rebranding
Rebranding
Rebranding is the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design, or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors....
strategist and business communication advisor.
Early life
C. Paschal Eze was born in the 1960s in Isiekenesi community situated near OrluOrlu
Orlu is the third largest city in Southeast Nigeria's Imo State with an estimated population of 220,000. It has a long history and has played a critical role as the headquarters for humanitarian relief agencies during the Nigerian civil war....
, the third largest town in Southeast Nigeria's
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
Imo State
Imo State
Imo State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria and lies to the south of Nigeria with Owerri as its capital and largest city.-History:Imo State came into existence in 1976 along with other new states created under the leadership of the late military ruler of Nigeria, Murtala Muhammad, having been...
. Eze was the first of seven children and the family eventually moved to Owerri
Owerri
Owerri is the capital of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of the Igboland. Owerri consists of three Local Govern Areas including Owerri Municipal, Owerri North and Owerri West, it has an estimated population of about 400,000 as of 2006...
, the Imo State capital where he grew up. Each of the six villages of Isiekenesi community would later become an autonomous community, with Eze's place of birth becoming the autonomous community of Dimagu in Ideato-South Local Government Area.
Reflecting on his childhood, Eze noted "My earliest ambitions were to travel widely, preach the gospel and be a notable public speaker. My parents were not rich or prominent but they did their best for my siblings and I, and I owe them a lot." From 1985 to 1987, Eze studied Library Science
Library science
Library science is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the...
at The Polytechnic Nekede
Nekede
Nekede is a town in southeastern Nigeria. It is located near the city of Owerri.This is an Igbo speaking town that is made up of three distinct villages, viz Umuoma, Umualum, and Umudibia . This town also hosts the Imo State new Owerri capital. The Federal University Technology Owerri is 20...
(now Federal Polytechnic Nekede) in the southeastern Nigeria town of Nekede
Nekede
Nekede is a town in southeastern Nigeria. It is located near the city of Owerri.This is an Igbo speaking town that is made up of three distinct villages, viz Umuoma, Umualum, and Umudibia . This town also hosts the Imo State new Owerri capital. The Federal University Technology Owerri is 20...
, a suburb of Owerri. In 1988, Eze began attending Abia State University
Abia State University
Abia State University is one of the state owned universities in Nigeria. These state academic institutions were created to expand admissions and bring professional skills, expertise and modern research facilities close to the city and rural dwellers; and have helped talented students to obtain...
, a state owned university in Uturu
Uturu
Uturu is a town in Abia State, Nigeria mainly known as a location for several educational institutions and the Marist Brothers community.Schools in Uturu include Abia State University, Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Uturu, and Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu....
, Abia. Over the next four years, he studied Government and Public Administration and contributed articles to the Imo State government owned The Statesman newspaper. Eze became editor of the Awareness Club student newspaper and was associate editor of the short-lived Tokumbo Magazine in Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
. He graduated from Abia State University in 1992 with a second class upper (2.1) degree.
Career
In 1996, Eze was ordained a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Between 1996 and 2001, Eze served as a Gambia church pastorPastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
and held a variety of paid positions in education, tourism and news media, including instructor of business communications at Gambia's Technical Training Institute and President's Award Scheme, Gambia correspondent of PanaPress
PanaPress
PanaPress or Pana or PanAfrican News Agency is an African news agency. It has its headquarters in Dakar Senegal. It was founded on 20 July 1979 in Addis Ababa by the Organisation of African Unity and was relaunched by the UNESCO in 1993. It provides news in English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic....
, media consultant to leading German tour operator in Gambia, Frosch Touristik GmbH (FTI), entertainment manager at Gambia's ecotourist resort King's Club Lamin, and tourism columnist and journalist at The Daily Observer. His work at The Daily Observer led him to reporting assignments in places such as Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, London, England, Berlin, Germany, Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. In 2001, Eze was a vice president of the Global Communication Research Association, an organization headquartered at the Macquarie University
Macquarie University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
in Sydney, Australia that supports media and communication researchers from geographically and epistemologically underrepresented areas. In February 2001, Eze founded the Gambia Media Network Against AIDS (MENAA), a coalition of Gambian print and electronic media journalists organized to combat Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Eze also served as deputy editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer
The Daily Observer
The Daily Observer is a newspaper published in Bakau in Banjul, The Gambia.The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, was founded by Kenneth Best in 1990. Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia, until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with...
, Gambia's largest selling independent daily newspaper.
In late February 2001, Eze was made acting editor in chief
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
of The Daily Observer. On departing, the outgoing editor in chief identified Eze as someone who would never compromise his principles, noting "I have worked with him over the years and I am very much optimistic that he will move the Observer from better to best." In June, The Independent
The Independent (Gambia)
The Independent was a biweekly newspaper published in Banjul, The Gambia. The paper was started in July 1999 with 25 staffers and freelance reporters, but after multiple raids, acts of arbitrary arrest and detention, and unsolved acts of arson, The Independent ceased publication in March...
reported that Eze was confronted by the management of the Daily Observer and told to not publish interviews or stories about United Democratic Party
United Democratic Party (The Gambia)
The United Democratic Party is a conservative political party in The Gambia, affiliated to the International Democratic Union, founded in 1996 by the human rights lawyer Ousainou Darboe...
politician Lamin Waa Juwara. Three days later, Eze tendered his resignation as editor in chief along with ten other member of the editorial staff. In response to the mass resignation being considered "a major blow," Eze noted the he and the others resigned "because our credibility was at stake and, by so doing we want the world to know that we cannot compromise on the ethics of our profession." In a June 2001 editorial, The Independent noted,
The Observer must rise once again because it is privileged as the only daily newspaper for a wide section of the nation. But if it is to be seen as truly independent its seasoned editorial team headed by the indefatigable Paschal Eze should be left alone to work in the professional and apolitical manner demanded of the profession. We demand nothing less as we concertedly condemn this most uncalled for interference. In the meantime we mourn and pay homage to the embattled Observer.That same day, two more reporters resigned from their positions at the Observer. Eze later would indicate about the resignation that he risked his life and news media career to protest "editorial arm-twisting by government agents" and to bring attention to "the need for press freedom in The Gambia."
At the time of his political protest by resignation, Eze was serving as chairman of the International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP)-Eturbonews Tourism Awards Committee and as Master of Ceremonies
Master of Ceremonies
A Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....
of Gambia's Miss Elegance contest.
In 2002, Eze was editor in chief of The Entrepreneur Magazine, a publication of the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In May of that year, Eze chaired the Miss Gambia 2002 beauty pageant. Five months later, in October, Eze was appointed as the West Africa director of the Miss Tourism World Organisation, an international pageant organizer that runs Miss Tourism World, Miss Bikini World, Model of The Universe, and Model of The World. Eze was tasked with organizing contestant selection events in each of the 16 West African countries to supply contestants to Miss Tourism World Organisation's four international pageants. In discussing his likely collaboration with a variety of West African tourism departments and authorities, Eze noted "My task is to bring West African countries into these mega events. I am particularly interested in using these events to promote tourism in the sub-region and I would be bidding for the hosting of the Miss Tourism World in The Gambia or Nigeria in 2004 or 2005, with over 60 countries in attendance."
In 2003, Eze was re-ordained as a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ seven years after his first ordination. In August 2003, his second book Playing Casino With God was published. The book relates to christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
. At that time, Eze was working as editor at large
Editor at large
An Editor-at-Large is a journalist who contributes content to a publication.Unlike an editor who works on a publication from day-to-day and is hands on, an editor-at-large will contribute content on a regular or semi-regular basis and will have less of a say on a specific field such as layout,...
of a high society magazine in London, England. Two months later, Eze moved from Gambia to Coralville, Iowa
Coralville, Iowa
Coralville is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. In 2004, Eze organized the Christian Book Fair International 2004, an event attracted author and publisher participants from across the US and other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. In 2005, Eze owned and operated a Christian book store as well as organized the Christian Book Fair International 2005. In 2006, Eze again organized the Christian Book Fair International.
In January 2007, Eze was president of the Christian Book Outreach, Inc., a Coralville, Iowa provider of books to U.S. seniors in nursing homes and English-speaking African children. That same month, Eze initiated the Best-Caring Author Program which encourages bestselling authors to donate their autographed books to US seniors in nursing homes.
By 2008, Eze had authored six books and was working as keynote speaker, certified training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
consultant and business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
coach from Iowa. His campaign to expose and admonish individuals and organizations that wage spirited geo-branding war against the African continent culminated in his 6th book, Don't Africa Me: "Their" geo-branding war, "Our" trade, tourism wounds, and Winning like China.,, In applying his experiences to Africa's economy, Eze asserted in a February 2008 interview that Africa may be moved into the economic mainstream by branding
Nation branding
Nation branding is a field of theory and practice which aims to measure, build and manage the reputation of countries . Some approaches applied, such as an increasing importance on the symbolic value of products, have led countries to emphasise their distinctive characteristics...
the continents 54 countries, including Western Sahara.
In November 2008, Eze was interviewed by the American Black Journal, a Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
television show providing commentary and news on the black experience since 1973. In the show, he provided an African perspective on what Barack Obama's victory meant to Africans. As the author of Don't Africa Me, the Michigan Chronicle interviewed Eze in December 2008 about his views on the impact that Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
would have on Africa as President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
.
Eze granted an interview to AfribizTalk radio show on January 27, 2010 on effective use of mixed media in US trade with Africa, advising businesses to methodically mine the media landscape for needed visibility and credibility gold because “people take what they see in the media as true". Another interview he granted in January 2010 was to the Dakar Senegal-based West Africa Democracy Radio
West Africa Democracy Radio
West Africa Democracy Radio is a trans-territorial, sub-regional broadcaster based in Dakar, Senegal. WADR is a project of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa set up in 2003 to protect and defend the ideals of democratic and open societies by disseminating development information through...
, and focused on how to deal with the ceaseless western media onslaught on the African continent, as succinctly captured in an editorial on Afribiz.com titled "Media: Propagating or Pummeling Business in Africa".
In April 2010, following the release of his 10th book, Prominence Power Kit, Eze wrote an op-ed for Michigan Chronicle newspaper Detroit titled "Awakening The Sleeping “Thank You” Giant".
Publications
, (The book was foreworded by Susan Waffa-Ogoo, The Gambia's present Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in New York.), a book that critiques the media coverage of positive news coming out of Africa.Further reading
, Eze's views on the mainstream media negative coverage of Africa., Eze's appointment as Vice President for Africa, International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP).External links
- Official website
- http://www.tourismpartners.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1074409
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/0984400532
- http://www.rebrandingstrategist.com
- http://www.google.com/profiles/paschaleze
- http://www.brandwellglobal.com
- Knowledge base articles by Paschal Eze
- http://www.amazon.com/C.-Paschal-Eze/e/B001JS3G58