Vyootopia has partnered with former Chelsea FC legend, Mikel Obi to actualise their mutual corporate vision to discover new sports talents, empower, inspire, and entertain them in the Vyootopia Mission89 Africa Digital Sports Conference scheduled to take place on the 8th of December at Wave Beach, Lagos.
With Mikel Obi’s passionate energy of football and Vyootopia’s creative brilliance of African music and culture, we will be creating a memorable, recreational, live experience for fans and followers of sports and music.
Taking the mission further, Vyootopia has also partnered with Mission89 – a research, education, and advocacy organisation that fights to prevent the exploitation and trafficking of young athletes around the world through social and economic transformation; the event will trigger conversations and actionable plans to safeguard youths from human trafficking and irregular migration in and through sports.
Vyootopia Festival in itself is an annual multi-cultural festival, connecting thousands of sports enthusiasts and relevant stakeholders through sports, music, education, and creative expression. This years’ programme and Timelines include: The African Digital Sports Conference – Thursday, December 8. The conference brings together stakeholders in the local sports industry in Africa, to interrogate the issues around the sustainable development of the sports industry and how the growth will bring added value to increase prospects for African Youths
Next is the Vyootopia & Mission89 #NotInOurGame Ball Juggle Challenge Campaign 8 to 10 of December 2022 – Leveraging the build-up to the going 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the interdisciplinary campaign will use sport to increase public awareness of child trafficking, equip communities with knowledge, and encourage 10 million young people around the world, including influencers and athletes of all sports and abilities, to participate in the #NotInOurGame Ball Juggling Campaign with $1,000 to be won.
Third inls the Not in our Game Fitness Activation with popular fitness Guru Kemen – Friday, December 9.
In addition, the Not in our Game 5 Aside Beach football match holds the same day featuring grassroots footballers.
Finally is the Wakanow Afroterra Concert on Saturday, the December 10, a concert planned to celebrate the closing of another successful year whilst activating mission89 NIOG Campaign
All of these amazing activities are happening at wave beach in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. According to Jide Taiwo of Folio Media Group, owners of Vyootopia, “Football and music are leading channels for the expressions of talent, passion and creativity in ways that showcase Africa and the richness of our brilliant, multicultural heritage. We are a richly diverse continent of tribes, tongues and talents and when we have a melting pot of shared commonalities and goals such as Vyootopia represents, the overarching outcome can only be a boost for the social, economic and cultural equity of the continent. Vyootopia will unify, entertain and deliver an unparalleled experience during this World Cup”
According to Lerina Bright, the Executive Director of Mission89, “The #NOTINOURGAME initiative has been involved in a variety of awareness-raising activities over the past few years to draw attention to the alarming fact that children are being trafficked in and through sports. To raise awareness of the problem, Mission 89 is making use of the interest generated by the impending World Cup. We believe that Vyootopia will be an excellent platform to activate the campaign to engage young people in a fun way while working to reduce their vulnerability to becoming victims.”