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"Phone tycoon joins African Dragons" - Evening Standard newspaper
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
A London entrepreneur who made his fortune selling mobile phone ringtones has joined the Dragons' Den panel.
www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522877-details/Phone+tycoon+joins+African+Dragons/article.do
"Amosu enters the Nigerian Dragon’s Den" - Voice newspaper
Sunday, July 27, 2008
London entrepreneur sits on panel of top TV show
SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRNEUR Alexander Amosu has predicted Dragon’s Den Nigeria will be a huge success when the show is aired next month.
www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=13981
"The Reluctant Role Model" - Sharpe Edge
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Alexander Amosu's reputation as the king of the ringtones precedes him. But as Hugo Greenhalgh discovers it masks a diffident, self-deprecating man who is driven to succeed by his background
www.thesharpedge.biz/interviews03.aspx
"Television's top business gurus" - The Independent
Monday, October 23, 2006
Television can't get enough of the gurus who like to tell us how we too can make millions. So who are they and what's their secret? Richard Gillis takes stock of the top 10. Double page spread featuring me with like of Alan Sugar, John Caudwell, Chris Gorman, Duncan Bannatyne and many other but proud to be the only black guy there at such a young age!
news.independent.co.uk/media/article1919426.ece
"O2 unveils the 50 most exciting UK companies in mobile" - O2 Network
Monday, December 05, 2005
Am referenced in an article from O2 company - Adam Leyland, Editor, Real Business, adds: "A casual glance at the mobile industry might reveal it to be the exclusive playground of a handful of network operators and handset manufacturers. But this list shows British mobile innovations are one of the foremost drivers in this industry and have already sparked vast global businesses. For example in 1999 Alexander Amosu made £96 from his first ringtone; today, ringtones globally are a £3.5 billion market."
www.o2.co.uk/about/presscentre/fiftytowatch/0,,600,00.html
"The daily telegraph" - Hot Shot
Friday, November 18, 2005
Interview in the Movers and Shakers section on entrepreneurship, highlighting Mobsvideo.com as a company to watch out for.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/11/18/ccsand18.xml
"MIMI hot 21" - www.mimimagazine.com
Thursday, September 01, 2005
He's rated hot because of his forward thinking and savvy business accruements
www.mimimagazine.com/september2005/01-06-ratedhot19.html
"BFI Blackworld" - Nu-Vision
Saturday, August 20, 2005
It is 1975 and a newborn Alexander Amosu enters the world screaming down the maternity ward of the Royal Free Hospital. Born to Nigerian parents, little did his proud father know that 25 years on his son would want to “leave university to play with mobile phones!”(in a disgruntled Nigerian accent). The mobile phone empire had its foundations built long before technology geeks could fathom constructing pocket sized phones that would bleat polyphonic melodies annoying the hell out of passengers on London buses. If only they knew what monsters they were creating
blackworld.bfi.org.uk/nuvisions/theinsiders/alexamosu.html
"Boom time for black business" - New Nation newspaper
Monday, March 07, 2005
As a new report revels there have never been more African-owned firms in london, Alexander Amosu tells us why he believes the future is looking so bright.
"How I Made Millions From Ringtones - Amosu" - allafrica.com
Thursday, September 16, 2004
UK leading provider of polyphonic ringtones, Nigeria's Alexander Amosu, has urged entrepreneurs to understand the dynamics of the market to enable them play longer in the competitive environment.
allafrica.com/stories/200409160675.html
"TrendTV partners ringtone whiz-kid, Amosu" - Vanguard Newspaper
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
TrendTV partners ringtone whiz-kid, Amosu, to provide ringtones via TV in Nigerian. Interestingly, this young man is one of those leading the revolution.
www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/features/fe315092004.html
"Just Call me boss" - The guardian newspaper
Monday, August 16, 2004
"Being my own boss optimises my income, my creativity and my self discipline in my work - there is no reason for me to consider an alternative"
jobsadvice.guardian.co.uk/officehours/story/0,,1283729,00.html
"the secret of the super successful" - Website
Friday, June 18, 2004
Case study: Alexander Amosu, 28, made his first million. composing ring tones
for his friends’ mobile phones. He began. selling them for £1 a time
www.westmark.pvt.k12.ca.us/article-secretofsuccess.pdf
"Nigerian who hit it big selling mobile phone ringtones" - Saturday punch (nigeria)
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Alexander Amosu caught the corporates napping when he spotted a lucrative gap in the UK market for ringtones. Now he`got his sights set on TV.
"Business Life Magazine" - British airways in flight magazine
Saturday, May 01, 2004
Alexander Amosu caught the corporates napping when he spotted a lucrative gap in the market for ringtones. Now he`s got his sights set on TV
"Alexander Amosu, Founder of MobsVideo" - Wireless Review
Saturday, May 01, 2004
In hip-hop parlance, 28-year-old Alexander Amosu is what you'd call a “playa.” In the business world, he's known as a success story. A self-made millionaire, Amosu is a magazine journalist, a nightclub DJ and the host of his own U.K. TV talk show,“Rich N Famous.” Oh, and he also started his own ringtone company
wirelessreview.com/ar/wireless_alexander_amosufounder_rnb/
"Dog n tone man" - Mykindofplace.com
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Alexander Amosu set up RnB Ringtones after discovering his favourite tunes weren't available as ringtones. A self-made millionaire, he knew he was on to a winner when his brother's friends wanted to buy a Jay-Z ringtone he'd composed
www.mykindaplace.com/workit/feature_bedroom_business.asp
"so annoying... but they brring in the money" - Evening New
Thursday, February 12, 2004
IF there is one man who knows just how big ringtones have become then it’s Alexander Amosu. The 28-year-old is the man behind the UK’s number one provider of the phone tunes.
news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=171182004
"MOBS VIDEO, the world’s first free mobile video website" - picturephoning.com
Sunday, February 08, 2004
Ringtonia reports on an interesting article in San Mateo County Times on Alexander Amosu, dubbed "Lord of the Ring Tones", who was one of the first to tap into the ring tone trend when he founded R 'n' B Ringtones three years ago, but of interest to this column is that Amosu has recently launched MOBS VIDEO, "the world’s first free mobile video website, a new and exciting way to receive video content sent to your phone free of charge to most countries around the world".
www.textually.org/picturephoning/archives/002951.htm
"MOBS VIDEO, the worlds first free mobile video website" - smartmobs.com
Sunday, February 08, 2004
The San Mateo County Times has an interesting article on Alexander Amosu, dubbed "Lord of the Ring Tones", who was one of the first to tap into the ring tone trend when he founded R 'n' B Ringtones three years ago, but of interest to Smart Mobs is that Amosu has recently launched MOBS VIDEO, "the world?s first free mobile video website, a new and exciting way to receive video content sent to your phone free of charge to most countries around the world".
www.smartmobs.com/archive/2004/02/08/mobs_video_the.html
"A British businessman thinks he has seen the next big thing for phones" - Cox newspaper
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Ring tone millionaire dreams of soapies on mobile phone TV channel
Some analysts believe ring tone sales in Europe have peaked, and that revenues are likely to be cut in half over the next four years.
That may be why Mr Amosu now has his sights set on a new phenomenon: video messaging.
"What I really hope to do is find investors to put together a mobile TV channel so that people can subscribe and have access to films, soaps, and other programming, and then watch them on their phones."
www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/gnews/140.shtml
"Lord of the Ring Tones" - ringtonia.com
Friday, January 30, 2004
A delightful story on British ringtone entrepreneur Alexander Amosu, founder of R 'n' B Ringtones, which enjoyed sales of about $2 million in its first year.
www.textually.org/ringtonia/
"Ringtone entrepreneur spies video mobile market" - Website
Friday, January 30, 2004
The man behind those oh-so-catchy ringtones that have become a mainstay of mobile phone features is looking to video messaging as the future of the mobile industry.
www.yabedo.com/news/id/11924
"Lord of the ring tones" - star tribune wyoming statewide newspaper
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Hardly anyone is more attuned to that sound's possibilities than Amosu, 28, a pioneer in the multibillion-dollar global ring tone industry
www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/01/28/news/world/25aa6e26a599b94587256e28006a39f7.txt
"Cellphone ringtones make him a millionaire" - Cape times (south Africa)
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Alexander is no longer the boy at the back of the class with cheap and nasty trainers. As britains most successful seller of cellphone tones, he`s a self-made millionaire with plans to make it even bigger. The article is next to Donald Trump picture.
"Lord of the ringtones" - the independent
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Alexander Amosu is no longer the boy at the back of the class with the cheap and nasty trainers. As Britain`s most successful seller of mobile-phone tones he`s a self-made millionaire with plans to make it even bigger
news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=478380
"website review" - Enterprise island
Monday, December 01, 2003
I was invited to the launch of Bedroom Britain where a fellow guest was Alexander Amosu, founder of RnB, the mobile phone ring tones business. He was interviewed for the Channel 4 show and had also featured on Mind of a Millionaire where he was portrayed as a man driven by a desire to make tons of money so he could buy those flash cars and designer clothes that every entrepreneur apparently hungers for. He told me, however, that his main motivation is having fun in life. He didn’t set out to be a millionaire. He came up with an idea, followed it through and had fun while doing it.
www.enterpriseisland.com/site/menu.html
"Master of ringtone" - The Guardian Nigerain newspaper
Sunday, October 26, 2003
"Rich 'n' Famous - Going belly up " - Lam online
Friday, October 17, 2003
He is now trying his hand at the bar business, and this month launches his Thursday nighter 'Rich 'n' Famous'.
The venue has to be the ultimate oasis of luxury and lavishness: Rumi, 531 Kings Road, SW6.
www.lam-online.com/entertainment/scene_and_heard/bars_and_clubs/story.jsp?story=454409
"website review" - Lesblind.com
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Secret of the super successful ...they’re dyslexic
lesblind.is/dislexic/index.cfm?ccs=117&cs=272
"The Sweet Sound Of Cha-Ching" - Student Direct
Monday, October 06, 2003
Things have been going pretty well for Alexander over the past two years. From being a second year student of a sound engineering course he’s transformed himself into the MD of his own company which employs 21 people in trendy Islington and which last year had a turn over in excess of 1.6 million pounds.
www.student-direct.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=243
"Childhood shapes the future whiz-kid" - the sunday times newspaper
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Alexander Amosu, 28 made his first million compasing ringtones for his friends` mobile phones. He began selling them for £1 a time from his bedroom, but within four months he had move into offices and was employing 21 staff.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-841396,00.html
"GAB Awards" - The trumpet
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Ringtones Millionaire Alexander Amosu recieves his GAB Award from Bashorun Randle
"Mobile phone buff has made his fortune out of hip-hop style ringtones" - news of the world
Sunday, September 21, 2003
He got the idea when he was studying at university of North London and st up his company, rnbringtones.com, which turned into a multi-million-pound concern.
"KING OF THE RING" - The Voice Newspaper
Monday, August 18, 2003
Mobile phone millionaire Alexander Amosu shares the secrets of his success. Mobile phone music made him millions. Now 28-year-old entrepreneur Alexander Amosu is riding the wave of technology. Page 1-2
"I had no idea that ringtones would take off the way it did" - Daily Mirror
Thursday, August 14, 2003
He's now looking at the next mobile phenomenon-video messages."people who have missed Eastenders will be able to download it onto their phones and watch it on the bus or the train. Page 6
www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13289923_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-FATHER-OF-WORLD-S-MOST-ANNOYING-RINGTONE-name_page.html
"Outstanding nigerian in britain" - Focus magazine
Friday, May 30, 2003
Alexander Amosu founder of Rnbringtones and Rnbworld, a provider of ringtones and logos.
"Alexander Amosu, magnata do gueto" - oi magazine
Saturday, March 01, 2003
Alexander Amosu finds his way into a Brazillian magazine called Oi Magazine.
"Website review" - www.oursouthwest.com
Wednesday, January 01, 2003
122 quotes and quotations on SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
www.oursouthwest.com/news/quotes3bus.htm
"mobile entrepreneur sets the tone" - Guardian Unlimted
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
You would think that many young entrepreneurs would have piggybacked the mobile phone business to make their own fortunes.
Amosu, 27, had the right idea at the right time. The market for ringtones and logos - often costing from £1 to £3 a time - has grown from almost nothing to an estimated £3.5bn industry in just a couple of years.
www.guardian.co.uk/mobile/article/0,2763,839014,00.html
"Mobile entrepreneur sets the tone" - Buzzle.com
Friday, October 11, 2002
Mark Tran talks to an enterprising student who became a millionaire after tapping into a lucrative ringtones market overlooked by network giants.
www.buzzle.com/editorials/11-13-2002-30218.asp
"why alex the great stoops to conquer" - African Times Newspaper
Friday, September 27, 2002
Millionaire entrepreneur Alexander Amosu`s rags to riches story could cause African parents to be less strict about their kids education and instead encourage their kids to business
"Ringing the changes" - The new nation newspaper
Monday, June 24, 2002
Ex Another Level band member Wayne Williams, Kat, MTV presenter and choreographer of hit theatre production The Lion king and former TV presenter Normski attend the launch of National Free Ringtones Day on June 19, which was held by Alexander Amosu the owner of RnBringtones, the largets ringtone company in UK
www.teencancer.org/itemp/images/ringtones/ringtones.html
"NIGERIA`S YOUNGETS MILLIONAIRE IN LONDON" - ovation magazine, Africa biggest selling magazine
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Alexander Amosu is enjoying some rave attention in the British media for turning his talents in communication Technology into mega-bucks.
"Tax on jobs takes gloss off goodies" - sunday express newspaper
Sunday, April 21, 2002
Like many entrepreneurs, Alexander Amosu is not worried about training grants but about how much he makes - and who else wants a slice.
"How entrepreneur Alexander Amosu got us playing his tune" - The new nation newspaper
Monday, April 08, 2002
For someone who`s rolling in it (metaphorically speaking) Alexander Amosu is disappointingly reluctant to talk about money. Pages 16-17
"Get rich quick" - the tv mag (sun newspaper)
Saturday, April 06, 2002
Alexander Amosu 26, who`s from an ordinary working class family, has already made his first million in a year, selling mobile phone ringtones to R`n`B fans.
"Flash" - Heat Magazine
Saturday, April 06, 2002
Alex earned his millions with R&B mobile ringtones.
"Lads with too much money" - tv quick
Saturday, April 06, 2002
Yound, beautiful and cocky - Channel 4 shows how the rich kids live in a new three part series. Alexander 26, is from a working class Nigerian family in North London, after a year he`d made over a £1 million, bought a nice house, a porsche and giving his family jobs in his firm
"mEN & WOMEN OF MERIT 2002" - www.theepn.co.uk
Tuesday, January 08, 2002
Alexander is role model for young black pioneers. He is widely known and respected and has shown that success can be achieved through creativity and dedication. In a short space of two years Alexander has achieved massive success in the UK with a million pound turnover business and 2 offices in Islington. He is now launching into global markets and epitomises young black entrepreneurial success.
www.theepn.co.uk/mwm2002/nominations.htm
"Serious support for you" - BHM Magazine
Monday, October 01, 2001
New Deal Support campaing to encourage more youths to get new deal support. Page 6
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"Mind of an entrepreneur" - MTV BAse
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Trevor Nelson gives the low down on Mind of an entrepreneur and why if you didn’t attend you should be there? It aired on MTV base every day for a week.
Click the link below to wacth the programme.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4f9cZoYrMU
"Sky News" - Entrepreneurism in women
Thursday, October 12, 2006
I was asked to come to the sky office to do a 30 second interview on my thoughts of women entrepreneurs. I was told it aired at 6am in the morning as I didn’t get to watch it but it definitely was watched by women.
"Money Programme" - BBC2
Friday, July 14, 2006
BBC2 Money Programme is about teenage entrepreneurs, the programme follows me on one of my normal day to see what an entrepreneur’s day is like.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5177252.stm
"BEN TV" - Magazine show
Saturday, May 07, 2005
TV Interview with the biggest African channel in Europe.
"Trisha show" - Ben TV
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Interviewed on Trisha show talking about life in general and what it takes to be a successful Blackman, my daughter début on live television.
"Working lunch" - BBC2
Friday, November 26, 2004
Adam Shaw and Angela Rippon interviewed me on my success story in the ringtones industry and wanted to find out what am doing now. "Mobsvideo (Mobile video) is the next big wave I said"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/4045167.stm
"Now Your Talking" - BBC1
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
I was invited to talk on a new talk show called Now Your Talking on BBC, which is a replacement of Kilroy. The topic was about young people with no future, i only attended to give an insigt on my success story, you dont have to have a degree to be successful.
"Bedroom britain" - channel 4
Monday, October 20, 2003
Alexander profiled in the channel 4 programme Bedroom Britain to encourage kids to send in business ideas to channel 4 and win finance and support on their new and innovative idea. This project is over a year and he will be picking the winners towards the end of the series.
an intriguing and provocative start to Channel 4’s Bedroom Britain - a nationwide search for a new generation who mean business.
www.nesta.org/mediaroom/newsreleases/3760/
"Mind of a millionaire" - bbc2
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Alexander was featured BBC 2 - fully commissioned documentary series looking at the mindset of the self made entrepreneur. Discover the interesting things about what drives self made entrepreneurs to succeed with an idea or a business.
www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/10_october/05/mind_millionaire.shtml
"YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR RINGS UP SUCCESS" - bsn satelite
Thursday, October 31, 2002
A young British entrepreneur who turned his interest in technology into a successful business venture is now 'ringing' the changes he has forged in the global mobile phone industry. The Managing Director of RnB World, which specialises in musical ringtones was recently awarded Young Entrepreneur at the prestigious Black Enterprise Awards in London.
www.bsn.org.uk/bsn/bsnenscripts.nsf/0/02C5928748BE74C780256C63004FB4C8?OpenDocument
"Black history month GMTV" - ITV
Monday, October 07, 2002
Alexander was interviewed on ITV for GMTV Black History Month, where other
interviewees include Robbie Earl, Colin Jackson, Lennox Lewis and Yvonne Thompson.
"How to Make a fast buck" - bbc1 Ruby wax show
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Ruby Wax interviewed Alexander Amosu.
The show is about entrepreneurs who have made alot of money in a short space of time and how they did it.
"flash" - Channel 4
Sunday, April 07, 2002
Alexander was in a Channel 4 documentary, following him for 4 months to understand what makes him successful and is he flash with his money, far from it.
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"Entrepreneurs 2007" - Radio 5
Friday, January 05, 2007
Radio 5 caught up with Alexander Amosu to find out what he has in stall for us in 2007. Mr Amosu talked about his new company Amosu luxury & customised phones, Mind of an Entrepreneur, Mobsvideo and his trust to help teenagers between 16-27 years old.
"unemployment" - bbc World Service
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Talking about employment in Africa with Lawrence Johnson, Head of Employment Trends at the ILO and other official government individuals.
"Interview" - Voice of africa
Saturday, October 22, 2005
My PR company promoting Mind an Entrepreneur asked me to do a radio interview at Voice of Africa, I thought its was at BBC but was amazed to find out that its was in a one bedroom type house in the middle of no where. I love it, entrepreneurial written all over it. Good interview and I wish them luck in growing their listeners.
www.voiceofafricaradio.com
"Mind of an entreprenuer" - Colourful radio network online
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
This was a 7.45 am radio interview to promote the mind of an entrepreneur event. That day I was so tied from working late in perspiration of the event but we got to do it.
"Mind of an Entrepreneur" - Choice fm
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Went to choice Fm to promote the Mind of an Entrepreneur event with Rene Carayol. Its was nice to hear Asha had use rnbringtones service before! My first impressions, lovely lady.
www.choicefm.com/sectional.asp?id=3329
"africa" - bbc 1xtra
Thursday, July 21, 2005
BBC been doing allot of programmes about Africa, this time I was invited to talk about my success, and my business in Africa
"entrepreneurs & businesses" - BBC 1 Radio
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Radio 1 interview on what makes an entrepreneurs and my life experience with past businesses. Click on the real player link.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/work/options/ownbiz5_anyone.shtml
"Early morning interview" - BBC london
Saturday, January 11, 2003
Eddie Nesta Show, this interview took place at 2am in the morning
"Radio Show" - Choice Fm
Saturday, July 20, 2002
Invited on Angie Lemar Choice FM show to discuss my road to success and how it started.
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