The CEO of People & Polity Inc., Professor MarkAnthony Nze has made a startling revelation about how he bluntly rejected an offer to sell Africa Daily News, New York to an American investor for $10 million despite pressures from several quarters.
Speaking with our correspondents in an interview on Monday, the media executive admitted that although it was a difficult decision, he had no regrets as there was more to life than money.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Prof. Nze is presently leading his team in an effort to rebrand the site to better position it to consolidate its position as one of the biggest platforms out of Africa with regards to unbiased news reportage and analysis.
‘It was a $10 million USD offer by an American entrepreneur for me to sell Africa Daily News, New York to him. However, I am not at liberty to disclose the deal’s specifics. It was a tempting option, but when I considered the amount of conscious and impartial journalism my team and I had invested in the website, my principles prevented me from doing so’ he stated.
He went further to add that; ‘There is obviously more to life than money, and this is one of the primary reasons why I have not led my brilliant team to fully commercialise our journalistic efforts. Our form of journalism is exclusively activist. Utilizing the utility of the media to remedy societal ills.
‘This is not to say that I will not sell in the future, but for the time being, I believe we need to put in more conscious work so that a potential buyer or investor understands that we cannot compromise our originality in conscious journalism.’
When pressed further by Africa Daily News, New York, about how it felt to receive the offer, the media expert and professor stated:
‘It also feels wonderful to know that we are making a difference in the world in our own small manner, which is why we were offered such a large sum in the first place, and why we are redesigning the news site to focus more on articles of emancipation and every other form of consciousness in the world’.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Prof. Nze who recently founded the New York Learning Hub has remained consistent in his ideals to contribute his quota to the socio-political emancipation of Africa which has been plagued by cumulative years of leadership failure.