Launched in 2017 as a food based product and community, Suyalife attracted various stakeholders and members who were interested in supporting the products development. A delicacy associated with the Hausa people of West Africa, the emergence of this food option in Vancouver is proving there’s a market for Suya...

What started as one student’s vision to provide a fashion platform to help his friends in university promote their fashion brands has evolved into a celebration of Canada’s emerging youth-driven industry. Set for the last week of March, University Fashion Week brings together emerging and seasoned fashion designers and...

Photo by Kennedy OG Ayotomiwa Olufuyi aka T-Gunnz  is a young talented  Nigerian artiste based in Toronto. He’s a rapper and a singer and just released his first video for his single called Galala. This song basically brings back the vibe of daddy showkey a veteran Nigerian singer that was known...

When Skynation launched, the Cofounders wanted to start a project to impact African Development positively. Jerry Agudogo was an avid developer, while Kayode Fatoba was passionate about planning. Pivoting as a web development agency focused on African Development while being globally competitive, did not change their focus from supporting...

While the platform has grown significantly over the years, one area that has become a huge focus is prioritizing the nomination and voting process for the presentation. The following are the award recipients for 2017’s African Entertainment Awards. 2017 AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS BEST GOSPEL ACT Jide Adeoye 2017 AFRICAN...

African Entertainment Inc. proudly announces the highly anticipated edition of the African Entertainment (AE) Awards, happening on October 21, 2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre located at 222 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 3L9. Hosting the fifth edition of the awards ceremony is comedian Basket Mouth, an African...

Imagine walking into a charming and intimate cafe with a grown & sexy atmosphere… then suddenly you take notice of the smooth R&B music that fills the room. I am super excited to be partnered up with King’s Cafe, a humble cafe in the hood with a liquor license,...

CXXLAID Show 4 is on the horizon for those that don’t know, and about to showcase a great deal of up and coming talent with a whole lot of diversity. Show 4 is quickly trending as CXXLAID’s biggest presentation yet, with a staggering addition of three female artists set...

When University Fashion Week was approached to curate emerging designers that could represent Harambecouver’s 2017 Multicultural Parade; it was a no-brainer that popular brands like Dr. Pearlz clothing would make the selection. Dr. Pearlz Clothing, a Nigerian and African infused fashion line took centre stage at Season 4 of...

With the Canada Wide expansion strategy of UFW set to unfold by 2018, Cady Brimacombe takes on a new role as the Executive Director of University Fashion Week. A Bachelor of Commerce graduate from the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, Brimacombe has worked with a...

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT: TicketMaster TORONTO, ON (June 2, 2017) – The world’s biggest Afrobeat and Afropop superstars will be shutting down Toronto this summer at the much anticipated AFRICA All Star Music Fest, inside premier entertainment hot spot REBEL (formerly known as Sound Academy) at 11 Polson...

With EBM becoming a popularized group within Afrobeats, African Ganja AKA Ganjaman is out to prove he has what it takes to capture the heart of the mainstream Afrobeats community. While his most recent track Malowo has garnered over 50,000 views on Youtube, the Ekiti local isn’t stopping there....

Launching this May, a new EDM event series, SPRVNG is gearing up for its launch in Vancouver’s downtown core. Organizers and partners U.C.A.S.S sound crew, Jonas Love Events, SBR CRTL, Madd Jamm Productions and GQ Production have teamed up to bring SPRVNG to life, as a new seasonal event...

What started as a platform to showcase premium hip-hop artists on a Vancouver stage, has grown into a commercial platform attracting international attention. Show 3 of CXXLAID will feature a quality lineup of local and international acts, with Quentin Miller taking center stage as the headliner for the third...

With an interest in growing as a designer, Dayla joined Skynation to pick up interesting projects and grow with the company. During the early stages of Skynation establishing itself at Simon Fraser University, Dalya would enter to support the sponsorship of SFU’s Got Talent, SFU Fashion Week, and even...

The organizing team of the underground movement, CXXLAID, has a mission to increase the representation in the diversity of artists that are curated for their stages; and they’re putting out a call for more female artists. It’s been noted that the first two shows of CXXLAID have had male...

Afro.Ditie Creative, is an emerging Vancouver grassroot lifestyle brand that has successfully pulled off their first fashion show, as one of the featured brands at University Fashion Week 2017: Season 4, hosted at Simon Fraser University. The concept of Afro.Ditie’s brand as described by their Website, is a creative...

With Skynation’s focus on promoting and producing content that beautifies, as well as integrates the African Descent community through Technology, Entertainment and Design, the company’s demand for visual design is quite high. Kene’s addition to our growing company has added a level of branding that’s really begun to shape...

With so much great art being produced in the city, it can be easy for new and upcoming projects to get overlooked, especially projects created by minority groups. Vancouver is a dynamic city that has a lot to offer, but it seems to push aside women and non-binary people...

As University fashion week starts to expand, we are currently entering the fourth season of SFU fashion week. Skynation was able to speak to the creative director to know more about the SFU fashion week movement of this year What is your vision for this year’s event? This year’s...

What type of music do you make? I don’t want to say this and make it sound like a cliché, but as of now I cannot really say in what terms the “Type” of music I make, if I had to choose I’d say conscience rap with a new...

For those of you that didn’t know, we’ve been planning and preparing a Hip-Hop Showcase, known as Coolaid, and we like to keep things low-key over here, but we came out with our first showcase on November 5, 2016, and you guys loved it! With a sold out Season...

Ekiti Boys Movement better known as EBM, started as a grassroots movement to promote the artistic capabilities of the local youth in Ekiti state. Due to the success of the 2016 single Soji reaching over 20,000 views online, Ganjaman has begun work on his upcoming album, set to drop...

Inspired by events from 2016, and the need to address the struggle for Justice faced by a number of communities, Tobi Ogude, a local poet, releases a powerful piece focused on addressing these topics. According to the poet, “We’ve believed these lies, we have forgotten the richness and diversity...

Skynation is proud to announce we have been nominated for the Community Impact Award at Small Business BC! We pride ourselves on being a MediaTech and Entertainment Outsource start-up that is making a difference in the community we serve. Most importantly; however, we are elated that our business relationships,...

Skynation is proud to announce its digital involvement with the event known as Coolaid! Coolaid is Vancouver’s newest underground Hip-Hop Music Showcase, curated by Skynation’s very own C.E.O., Kayode Fatoba. The focus of Coolaid is to bring up-and-coming artists together on the same stage, who might otherwise never connect....

As many of  you might know, African Descent Festival is coming to Vancouver! The event will take place on the 22 and 23 of this month at Thorton Park, Mainstreet Science World. What many of you may not know is that Skynation’s CEO  (yes the big man himself) is taking on...

Vanish, a mobile messaging application involving no central servers allows users to control their information ­not only off their phones, but off the phones of everyone they have sent the information too as well.    VANCOUVER ­ July 4th, 2016 ­ Available today, users can use their mobile device...

Lay down the red carpet… a Film Production student at the Vancouver Film School has entered the building!   Julius Okikiolu Kuyoro was recently adopted by the West Coast from Lagos, Nigeria. At the age of 16, he moved to the UK where he obtained an International Foundation Degree in...

  Coming from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at SFU, Allison Chen is a design guru providing innovative solutions to clients needs.   Allison comes to Skynation after recently working at the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association (DSBIA) as a Visual Design Intern. Before that, her time...

With plenty of change and growth within the company we are pleased to announce another addition to the Skynation team! Nomin Gantulga joins the company as the new VP of Finance & Operations.   Originally from the Ukraine, Nomin applies her international experience to her passion for business. Her...

We’re extremely excited to welcome Shane Satar, our new VP of Marketing & Digital Development! He’s got the knowledge, vision, and creativity we believe will take Skynation to the next level. He joins the startup from Simon Fraser University as a Beedie Business Student concentrating in Marketing, with experience...

This is a huge accomplishment for not only us, but for our clients as well. Our focus is to employ a million people, with a focus on Digital Africa. We want to empower our clients through our services, and grow work towards the provision of intelligent designs. Having our...

Skynation Awarded as a Top 10 Emerging Entrepreneur in BC As a Top 10 finalist within our category as Best Emerging Entrepreneur, the Startup will get the opportunity to provide a panel of expert judges more reasons as to why we are a great company. While the Top 5...

Skynation is proud to announce that we have been nominated for the Small Business BC Awards within the category of Best Emerging Entrepreneur! It’s a 4-stage process where The Small Business BC Awards aims to recognize the contributions and achievements of BC small business owners and entrepreneurs. Stage 1...

Sknation decided to develop and brand the first urban Yacht event for the city of Vancouver. This would allow the company to create branding awareness within the demography they intend to design for and bring together Vancouver’s business network within a creative networking platform. The event would not only...

Sky Nation Systems Inc. is a web developing company focused on African enterprises both small and large scale. It is aimed at giving business owners the opportunities of promoting their business through websites and other Internet platforms and customized applications. The main goal of Sky Nation Systems is not...

Mr Jerry Agudogo, President and cofounder of Sky Nations Systems, represented the company at the first annual African Students’ Association symposium titled “AID: The Bigger Picture”. The event focused on the development of the continent’s potential through an emphasis on entrepreneurship as well as initiatives focused on socio-economic changes...

September 10th, 2013 Skynation is proud to be one of the contributing entities collectively part of the development of the African Entertainment Awards. While this awards show is quite arguably one of the largest events of its kind, its goal of uniting and engaging all Africans and the world...