Taruwa: Convergence of the African Diaspora Story of the founder Symon Adeji

Symon Adeji (born December 1st, 1978) is an African media strategist,
Internet entrepreneurial guru, and philanthropist. He is best known as Mr. Sleek co-founder of Taruwa, a media, Talk-conference, and publishing company. As of October 2013, Symon re-launched his brand in New York, focusing on the African diaspora demographic from a cross-cultural perspective. As the chairman and chief executive of Taruwa LLC, Symon continues to make donations to the under privileged young Africans in the Diaspora, while growing his personal wealth in the area of real estate. As of April 2014, his net worth is estimated at over one million dollars, though he receives a one-dollar salary as CEO of Taruwa.
"In my search to bridge the multicultural gap, I have faced numerous challenges," said Symon. The story of Africa will not be complete without the mentioning of young achiever’s like Mr. Adeji who started his media company at the age of 23 in Nigeria, a West African country where the average publishers and media owners were in their 50's. He fought his way to the top being the first publisher in Africa to offer a high glossy 200-page magazine for free. This innovative marketing strategy caught the attention of the African media industry, and Mr. Adeji subsequently won several young entrepreneur awards.

Taruwa App for the African Diaspora.

This very humble, down to earth soft-spoken individual seems to aspire to greater heights in his search for more and in pursuit to own the first private digital media App focused on the African diaspora. His concept of establishing a cross-cultural perspective makes his project significant and borderless. Users can engage in global subjects, interact, exchange, inform, educate and share experiences.
In a recent interview, Symon mentioned that his desire is to foster knowledge-based ideas that will create powerful cross-cultural and phenomenal solutions to the biggest challenges faced as humans.
Taruwa promotes non-Africans who contribute to the growth of the Diaspora, inviting them to share and speak about their cross-cultural influence. Mr. Adeji noted further that Taruwa shares collections of ideas, not only to spark global conversation also to transform leaders and create room for true leadership within the African continent to make the world a better place.
In his conclusion he stated, "Taruwa is only here to challenge conventional wisdom in a way that creates social consciousness.” We are very excited to watch his vision unfold.