Richard Mofe-Damijo, the actor, filmmaker and former Delta State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism popularly known as RMD, will deliver the keynote address at the 6th International Peace Anyiam-Osigwe (PAO) Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference. The conference holds on 18 and 19 November 2026 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
RMD becomes the first male motion-picture practitioner to deliver the keynote at the conference. He follows media entrepreneur Mo Abudu, who held the role in 2024, and filmmaker and producer Bolanle Austen-Peters, who held it in 2025.
This year's conference carries the theme "Film and Content Production in the Digital Era: Balancing Regulation and Innovation." It brings together filmmakers, content creators, distributors, exhibitors, streaming platforms, policymakers and academics to discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping digital content production, distribution and regulation in Nigeria.
RMD has spent more than 3 decades in film, television, journalism, entrepreneurship and public service, appearing in over 60 film and television productions in Nigeria and abroad. He started out as a journalist with The Guardian and Concord before founding MISTER, which his biography describes as Nigeria's first all-gloss men's lifestyle magazine.
He founded the public relations firm White Water Limited and his own outfit, RMD Productions. In Delta State, he served first as Special Adviser and later as Honourable Commissioner for Culture and Tourism. Through the Richard Mofe-Damijo Foundation, he backs programmes that build capacity and create opportunities for emerging talent in the creative and cultural industries.
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Film and Video Censors Board, Dr Shaibu Husseini, said he was delighted that RMD had accepted the invitation to deliver the keynote. He described RMD's career as closely tied to the conversations the conference intends to raise.
"RMD represents a distinctive blend of creative excellence, entrepreneurial experience and public service," Husseini said. "His journey across film, media, business and cultural administration offers valuable perspectives on the opportunities before Nigeria's creative industries and the policy conversations required to sustain their growth."
Dr Husseini added that the conference gives stakeholders a chance to examine how regulation can support innovation rather than stand in its way. "As the boundaries between film, television and digital content continue to evolve, our challenge as regulators is to create an environment where innovation can flourish while protecting audiences, promoting responsible content and supporting the sustainable development of the industry," he said.
The 2-day event will feature sessions on content production, digital distribution, streaming and the policy frameworks needed to strengthen Nigeria's creative ecosystem. The NFVCB convenes the PAO-NDCRC every year to promote dialogue among stakeholders on emerging issues in film and digital content regulation, in honour of the late Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
