Listen "How Did I Get Here (Dr. Raphael James - Founder, Center for Research, Information Management & Media Development)"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. Raphael James is the Founder and Director General of the Centre for Research, Information and Media Development (CRIMMD). He first established it as a library in 2004 at Ejigbo but later advanced into what we now see as a non-political, non-governmental, non-profit-making but standard research developmental institution. In the area of tourism, he is a historic and educational tourist. He has visited 33 out of 36 states of Nigeria and documented over 500 tourist sites in the last 9 years. To promote tourism, he has donated 50 books on Tourism to the Association of Travel and Tourism Writers of Nigeria, ATTWON. Dr. Raphael James has won a total of more than 200 awards for his commendable works to humanity. He was listed in the New Telegraph Newspaper of January 23, 2021 as Nigerian “Top Historian and Record Keeper” and Best Promoter of Domestic Tourism in Nigeria by ‘Naija7Wonders’. He has also won the Travellers Awards – Top Tourism Promoters for 2020, and a Certificate of Nigerian Tourism Specialist’ by NIHOTOUR, Naija7Wonders and AKWAABA Travel Market. Nigeria Tourism Awards recognised him as an ‘Industry Icon at Nigeria Tourism Award 2020’ for his contributions to the growth of Tourism in Nigeria. Follow Dr. Raphael on Instagram: @drraphaeljames Follow Dr. Raphael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-raphael-james-25182b3b
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