Our Story
Cognito started in 2011, registered as Cognito Studios and Imagery, RC 1067159. We began by providing bespoke photography services for individuals, families, events like weddings and so on. Our clientele gradually expanded to include small and large businesses, local and international non-governmental organizations.
Since 2011, we have broadened the scope of our service offerings as our in-house capacity has also increased, rooted in our passion for continued learning and growth, and a desire to see the impact visual communication can bring to bear on society.
Our Mission
To harness the power of communication and use it to increase learning, awareness and innovation towards solving todays developmental and humanitarian problems.
Our Services.
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Photography and Filmaking
Since 2011, we have shared our passion for creating still and moving images with hundreds of clients, from photography for birthdays, corporate headshots and family portraits, to photo and video coverage of weddings, corporate events and anniversaries. See more on Instagram @cognitostudiosphotography
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Corporate Documentation and Storytelling
Your end-of-project documentation and achievements need to be engaging and beautifully presented.
We will help you write, review and edit your documents, put them into visually appealing formats including infographics and PowerPoint presentations, and we will create photo and video documentaries to ensure your stories of change are never forgotten.
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Knowledge Management
Everyday knowledge is created because there is always something to learn or relearn. But are you channeling the learnings towards greater productivity?
We help organizations learn, grow and make smarter decisions by supporting them to create, manage, share and retain knowledge and information acquired before, during and after the implementation of their activities.
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Brand and Business Development
Your brand says volumes about you and directly affects the growth of your business.
We can help you define and create your unique visual identity and then communicate your specific value to your target audience
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Social Marketing and SBCC
The effectiveness of your intervention is measured by how far it changes the behavior of your target groups.
We can write a campaign strategy, co-develop the communication ideas with you and your stakeholders, manage the campaign executions, and monitor the progress. Description goes here
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Linking and Learning
A subset of knowledge management, we facilitate the sharing of experiences and lessons from (innovative) initiatives. This allows successful projects and approaches to scale-out and scale up, providing overall value to project growth and sustainability of interventions
Our Team
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Shawn
Seun Asala is the CEO and Creative Director at Cognito. Friends and family call him 'Shawn' though.
Shawn helps individuals and organizations reach their goals, and tell their stories, in order to improve lives and build our society.
A medical doctor by training, a practicing public health professional, a self-taught visual communication expert and a budding entrepreneur, he passionate about adding value to individuals, organizations and the society at large.
Shawn loves music but has forgotten how to dance. So he loves to ride his mountain bike instead.
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Christy
Christiana is our Program Director overseeing our integrated marketing communication services, and business development strategies. She has significant experience leading social marketing efforts targeting women, men, adolescents and vulnerable groups, facilitating multimedia development workshops to create indigenous content for target audiences, and creating learning platforms and knowledge management services for businesses and NGOs.
She has supported over 30 organizations with business development, communication strategies and brand development services.
When she is not so serious, she loves watching TV series while eating cashew nuts.
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Kas
Fascinated by the stories behind the numbers, Kaseina Dashe strives to highlight the impact of development projects through storytelling via novel formats in order to create the ever-critical link between communication and society. She has supported programs across Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health, Reproductive health for vulnerable populations, Ending Violence Against Children (E-VAC), Gender, Disability rights, Law reforms and Environment.
When no one is looking, Kas loves to dance to Fela while eating kuli kuli.
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Ojonwa
Ojonwa Deborah Miachi has 10 years experience in programmes and projects focused on equitable access to quality education, child protection, gender equality, citizens' engagement, as well as accountability and transparency through advocacy, community mobilization, and evidence-based research. She has mastered project and stakeholder management, research, monitoring and evaluation working and consulting for organizations including Connected Development (CODE), UN SDGs Action Campaign, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
One thing on her bucket list is skydiving or a helicopter ride.
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Keem
Kim Dashong is a graduate architect and a very passionate photographer. He mostly leans towards documenting people and social issues, creating awareness for the masses on various developmental issues.
Keem basically runs our photography studio, one of the top photography studios in Abuja today. He creates amazing portraits for our clients and makes sure everything is running smoothly, working closely with the Creative Director.
Keem loves quiet spaces and has confessed that Bole (roasted plantain) is his ultimate weakness.
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Tia
No Tia is not really a member of the Cognito family, but she is so cute, so we will keep her here for a while.
We hope you love animals. They are co-inhabitants of our planet. While you check out the rest of the website, be sure to send us a message to tell us what you think about Cognito and how you see us collaborating in the nearest future.
Thanks.