About us.

The AprilCentaur Network poses as an online literary magazine aiming to build a network of creatives in multiple fields. Our goal is to be involved with writers, filmmakers, animators, actors, illustrators, stage actors, etc, and bring them into one general collective.

The Network was founded in April 2023 by Nigerian Writer and Filmmaker, Abuah Martins Chukwubuikem. It has since provided income for over 40 individuals, 6 of whom are on regular and recurring income.

Our Mission.

Throughout history, incentives have fostered the rise and explosion of monumental talents.

Our mission is to incentivize creatives and hidden gems who work hard behind the scenes but have yet to reap the fruit of their efforts.

By giving these talents a new and reliable home, we aim to spur a surge of dreamers who would have been left buried without our intervention.

Our Vision.

We seek to advance the growth of any creative we come in contact with by removing the worry of income and daily needs from their need to create.

We solve this through our paid general submissions open to writers, poets, and actors; our major short story prize worth $2000, and our contracted royalties offered to authors.

We organize our contests to amass talent and seek to provide selected participants with regular and recurring income.

We also perform stage plays and shoot creative content that provides for stage acts and filmmakers.

Our Values.

Our sole vocation is forged from the belief that stories can build nations, so we’re seeking a storm of creatives highly dedicated to the ideals of rebuilding and manifesting such countenance through subtle means in their works.

We want to affect the citizens of Africa down to their thoughts of themselves, and since the entertainment industry is one that we all tune into, we aim to amass a great bank of quality creatives who will help spread our ideas in numerous fields.

Meet the Team

  • Martins Abuah

    FOUNDER

    Is he the AprilCentaur or Abuah Martins? We do not know. But he designs and writes the copy for this website. (This we know for sure.)

  • Elizabeth Ogundeji

    DESIGN SPECIALIST

    A talented design overseer sought after and employed by RaizeHQ, who excels as a product manager for PaceSetter. Elizabeth is a hardworking enthusiast and dedicated designer of the Network’s publication on social media.

  • Oyindamola Depo Oyedokun

    CONTENT WRITER

    A self-proclaimed polymath and the first runner-up in the pioneer contest organized by the Network. Oyindamola is a writer able to create new worlds through fiction, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering in France.

  • Yusuf Eslah Ayenajai

    CONTENT WRITER

    An accomplished Law graduate, hearkening to the voice of literary expression in his mind. Ayenajai is a budding writer forever analysing the complex realities of life and shaping them into simple understanding. (Another pioneer from the first contest.)

  • Vanessa George

    CONTENT WRITER

    A pioneer from the Network’s first edition, also known as ‘Author_of_sparkles,’ Vanessa finds peace in continually developing new techniques of relatable poetic expression and prose writing. She studies law at the University of Ibadan.

  • Oreoluwa Asala

    CONTENT WRITER

    Chosen as one of the big six from the first edition of the AprilCentaur Prize, Oreoluwa is a student aspiring for an LLB degree in Unilorin. He continually excels as a solution finder and shuffles between reading, serving God, and writing.

  • No, we do not accept previously published works. We’re interested in new and admirable writing, seeking for a new home to settle in.

  • Our contests are open to all people of African descent, whether living in Africa or across the seas and continents of the world.

  • Subscribe to our newsletter or follow our social media pages. Information is uploaded regularly on our social media pages.

  • We hold an annual contest worth $2000 between May and July. Our general submissions are also open all year, but we limit publication to 2 pieces per week.

  • We want to make sure payments are seamless without issue. Our founder is the only sponsor of our efforts presently, and we do not want the weight of finance to break his drive.

  • We periodically offer opportunities for actors and filmmakers whenever the situation arises. However, our general submissions are always open for monologues, and we pay.

Our Story.

At a reflective moment in our 25-year-old founder’s life, he discovered that to push his dream forward, he must first learn to push the dreams of others, as well as give them a stepping stone into opportunities readily available to him in his present reality.

This discovery led to a finding of history — of a particular time in Irish history — where the mindset of a nation became transformed and filled with purpose, by a collection of well-selected stories that adorned their ancestral imagery and gave them a heightened sense of self.

Now, our founder believes the mindset in Africa can be upturned by bringing forth leaders created through the intervention of the AprilCentaur Network. Leaders, able to send in powerful stories in their multitudes, and over time, develop the mindset towards acquiring a taste for worthy attractions, and a worthy sense of purpose.