Empowering Tomorrow hero film: a future self celebrates the opening of her Lagos bakery

Prudential Zenith Life · 2025–26

Empowering Tomorrow

The line
Your next 40 years start today. Boss in 2026, boss in 2066.
The Republic's role
Campaign strategy · Content and social · Integrated communications
Partners
The Republic × Prudential Zenith Life. Execution credits under Credits.
Span
September 2025 to April 2026: a family film, a live CEO conversation, a pledge, a future-self film, billboards, radio and a website.

01 · The problem

Life insurance asks people to plan for a future that feels far away, while today is already full. Protection had to feel relevant while life is still being built, and people needed a clear place to start.

02 · The human truth

The future is a difficult family conversation.

03 · The idea

Make tomorrow personal. Make planning practical.

A 40-year plan gave insurance a human horizon: a family to care for, a business to grow, a child's education, a later life with choices. Each chapter answered a different hesitation.

04 · The work

  1. Talk. Oba and his dad made money and protection a family conversation. October 2025.
  2. Invite. Creator Olushola invited his audience to a live conversation with the CEO. November 2025.
  3. Ask. Viewers put their hesitations to the CEO directly, from affordability to what makes the company different. The full conversation stayed available as a podcast. December 2025.
  4. Pledge. It ended with a commitment people could repeat, “From today, I'm planning…”, returned to the feed as a short film. January 2026.
  5. Picture. A 49-second future-self film, made with GPT and Kling, named the ambitions: a bakery, the children's education, care for Mum. “Boss in 2026, boss in 2066” travelled through billboard creative and radio. April 2026.
  6. Start. The website turns the idea into a Ready Test, 40-year planning calculators and an advisor handoff.

Films from the campaign

05 · Evidence

136,810

YouTube views on the 49-second hero film, observed 8 September 2026.

110,793

YouTube views on Oba and his dad's conversation, observed 10 September 2026.

30,180

YouTube views on the recorded CEO conversation, observed 10 September 2026.

24.2K

Views on Olushola's invitation, with 1.8K likes, observed 10 September 2026.

10.6K

Views on the Tomorrow Pledge film, observed 10 September 2026.

Public counters, cumulative at the date shown. Not unique people, leads or policies, and never added together.

06 · Credits

Client
Prudential Zenith Life Insurance
Campaign strategy, content and social, integrated communications
The Republic
Hero film
Made with GPT and Kling
The Extra Mile Games key visual: four runners on a red track through the office

Next world

Prudential Zenith Life · The Extra Mile Games

For one week, customer care led the company.

Your turn

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