Funmi Iyanda

Funmi Iyanda is a multi-award winning Nigerian Entrepreneur, Writer, Film and TV producer,  TV Host and Philantropist.

She is executive director at Oya Media, a London based media production studio and brand advisory set up to develop, produce and facilitate Films and TV shows for cinema, television and the web. She was co-founder and executive director at Creation Television UK.

An innovator in her industry, Funmi has won tremendous recognition for her pioneering work in the media. She was honored as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and named one of Forbes 20 Power Women in Africa. Funmi is a member of the Tutu Africa Leadership Institute Board and Aspen Institute’s Global leaders Network. In addition, she serves on the Board of Farafina Trust. She is a graduate of the University of Ibadan and holds a certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also an honorary fellow of the University of Cumbria UK, a BBC 100 women to watch lister and a UN women global equality champion.

She is the founder and board member of Change-a-Life foundation, a social intervention project birthed on her show New Dawn.

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