This is Mosunmola Abudu also called Mo' Abudu nee Akintunde!. She is a 55 years old woman from Ondo State, Nigeria born in Hammersmith, West London on the 11, September, 1964 to an Engineer father and Caterer mother. She spent her early years in the United Kingdom, she attended the Ridge way school, Mid Kent College and West Kent College. She has a master's degree in Human resource Management from the University of West minister in London.
She is married to Tokunbo Abudu and they both have two children. She became a grand mum with the arrival of her grandson whom she fondly calls TJ on February 24, 2020.
In 1987, Mo started out as a professional recruitment consultant with Atlas Recruitment Consultancy firm in United Kingdom. In 1993 she relocated to Nigeria and functioned as the head of Human Resources and Administration of Esso Exploration and production now called Exxon Mobile Nigeria.
At a point, Mo wanted to do more and so walked away from her well-paid job, though amidst fear and uncertainties. Best to cut the story short and say she is the owner of Ebony Life TV, a renowned talkshow host(Moments with MO) and a TV Producer whose networth is about 10.5 million dollars.
Mo is the founder of 'moments with MO', Africa's first daily talk show on Africa's achievements. She is the founder of the reality TV show titled the DEBATERS, a TV show that gives African youths a voice. She is the founder of 'Naira Diamond', a TV program that speaks about unsung heroes of Nigeria and Africa, this TV program was sponsored by Diamond bank of Nigeria. According to Forbes, Mo is one of the most successful women in Africa and according to CNN she is Oprah Winfrey of Africa.
In 2013, she was awarded one of 25 most successful women by Hollywood reporter and was rated as the first woman to own a Pan African TV channel. In 2015, she was rated the best movie producer (ENGLISH) of the year by City Movie People Awards. In 2018, she was rated as one of 50 women making impact in the showbiz by Variety magazine and awarded African Achievers Awards in the United Kingdom (House of Common).
On June 12 2020, Ebony Life made history as the first African and first Nigerian production company to sign a multiple deal with Netflix. As captured on her Instagram page, ”The deal signed by EbonyLife with Netflix is unprecedented and groundbreaking on our continent”.
Mosunmola Abudu in her word says execution is everything and age is just a number. A popular phrase credited to her is "If you can think it, you can do it". According to her when one is passionate about his or her job he or she would work at it at all times.
Mo Abudu’s journey is an incredible one. She justifies the phrase “Determination leads to Success”. Indeed, you can be whatever you want to be really. The choice is yours and the future is female!
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