Funmi Iyanda (full name, Oluwafunmilola Aduke Iyanda) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, writer, film and TV producer, TV host and Philanthropist. She is the Executive Director of Oya Media, a London-based media production studio and brand advisory. Oya media develops, produces and facilitates films and TV shows for Cinema, television and the web. Funmi was the co-founder and the executive director at Creation Television UK and is best known for independently producing and hosting Nigeria’s most popular talk show, New Dawn.
Funmi Iyanda Biography
Funmi Iyanda was born on the 27th of July, 1971 in Lagos to late Gabriel and Yetunde Iyanda. She hails from Ogbomosho, Oyo State. Even though her mother died when she was just 7 year old, she still made something out of her life. She attended African Church Princess Primary School, Akoka, Herbert Macaulay School in Lagos for her primary education and International School Ibadan for her secondary education.
Funmi Iyanda has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from University of Ibadan and also holds a certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. She is an honorary fellow of the University of Cumbria UK.
Funmi has a charming daughter, Morenike Odegbami. One of her siblings, Olumide Iyanda is an editor of Saturday Independent Newspaper.