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Mo Abudu. Biography

Mosunmola Abudu, popularly known as Mo Abudu is an indigene of Ondo state of Nigeria, born in the United Kingdom. She is a talk show host, TV producer, media personality, human resources

management consultant, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Forbes described her as "Africa's Most Successful Woman"

When she was only 7 years old, Mo Abudu?s family which were resident in the United Kingdom relocated to Lagos, Nigeria, Mo was made to stay with her grandparents who were cocoa farmers at Ondo State. With her grannies, Mo learnt African culture.

Mo attended attended Fiwasaye Girls Grammar School. When she was 12, her father died and shortly after that, she returned to the UK where she attended Hammersmith County Secondary School and Ridgeway School in Kent. Then, Mo was living with her guardian in Tunbridge Wells. Afterwards, she attended West Kent College and MidKent College. She has obtained a Masters Degree in HR Management from the University of Westminster, London.

Mo Abudu is a member of the British Psychological Society, and is consequently qualified in occupational and personality testing.

After acquiring a formal education, Mo picked-up a career in the UK as a recruitment consultant in the year 1987. She became a branch manager of the establishment she worked for. She later got a job with the Starform Group, where she became the manager of the Corporate Credit Management Exhibition between the years 1990 and 1992.

In the year1993, Abudu picked-up another job with Arthur Andersen for Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (now ExxonMobil). There, she was the head of Human Resources and Training unit. She later left the company in the year 2000 to establish her own a privately owned specialist human resources development company which she called Vic Lawrence & Associates Limited (popularly known as VLA). As she ran her VLA, Abudu started an executive training center which operates at the Protea Hotel, Oakwood Park, Lagos.

Mo Abudu is the Producer & host of a TV talk show popularly known as Moments with Mo, aired on M-Net with TV coverage in 48 African countries. By October of the year 2009, the program have recorded over 200 episodes bordering on several topics including lifestyle, health, culture, politics, entertainment, tradition, music and inter-racial marriages etc. The program featured super guests and celebrities including Presidents, Nobel Laureates, and the 67th US Secretary-of-State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Abudu is also the creator and executive producer of a reality TV show known as "The Debaters", program funded by the Guaranty Trust Bank. The aim of the program is to "giving Africa a voice" which was done by promoting oratory.

Mo Abudu is the founder of The Inspire Africa Foundation, a human investment arm of Inspire Africa Ltd. The Inspire Africa Foundation is a registered non-profit organization that focuses on raising funds for the implementation of societal transformational initiatives.

Mo Abudu have the following awards:

Recognition by Forbes Media as the first African woman to launch a Pan-Africa TV channel;

Entrepreneur of the Year award by Women Werk in New York;

Listed as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Global TV by the Hollywood Reporter;

Honored with a Honorary Doctorate Degree (Honouris Causa) from Babcock University; Nigeria's premier private university.

Mo Abudu is the founder of Ebony Life Television, the "Africa's first Global Black Multi-Broadcast Entertainment Network", launched on July 1, 2013.

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