Mo Abudu
14 Jan
EbonyLife CEO Mosunmola Abudu (Mo Abudu) has acknowledged the disappointment expressed by many viewers of Chief Daddy 2. Taking to Instagram, the filmmaker shared a video expressing her thanks to viewers who shared their concerns with the sequel. Captioning her post, she wrote, "Thank you so much for caring, and for sharing your concerns so…
9 Dec
EbonyLife CEO Mo Abudu has been named one of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine, the world’s most authoritative source on business and finance. She joins a select group of women of colour, led by US Vice-President Kamala Harris (no. 2), and including billionaires Oprah Winfrey (no. 23) and Rihanna (no. 68),…
9 Dec
Nigeria's former finance minister and current director-general of the World Trade Organisation Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and filmmaker Mo Abudu have been recognised by Forbes among the world's most powerful women in 2021.
19 Nov 2021
Professors at Harvard Business School (HBS) have written a case study on EbonyLife Media that will be taught in the required curriculum for all first year MBA students this academic year.
3 Sep 2021
Production has wrapped on Netflix’s latest Nigerian original film. Titled Blood Sisters and produced by Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife Studios, the dramatic thriller sees starlets Ini Dima-Okojie and Nancy Isime play the lead roles of Sarah and Kemi. Blood Sisters tells the story of two friends Sarah (Ini Dima-Okojie) and Kemi (Nancy Isime). Sarah is engaged…
29 Aug 2021
All is now set for the 2021 Xtra Ordinary Charity Auction billed to hold on Sunday, September 5, 2021.
3 Jul 2021
The American Academy of Motion Picture of Arts and Science or Oscars for short has turned the spotlight on Nigeria and its massive movie industry—Nollywood again as the prestigious body has admitted three Nigerian filmmakers...
27 Mar 2021
For a young woman growing up in Nigeria, watching a film at home meant trying to put yourself into a character’s shoes that probably wasn’t relatable and left you wondering why roles played by women...
17 Feb 2021
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s film production company, Westbrook Studios is teaming up with Mo Abudu's EbonyLife Studios to co-produce a slate of film and television projects each connected to the African continent. According to Deadline, the deal is the first of its kind for Westbrook in Africa. Under the partnership, the companies will…
15 Feb 2021
Westbrook Studios and EbonyLife Studios, Nigeria’s foremost media group dedicated to creating world-class and authentic African stories, today announced they are partnering on a multi-project slate of co-produced film and television projects each connected to the African continent. The deal is the first of its kind for Westbrook Studios in Africa and is representative of…
26 Jul 2020
Fans of EbonyLife Tv will no longer be able to view the channel on DStv Channel 165 as from July 31. Promoted as Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment & Lifestyle network
5 Jul 2020
In the course of history, Africa has been viewed from the perspective of the West, whose lens is focused mostly on the problems in the continent; poverty, famine and corruption. It was this subjective view that the late Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe hinted at when he said, “until the lions have their own historians, the…