Fade Ogunro
Fade Ogunro is an on-air-personality, radio and TV presenter, film producer, and fashion designer. She is the founder and CEO of Bookings Africa, an online talent service provider in Africa. She is a native of Ekiti State in South West Nigeria. She speaks English, French and Spanish. [1] [2]
Education and career
[edit]Fade Ogunro left Nigeria to the United Kingdom with her parents when she was 7 years old.[3] She studied journalism and creative writing in Roehampton University, UK.[4] After her university education, she worked for Google in the UK. She came back to Nigeria in 2010 and started working for Radio Continental the same year. She has worked for PM News, Guardian Newspaper, 234 Next and Beat 99.9 FM radio.[1] She hosts radio shows on weekends in the Beat 99.9FM. She is also a co-host of a TV show called Glam Report. [2] She resigned from Beat 99.9 FM radio in 2016.[5]
In April 2019, she launched a new app called Bookings Africa. The app enables participants to search for individuals with different talents, reaches these people, get the prices for their services and compare such prices with other service providers. The app has over 14 talent categories and is available in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa[6][7][8] [9] She is the co-owner and head of production in FilmFactoryNG a video production company. She also runs her own fashion show called Fashion Friday with Fade.[1] [2]She is the first African woman to sit on the Global Campaign Board of Cherie Blair Foundation For Women, a foundation that helps discover women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries.[10]
Ogunro is a former ballerina. She is sponsoring Anthony Mmesoma Madu, an 11 year old ballerina whose video went viral in 2020.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Ogunro is the daughter of Sesan Ogunro Snr , one of the pioneer Advertising practitioners in Nigeria who was murdered in 2013.[12] She is sister to video director Sesan Ogunro and they run production company, Film Factory together.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "#SCHICKWOMAN: FADE OGUNRO IS THE MEDIAPRENEUR TAKING OVER AFRICA". December 26, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "AML's Nigerian Women in Entertainment: (Video) Fade Ogunro Shares Insight on her Video Production Company, Film Factory". December 9, 2013.
- ^ "ICYMI: E-banking faces threat as customers lose huge savings to fraudsters – Punch Newspapers". Punch Newspapers – The most widely read newspaper in Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ ""I Have Turned 30...It's Time For Me To Focus More On My Company!" - Fade Ogunro On The Real Reason She Left Radio". January 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Ex OAP explains why she left radio". Pulse Nigeria. January 12, 2016.
- ^ Awodipe, Tobi (2019-11-16). "Fade Ogunro to revolutionise young entrepreneurs, pan-african marketplace with Bookings Africa - Nigeria and World News". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ "Fade Ogunro Launches 'Bookings Africa ' for Talents Sourcing". October 25, 2019.
- ^ "Dayo Adeyelure And Fade Ogunro To Share Insights At NECLive 7". April 21, 2019. Archived from the original on November 19, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Fade Ogunro Biography - Age". April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Cherie Blair Foundation appoints Ogunro on its global campaign board". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ Brara, Noor (2020-08-19). "In Lagos, a Homegrown Ballet Academy Leaps Into the Spotlight". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ "Ekiti Broadcasting Service boss, Ogunro killed in Lagos | Premium Times Nigeria". 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
- ^ Eze, Mary Jane (12 January 2016). "Ex-Beat FM OAP, Fade Ogunro Speaks On How She Managed 'Two Husbands' At A Time". The Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- Living people
- 21st-century Nigerian businesswomen
- 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
- People from Ekiti State
- Nigerian technology businesspeople
- Nigerian television presenters
- Nigerian women television presenters
- Nigerian radio presenters
- Nigerian women radio presenters
- Nigerian film producers
- Nigerian women film producers