Morayo Afolabi-Brown
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Morayo Afolabi-Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 July 1980 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Employer | TVC |
| Spouse |
Femi Afolabi-Brown (m. 2011) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents |
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| Website | www |
Morayo Afolabi-Brown (née Aka-Bashorun; born 6 July 1980) is a Nigerian television host and the managing director of TVC Entertainment Channel.[1]
She was the deputy director of programmes at TVC News and the host of its breakfast show, Your View, inspired by the American talk show The View.[2][3]
Afolabi-Brown was born Morayo Aka-Bashorun and is the only daughter of Alao Aka-Bashorun, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association.[4] She studied political science at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.[5] Growing up, she was influenced by her mother and by the books and speeches of Abike Dabiri, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ibukun Awosika, Oprah Winfrey, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.[6] After about 10 years abroad, she returned to Nigeria in 2004.[7]
Career
Afolabi-Brown began her career in the media in 2005 as a client service manager at CMC Connect, a public relations company. She later moved to CUE Media, a content development company as the head of content and development, and later became a senior executive, marketing and research. She is behind many concepts including Girlfriends (TV drama series), Changing Lives (Talk Show), and Shop Easy. She once worked as a business development manager and later became head of content and channels acquisition at HiTV, Nigeria's first indigenous cable station provider, before she was hired as deputy director of programmes at TVC.[8][9][10]
In June 2023, Afolabi-Brown launched her book titled Becoming The Queen of Talk TV, and celebrated 10 years as a broadcaster.[11][12]
In December 2023, she was appointed managing director of TVC Entertainment Channel under TVC Communications.[13]