Mo Abudu

Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu

Mosunmola "Mo" Abudu is a Nigerian media executive and producer who founded EbonyLife Group and created and hosted the pan-African talk show Moments with Mo. Her work spans television, film production and creative-industry development.

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About Mo Abudu

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Nigeria · Media executive, Producer, Television host · 1 affiliation

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Also known as: Mosunmola Abudu
Known for: Nigerian film and television production; Pan-African television programming; Creative-industry training
Country: Nigeria

Media executive
Producer
Television host
Entrepreneur

At a glance

Abudu is identified as the founder and CEO of EbonyLife Group, a role central to her work in Nigerian film and television.
She created and hosted Moments with Mo, a pan-African talk show that preceded EbonyLife TV.
Netflix announced a multi-title content partnership with Abudu's EbonyLife in 2020.
Her professional recognition includes membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2021 intake and inclusion in the 2025 TIME100.

Background and early career

Abudu was born in Hammersmith, West London, and has family roots in Ondo Town in southwestern Nigeria. She completed a master's degree in Manpower Studies, now Human Resource Management MA, at the University of Westminster in 1993. Before moving into media, she worked in human resources, including as an executive for ExxonMobil in Nigeria.

Television and EbonyLife

Abudu's transition into television developed through the concept that became Moments with Mo, which she created and hosted as a pan-African talk show. She subsequently established EbonyLife as a television and production enterprise. Sources differ over whether EbonyLife TV was founded in 2012 or launched in 2013, and the available evidence does not determine whether those dates refer to different stages of its development.

Film production and industry partnerships

The International Finance Corporation states that Abudu launched EbonyLife Films in 2014. Her production work later gained a wider international platform through a multi-title partnership announced by Netflix in June 2020. In 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences included her in its new-members class in the Producers category.

Training and recognition

Abudu's wider creative-industry work includes EbonyLife Creative Academy, whose website describes free practical short courses in filmmaking and media-content production supported by the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative. The University of Westminster awarded her an honorary Doctor of Arts in 2018 for services to broadcasting and enterprise in Nigeria, and TIME included her in its 2025 list of 100 influential people.

Affiliations

EbonyLife Group Founder and CEO present

Timeline

1993 Completed a master's degree in Manpower Studies at the University of Westminster.
2006 Forbes reports that she took the concept that became Moments with Mo to DStv, marking her transition into television.
2013 International Finance Corporation and Forbes materials place the launch of EbonyLife TV in 2013, while a University of Westminster source gives 2012 as its founding year.
2014 Launched EbonyLife Films, according to the International Finance Corporation.
2018 Received an honorary Doctor of Arts from the University of Westminster.
2020-06-12 Netflix announced a multi-title content partnership with Abudu's EbonyLife.
2021 Named to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new-members class in the Producers category.
2025-04-16 Included in TIME's 2025 TIME100 list.

Additional verified details

Current context

Founder and CEO of EbonyLife Group. This title is stated in a recently reviewed International Finance Corporation profile. An independently updated corporate leadership confirmation was not located in this research round.
EbonyLife Creative Academy presents itself as offering free practical short courses in filmmaking and media-content production, with Lagos State Government support through the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative. The academy website was active when reviewed; its programme scope and funding arrangements may change.

Biographical facts

Her full name is Mosunmola Abudu, and she is professionally known as Mo Abudu.
She was born in Hammersmith, West London, and has family roots in Ondo Town in southwestern Nigeria.
She completed a master's degree in Manpower Studies, now Human Resource Management MA, at the University of Westminster in 1993.
Before entering media, she worked in human resources, including as a human-resources executive for ExxonMobil in Nigeria.
The University of Westminster awarded her an honorary Doctor of Arts in 2018 for services to broadcasting and enterprise in Nigeria.
She was included in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2021 new-members list in the Producers category.
TIME included her in its 2025 TIME100 list of influential people.