The ten-year journey of EbonyLife, the parent company of EbonyLife Film, EbonyLife TV, EbonyLife Place and EbonyLife Creative Academy has been presented as a case study at Harvard Business school. The broad and vibrant company led by Nigerian powerhouse Mo Abudu makes history as the very first media company led by a female African entrepreneur to achieve such strides in …
The latest update netting Mo Abudu’s Hollywood growing network is a multi-title film and television deal with Westbrook, a subsidiary of Westbrook Incorporation co-owned by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Abudu is in partnership with the Smiths via her production house EbonyLife Media, which will co-produce a slate of films and shows telling stories of the African continent by …
Over the last decade, Mo Abudu has stayed consistent in narrating Nollywood’s potential to mainstream audience. Following her Sony Television and Netflix first-look film and TV deal, Abudu has launched EbonyLife Creative Academy, stationed in Lagos. The establishment aims at providing free, practical short courses, designed by industry experts, across all aspects of filmmaking and media content production, for both …
Mo Abudu is expanding her international reach. The well-established Nollywood film executive has inked a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television via her EbonyLife Media company. Under the two-year exclusive deal, EbonyLife will produce original television projects that suit a global audience for SPT. Abudu’s partnership with Sony marks the first African first-look deal with a major Hollywood Studio. “It’s …
Nigerian film executive, Mo Abudu has scored a multi-title deal with Netflix. Under her production outfit EbonyLife TV, Abudu will bring to the streaming platform an adaptation of the novel ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ by Lola Shoneyin and the play by Wole Soyinka ”Death and the King’s Horseman’. The former will be developed into a series, while …
Mo Abubu is a first-time grandmother and of course, she announced it in the typical Abudu way of doing things. While other grandmothers may opt for a posted picture with them and their grandchild(ren) relaxed in their arms, Abudu made her new status known the Instagram way with a poster capturing her elegance and scripted, “21.02.20 Special Day I became …
Nigeria’s Mo Abudu, has being made chair of the 47th International Emmy Awards Gala, which honors the best television programs initially produced and aired outside the United States. Taking the highest seat of the night, Mo Abudu, shared via her Instagram handle captioned with a thank you message to the International Emmy Awards organizers for the honor to chair. She …
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