Funmi Iyanda

[2][3] She produced and hosted a talk show, New Dawn with Funmi,[4] which aired on the national network for over eight years.

In 2011, Iyanda was honoured for her web series[6] by the World Economic Forum[7] and was named one of Forbes "20 Youngest Powerful Women in Africa".

[10] In 2010, after a two-year break, Iyanda returned to the screen with Talk with Funmi (TWF), a television show directed by Chris Dada.

[20][21][22] In 2012, Iyanda and her creative partner Chris Dada released Chopcassava,[23][24] a web series documenting the January 2012 fuel subsidy protests that took place in Lagos,[25] Nigeria.

It could not be aired on Nigerian TV, the web series presents an insider view of the Lagos protests, in which people of all classes took to the streets demanding a reversal of the 117% hike in petrol prices.

It was nominated in the non-fiction web series category at the 2012 BANFF World Media Festival, in Alberta, Canada.

The climb was organised by the UN to raise global awareness on its campaign to end violence against women and girls and brought together climbers from more than 32 African countries in a historic advocacy journey up Mount Kilimanjaro.