Lorenzo Menakaya is a Nigerian on-air personality, actor, event host,[2] filmmaker[3] and singer.

He was educated at University of Nigeria Secondary School, Nsukka; Menakaya studied Religion at the University of Nigeria before receiving a short training in broadcasting by Institute Panos Afrique de l’Ouest (PANOS Institute West Africa), Dakar, Senegal and Institute for Media and Society, Lagos Nigeria.

In 2019, he was one of the hosts of the 15th Africa Movie Academy Awards along with actress Kemi Lala Akindoju and comedian Funnybone.

[12] He played the role of Ubong on Trace TV's Crazy, Lovely, Cool.

[13] He is cousin to Chichi Menakaya, a Trauma and Orthopedic Surgeon based in the United Kingdom.