[3] She is also founder and managing partner of RDF Strategies, a consultancy firm that provides advice on strategic communication and stakeholder engagement across sectors from law, technology, finance, advocacy, international development, show business consulting, political engineering and communications [4] In 2016, during her time at the helm of Spinlet, Balonwu was featured in YNaija as one of "Nigeria's 100 Most Inspiring Women".

[8] Balonwu has worked in a variety of fields including law, technology, finance, show business, international development, advocacy and communications.

Balonwu won the prize under a Law and Social Science focus and a legal dissertation based on analyzing the opportunities that the African film industry, "Nollywood" offers to women as a catalyst for economic development.

[19] On podcast a16z, started by VC fund Andreessen Horowitz, with past guest speakers including NBA player Andre Iguodala and Oprah Winfrey,[20] Balonwu spoke on technology in Africa.

[24][25] Balonwu has written articles for various media outlets including Sahara Reporters, TechCabal and Al Jazeera English.