The multi award winning broadcaster, journalist, columnist
and blogger Olufunmilola Aduke Iyanda, better known as
Funmi Iyanda, clocks 41 today.
She was born on July 27, 1971.
She produced and hosted Nigeria’s most popular and
authoritative talk show New Dawn with Funmi, which aired
on the national network for over eight years. Funmi is the
CEO of Ignite Media, a content driven media organization
operating out of Lagos.
In 2011, Funmi was honoured as a Young Global Leader
(YGL) by the World Economic Forum and was recently
named one of Forbes 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa.
Each year, the World Economic Forum recognizes up to
200 people under the age of 40 for “their professional
accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to
contribute to shaping the future of the world,” The 190 YGL
honorees for 2011 were selected from a pool of over 5000
candidates from 65 countries and all segments of society.
They reflect different kinds of leadership in different parts
of the world.
Funmi’s early life
She attended Herbert Macaulay School in Lagos, Nigeria,
and then went to the University of Ibadan where she
graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography.
Fresh out of university Funmi explored her deep passion
for sports, entering the world of sports journalism. One of
the few Nigerian female sports journalists, she covered the
1999 female Football World Cup, the All Africa Games in
Zimbabwe, as well as the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games
in Sydney and Athens.
She was an active member of the Nigerian Football
Association between 1995 and 2003.

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OP if na play stop am o.

That woman is way above 41

sweetcocoa: OP if na play stop am o.

That woman is way above 41

that's her football Age dear..!

yamunla: that's her football Age dear..!

Now you are talking.

Happy old mama youngi birthday to her .