Funmi Iyanda

Funmi Iyanda is an award-winning producer, broadcaster, blogger and journalist. Funmi produced and hosted Nigeria’s most popular and authoritative television show, ‘New dawn with Funmi,’ which aired on the national network for over eight years.

She wrote, executive produced and presented the social documentary/discussion series, ‘Talk with Funmi.’ The BBC commissioned the series as ‘My Country Nigeria’ and the first episode ‘Lagos Stories’ was nominated for best documentary at the 2011, Monte Carlo Television Festival.

Her recent productions include ‘Port Harcourt Stories’ and chopcassava.com.

She is an African Leadership Institute Tutu Fellow, an Aspen Institute African Leadership Initiative Fellow and was honoured as a Young Global Leader (YGL) in 2011 by the World Economic Forum.

Chris Dada

Chris Dada is an award-winning director/producer.

Born and raised in Lagos, Chris studied Theatre Arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and film and television at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design.

On graduation, he worked mainly in advertising directing commercials in the UK, US, Europe and Canada for agencies including Saatchi and Saatchi, M&C Saatchi, Mother, BBH and Publicis. His work includes brand campaigns for Sony Playstation, Airbus, Natwest, Guardian, Boots and Ikea. He won numerous awards, was named a Saatchi and Saatchi World Top 100 Director and nominated three times for a Cannes Lion – the “Oscars” of global television advertising.

In 2009, he returned to Nigeria to develop, direct and produce the ‘Talk with Funmi,’ and BBC commissioned ‘My Country Nigeria’ series. He produced and directed the Monte Carlo Television Festival nominated documentary, ‘Lagos Stories,’ ‘Port Harcourt Stories’ and the BANFF World Media nominated web series chopcassava.com through his and Ms Iyanda’s production company, Creation Television.