Executive Chairman and CEO of Ebony Life TV, Africa’s first
Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network, Mo Abudu was announced as Africa’s Most
Successful Woman of The Year by Forbes
on Thursday 1 January.
In a recent interview with Mfonobong Nsehe of Forbes, she
recounts her entrepreneurial journey and reflects on the lessons she has
learned along the way. She said that, “This kind of afro-pessimism simply fuelled a
burning, deep-seated desire in my subconscious to one day help to rewrite the
African story; to get people to talk about the issues that affect our society
and to tell the African narrative in a contemporary and interesting way; to
change the perception the world had of us; to let the world know that in spite
of our challenges as a developing continent, Africans are not a bunch of
savages but mostly a breed of gifted and remarkable people.”
