Mo Abudu "I Think I'm Totally Misunderstood"

In the September edition of Genevieve Magazine, Ebony Life TV boss Mo Abudu graces the cover.

In the interview, Mo Abudu spoke on a range of things such as Banky W and Adesua's relationship, the sequel of "The Wedding Party 2", Kemi Adetiba, Ebony Life, her taking director classes and when she will be getting married again.

You can read the full interview below;

Genevieve Magazine - Mo of Africa or Oprah of Africa

Mo Abudu- We need to look at it where it started from; CNN started it. And this is because the western world always needs to relate it back to something that they find "us" comparable to in their world. Because if not they cant understand it. For instance, when we did Fifty, some said it was like Waiting to Exhale when we did the Wedding Party, some said it was like My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Therefore context and comparability is key to the Western world and that's how Oprah of Africa was coined. CNN has also called me Africa Queen of Media, now that sounds fab!

 

Genevieve Magazine - You always wanted to meet Oprah

Mo Abudu - Yes. Many many years ago and it would still be an honor to meet her. But in a way I am we glad I have not met her yet, I may have felt it, the world may have even felt that the relative success that one has enjoyed was due to that, but no one and I means absolutely no one can take the glory away from God Almighty. I know that everything I have achieved is purely by his grace and divine favor.

Genevieve Magazine - How did you go from being an HR consultant to becoming this media/ entertainment powerhouse? When did you realize you wanted to do this?

Mo Abudu - At that time, I did not see it as going into the entertainment business as such. It was more about creating a platform that would enable dialogue amongst us. The creation of Moments with Mo gave people of Africa a platform to express their views on a variety of topics, social, economical, celebrity lifestyle, political, topical issues and the like. I had worked as an HR practitioner for many years, I had worked as a training consultant for many years.

My job entailed interviewing candidates all day long for a variety of positions the most junior to the most senior. My job entailed standing in front of a classroom full of people and making presentations on company induction programs, at times on leadership, at times on customer service, at times on leadership, at times on project management etc.

So the switch to now sitting in front of a camera interviewing someone in their life, or what they did for a living was easier to overcome. And realizing I wanted to do this, I have to say came to me, like most of my ideas came to me, deep in the middle of the night. I hear a voice that I know is my God almighty directing my every step. And it's up to all of us to listen. You start to see the signs when you start to see things falling into place.

When I started my journey with "Moments with Mo", I wanted to start with a bang and my bang was my most treasured interview with Prof Wole Soyinka. I will be forever grateful and thankful to him for giving me the opportunity he did to be my first guest on my couch!

Of course I realized very quickly the power the media had to change lives and mindset and very early on in my Moments with Mo days, I created two other shows, "The Debaters", a show that gave our youth a platform for self-expression was sponsored by GTBank and "Naija Diamonds" a show that celebrated our unsung heroes was sponsored by Diamond bank.

Then came the bigger vision many years later, the birth of Ebony Life TV, a global platform that would be targeted primarily at the youth with a vision and passion to empower and showcase their worth and talent to the world. This journey we took with our partners DSTV and Multichoice Africa. They have given us the opportunity to empower so many and change so many lives. Thank you, Multichoice Africa, for the opportunity.

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