Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi

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Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi
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Gbemi on Off Air with Gbemi and Toolz in 2023
Born
Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi

(1984-07-18) 18 July 1984 (age 39)
Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
Alma mater Pan-African University, Lagos (MSc, Media & Comm), Oakland University, Rochester (BA, Comm)
Occupation(s) Media personality, Executive Producer, Group VP, Marketing.
Years active2005–present
Spouse
Femisoro Ajayi
(m. 2018)
Relatives Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi

Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi is a Nigerian former broadcaster at The Beat 99.9 FM [1] (she resigned in December 2021 [2] ), entrepreneur and co-host of "Off-Air with Gbemi & Toolz" podcast. [3] Gbemi is the granddaughter of late Olowo of Owo Sir Olateru-Olagbegi II KBE. In 2008, Gbemi won the on-air personality of the year at the Future Awards Africa. [4] In 2015, Gbemi founded Gbemisoke shoes. [5] A shoe line created for women with difficulties in shopping for the right shoe size. At the fifth edition of the Arise Fashion Week, Lagos in 2018, Gbemi walked the runway for FIA Factory. In 2019, Gbemi became one of the faces from Megalectrics Ltd for Rémy Martin. [6]

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Early life

Gbemi was born on July 18, 1984, to Banke and Yemi Olateru-Olagbegi in St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. She attended Pampers Private School, Surulere, The Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo between 1993 and 1997 then continued her secondary school education at Queens College, Yaba where she graduated in 2000. She obtained a B.A. in communications at Oakland University, Rochester and MSc. in Media and Communications from Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

Career

Broadcasting career

After school, Gbemi served as a member of the youth corp at the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA 2 channel 5, Victoria Island before she moved to Cool FM Nigeria in 2005 where she hosted the Good Morning Nigeria show with the late Dan Foster for a year. In 2006, Gbemi hosted the Midday Oasis until 2009 when she left Cool Fm for The Beat 99.9 FM. Gbemi was the deputy program director at Beat FM from 2011 to 2016 and Program Director to the sister-company, Naija FM 102.7 from 2011 to 2017. She left radio in December 2021.

Entrepreneur career

She is known to be a serial entrepreneur. In 2015, Gbemi founded her shoe line, Gbemisoke Shoes, an idea born out of her personal experience when shopping for shoes. [7]

Acting career

Gbemi's first film appearance was in 2017, in a web series titled Our Best Friend's Wedding. [8] She played the role of Kemi in the romantic dramedy by The Naked Convos in collaboration with RedTv. It starred Oreka Godis, Adebola Olowu, Chris Attoh and lasted for two seasons. In 2020, she featured in another short film by The Naked Convos titled Heaven Baby. [9]

TNC

After Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi left radio on 24 December 2021. She was appointed as co-founder and co-executive producer of one of Africa's entertainment startups, TNC Africa. TNC Africa is a digital-focused TV and film production company. it was launched in January 2021 by Olawale Adetula and Daniel Aideyan. [10]

Wakanow Group

On 1 February 2023, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi announced her appointment as Group VP, Marketing at Wakanow Group. Gbemi supervises and develop marketing strategies for the brands within her portfolio, including Wakanow and Kalabash. [11]

Personal life

Gbemi is a member of the royal Olagbegi Family of Owo, Ondo State. She has three brothers, Olatokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi, Bukunyi Olateru-Olagbegi and Adenola Olateru-Olagbegi and is happily married to Femisoro Ajayi

Career Timeline

Notable Interviews

Filmography

Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi series work
YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Our Best Friend's Wedding S1Kemi
2020Heaven BabySandra
2021Our Best Friend's Weddingg S2Kemi

Awards and nominations

She won the City People Awards & The Nigerian Media Merit Awards in 2016 for On Air Personality of the Year.

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2008The Future Awards AfricaOn Air Personality of the YearWon [16]
Dynamix AwardsRadio Presenter of the YearWon
Green Awards of ExcellenceRadio CategoryWon
2009Exquisite Lady of the Year AwardBest Female Radio PresenterWon
2010The Future Awards AfricaOn Air Personality of the YearNominated
2015 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Favourite Nigerian On-Air PersonalityNominated [17]
2016City People AwardsOn Air Personality of the YearWon
The Nigerian Media Merit AwardsOn Air Personlity of the YearWon
2021 Net Honours Most Popular Media Personality (female)Nominated [18]

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