Sisi Yemmie

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Sisi Yemmie
Yemisi Odusanya (Sisi Yemmie) on NdaniTV in August 2018.png
Born
Yemisi Sophie Aiyedun

1984 (age 40–41)
NationalityNigerian
Education
Occupation Blogger
YouTube information
Channel
Genres
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
Subscribers1.06 million
Views128 million
Last updated: 3 May 2025

Yemisi Sophie Odusanya (born 1984), also known as Sisi Yemmie, is a Nigerian food and lifestyle blogger. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Sisi Yemmie was born in 1984 and she grew up in Warri, Delta State. She is ethnic Yoruba. She earned a degree in Mass Communication from Igbinedion University, Okada [3] and later got a master's degree in International Diplomacy from the University of Birmingham and a Diploma in Internal Communications from PR Academy, London. [4]

Career

Sisi Yemmie creates and shares food recipe videos that are created as a result of experiments carried out in her kitchen on her YouTube channel, SisiYemmieTV. She also shares content on parenting, relationships and lifestyle. [5] [6] In 2018, she was profiled by CNN Africa alongside Linda Ikeji and Chiamaka Obuekwe as "women who have struck social media gold". [7] As at February 2019, she had 168,000 subscribers, 531 videos, and 18.4 million views on her YouTube channel. [8] Her channel was described as "Brilliant" by Prince Charles during his visit to British Council in Lagos. [9] She was listed as a top female Nigerian YouTuber in December 2020. [10]

She served as the editorial lead on Cosmopolitan Nigeria. [11]

Personal life

She and her then fiancé, now husband, Yomi Odusanya won the first season of the My Big Nigerian Wedding reality show and had their wedding sponsored to the tune of ₦15 million. [4] They have 5 children after welcoming a set of twins mid 2024. [12] [13]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2017 ELOY Awards Female YoutuberWon [14]
2015 City People Entertainment Awards Blogger of the yearWon [3]
2014 ELOY Awards Won [15]

References

  1. ↑ Sontag, Elazar (2020-07-28). "On Food Vlogger Yemisi Odusanya and the Joy of Watching Experts Cook". Eater . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  2. ↑ McCabe, Janet; Liarou, Eleni; Agger, Gunhild; Akass, Kim; Buonanno, Milly; Chung, Elaine; Delveroudi, Eliza-Anna; Esan, Oluyinka; Horsley‐Heather, Emma (2020), "Researching Women's Television History" , The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, American Cancer Society, pp. 1–23, doi:10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc241, ISBN   978-1-119-42912-8, S2CID   225585998 , retrieved 2021-04-17
  3. 1 2 B, Simisola (2020-03-18). "Biography of Sisi Yemmie". AllNigeriaInfo. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  4. 1 2 "Lifestyle Blogger wins N15 million wedding". The Nation . 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ↑ Samuel, Mofijesusewa (2019-10-21). "5 Top YouTube Food Content Creators". Nigerian Entertainment Today . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  6. ↑ "Emmanuella Samuel among 10 Nigerian YouTube stars". Vanguard News . 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  7. ↑ Tom Bouchier Hayes and Munachim Amah (22 January 2018). "How these Nigerian women are cashing in on social media". CNN . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  8. ↑ Akindare, Okunola (2019-02-11). "Fisayo Fosudo's YouTube Channel Makes Money, But Not From YouTube Alone". TechCabal. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  9. ↑ Ogunfuwa, Ife (2018-11-08). "Prince Charles visits British Council, commends digital entrepreneurs". The Punch . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  10. ↑ "Top Female YouTubers in Nigeria with great content". Vanguard News . 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  11. ↑ Steigrad, Alexandra (2015-02-16). "Cosmopolitan is Heading to Nigeria". WWD . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  12. ↑ Odutuyo, Adeyinka (2019-02-25). "YouTube star Sisi Yemmie shares beautiful photos of her newly welcomed baby girl". Legit.ng . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  13. ↑ Okundia, Jennifer (2020-08-30). "Sisiyemmie shares adorable picture of her kids". PM News . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  14. ↑ "ELOY Awards 2017 Winners". This Day . 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  15. ↑ Oyewusi, Siji (2014-12-02). "Omoni Oboli, Funke Akindele, Toyin Lawani others walk Eloy 2014 red carpet". Nigerian Entertainment Today . Retrieved 2021-04-17.
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