Nigeria’s Mo Abudu has made Hollywood Reporter’s prestigious list of Women in International TV.
Chairwoman and Chief Executive, EbonyLife TV , Mosunmola Abudu was also described by The Hollywood Reporter as Africa’s answer to Oprah. The Nigerian media entrepreneur and self-taught TV host Abudu launched the continent’s first syndicated talk show, Moments With Mo, in 2006. Featuring guests as varied as Hillary Clinton, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg and IMF boss Christine Lagarde, Moments is carried across 48 African countries.
Abudu this year launched EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first continent-wide broadcaster, targeting Africa’s growing, aspirational middle class with programming that “celebrates style and success while motivating its audiences to dream and dream big,” Abudu says.
Others on the list are
Rola Bauer, Founder and Co-Head, Tandem Communications, Germany
Marina Berlusconi, Chairwoman, Fininvest, Italy
Piv Bernth, Head of Drama at Danish Public Broadcaster DR, Denmark
Martha Brass COO, Endemol, The Netherlands
Nomin Chinbat CEO, HD TV Network, Mongolia
Adriana Cisneros,CEO and Vice Chairman, The Cisneros Group, Venezuela
Begumhan Dogan Faralyali,Chairwoman, Dogan Holding, Turkey
Elisabeth Durand,Director General, TF1, France
Natalia Egorova,Head of Acquisitions, Channel One, Russia
Cecile Frot-Coutaz,CEO, FremantleMedia, U.K.
Bibiane Godfroid,Director of Programming, M6, France
Angelica Guerra,Television Senior VP and Managing Director, Production, Sony Pictures
Noura Al Kaabi, CEO, twofour54, Abu Dhabi
Yang Lan, Co-owner, Sun Television Cybernetworks, China
Beverley McGarvey, Chief Programming Officer, Network Ten, Australia
Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC One, U.K.
Elisabeth Murdoch, Chairman, Shine Group, Australia
Denise O’Donoghue, Managing Director, ITV Studios, U.K.
Sneha Rajani, Executive VP and Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television, India
Anke Schaeferkordt, Co-CEO, RTL Group, Germany
Keren Shahar, Head of Distribution and Acquisitions, Keshet International, Israel
Yumi Shimizu, Senior Manager, International Sales, TV Asahi, Japan
Natalya Sindeyeva, Owner and General Director of TV Channel Dozhd, Russia
Sophie Turner Laing, Managing Director, Content, BSkyB, U.K