Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi was a Nigerian broadcaster at

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(she resigned in December 2021), entrepreneur and co-host of "Off-Air with Gbemi & Toolz" podcast. Gbemi is the grand-daughter of late Olowo of

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Sir Olateru-Olagbegi II KBE. In 2008, Gbemi won the on-air personality of the year at

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. In 2015, Gbemi founded Gbemisoke shoes. 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.

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,

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, The

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, Ojo between 1993 to 1997 then continued her secondary school education at

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, Yaba where she graduated in 2000. She obtained a B.A. in communications at

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, 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

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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.

Acting career

Gbemi's first

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appearance was in 2017, in a web series titled Our Best Friend's Wedding. 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.

TNC

After Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi left radio on the 24th of 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.

Wakanow Group

On the 1st of 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.

Personal life

Gbemi is a member of the royal Olagbegi Family of

, Ondo State. She has three brothers, Olatokunbo Olateru-Olagbegi,

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and Adenola Olateru-Olagbegi and is happily married to Femisoro Ajayi

Awards

The future awards 2008 - "On Air Personality of the Year". She also won the 'Dynamix Awards' for Radio Presenter of the year in 2008. She also won the "Green Awards for Excellence" for the radio category that same year. In 2009, she won the "Exquisite Lady of the Year" award for "Best female radio presenter" and in 2010, she was nominated again for "The Future Awards". She won the City People Awards & The Nigerian Media Merit Awards in 2016 for On Air Personality of the Year.

Career Timeline

* 2005-2006: Good Morning Nigeria Show,

Co-host * 2006-2009: Midday Oasis,

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* 2009–Present: Drive Time Show,

, Lagos Host * 2011-2017: Program Director - Naija FM 102.7, Lagos * 2011-2016: Deputy Program Director -

Lagos

Notable Interviews

* Goodluck Ebele Jonathan *

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* Wizkid *

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* Kim Kardashian *

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* Angela Simmons * Tim Westwood

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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