Folu Storms

Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye (born November 25, 1986) popularly called Folu Storms, is a Nigerian radio host and presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and television host.[1][2]

Folu Storms
Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye in 2020
Born
Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye

(1986-11-25) 25 November 1986
Lagos State, Nigeria
Other namesFolu Storms
Occupation
Years active2012–present

Early life

Storms was born in Aguda, Surulere, Lagos state. She attended primary school at Corona VI, then had her secondary education first at The Lagoon Secondary School, then at St Leonards Mayfield in the UK and then proceeded to Aberystwyth University where she studied for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) between 2005 and 2008. Storms later enrolled at the University of Bristol for her Master of Laws (LLM) in 2009.[3] Storms has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Pan-African University.

Radio and NdaniTV
Model Adeola Ariyo and Folu Storms in South Africa for the New Africa series.

Storms began to work as a lawyer, before she started with the radio station 92.3 Inspiration fm in 2012. She competed for the MTV Base Africa's VJ search and she was one of the three finalists. Storms was later hired by the Nigerian company Ndani TV as a presenter and content producer where she produced The New Africa documentary[4] which was nominated for best documentary award at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.[5] She co-hosted the Breakfast show at Smooth 98.1FM in Lagos and was still doing this in 2019.[6][7]

Storms won the 2017 Ebony Life TV Sisterhood Awards for TV Personality of the Year[8] the 2018 On-Air Personality award for the Future award[9] and ELOY Awards.[10]

Appearing as "Sope" on-line in "Alone Together"

She and Osas Ighodaro joined MTV Shuga in 2019. She took on the role of "Sope".[11]

The role of "Sope" was included when it went into a mini-series titled MTV Shuga Alone Together highlighting the problems of Coronavirus in April 2020. The series was written by Tunde Aladese and broadcast every night - its backers include the World Health Organisation.[12] The series was based in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and the story progresses using on-line conversations on location between the characters. All of the makeup and filming was done by the actors[13] who include Lerato Walaza, Mamarumo Marokane, and Jemima Osunde.

gollark: I'm mostly complaining about Android here because OH POTATOS IS ITS UPDATE PROCESS SO AWFUL.
gollark: Unlike certain other OSes.
gollark: Alternatively, convert potatOS to a series of QR codes and display them all on a website in series.
gollark: Make the QR code redirect to another QR code, which then links to a QR code linking to the original QR code.
gollark: ...

References
  1. Onyinye, Yovnne. "Folu Storms Takes On Radio And TV". Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. Admin. "About". FoluStorms.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Ayeni, Olamide. "Everything You Should Know About Folu Storms, ELOY 2018 OAP Of The Year". Fabwoman. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. Admin. "Home & Abroad With Folu Ogunkeye". Style Elevate. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. Admin. "The Nominees". The Future Africa. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. Admin. "Folu Storms Turns A Year Older- Photos". Mediaguide. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. Nigeria, Inhouse. "Future Awards Africa 2018: Simi, Folu Storms among winners". Music In Africa. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. Admin. "Meet the 2017 Honorees". Ebony Life Tv. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  9. Admin. "TFAA 2018 WINNERS LIST". The Future Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  10. Admin. "2018 recipients". Eloy Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. "Tobi Bakre, Osas Ighodaro, Folu Storms grace MTV Shuga Season". Vanguard News. 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  12. "Every Woman Every Child partners with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation to Tackle COVID-19". Every Woman Every Child. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  13. Akabogu, Njideka (2020-04-16). "MTV Shuga and ViacomCBS Africa Respond to COVID-19 with "Alone Together" Online Series". BHM. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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