Morayo Afolabi-Brown

Morayo Afolabi-Brown (born 6 July 1980) is a Nigerian TV Host and the Managing Director of TVC Entertainment Channel.

She was the deputy director of Programmes at TVC News, but currently hosts TVC's Breakfast show Your View, a spin-off from the American talk show The View.

She is the only daughter of the late Nigeria Bar Association President, Alao Aka-Bashorun. Morayo married lawyer Femi Afolabi-Brown in 2011.

Early life
Morayo Afolabi-Brown studied Political Science at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Growing up, she modelled herself after her mother before she was inspired by the books she read about Abike Dabiri, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ibukun Awosika, Oprah Winfrey, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and watching their speeches. After about 10 years abroad, she moved back to Nigeria in 2004.

Career
Afolabi-Brown began her career in the media in 2005 as a Client Service Manager at CMC Connect (a PR Company), before she moved to CUE Media, a content development company as the Head of Content and Development, and later became a Senior Executive, Marketing and Research. She is behind many concepts like Girlfriends (TV drama series), Changing Lives (Talk Show), and Shop Easy. She once worked as a Business Development Manager and later became Head of Content and Channels Acquisition at HiTV, Nigeria's first indigenous cable station provider before she was hired as deputy director of Programmes at TVC.

In June 2023, Morayo launched her book titled ‘Becoming The Queen of Talk TV’, and celebrated her 10-year journey as a broadcaster.

In December 2023, she was appointed managing director of TVC Entertainment Channel under TVC Communications.

Recognition
In 2020, Afolabi-Brown was named as one of the 25 most powerful women in journalism in Nigeria, where she ranked 18th on the list compiled by Women in Journalism Africa.