Olutimehin Kukoyi is an award-winning writer, speaker, and public intellectual. She is also an acclaimed urban policy advocate and an emerging entrepreneur. 

In her first career, she gained significant international recognition for her work in journalism, literature, social justice activism and philanthropic advocacy.

Her highly impactful TED talk on inclusive urbanism has been watched over 2.5million times, and is regularly included in academic curricula at colleges and universities.

Currently, her communications and development practice, Global Majority Development Communications (GMDC) delivers multilateral dialogues, policy campaigns and outcome-oriented convenings for impact-focused institutions and power brokers.

As a creative entrepreneur, she also leads The Beautiful Experiences Company, a growing family-run enterprise offering boutique merchandising and experience design services.

Olú Kukoyi regularly collaborates internationally across Africa, the EU, South America and the UK, but is proud to make her home in Lagos, Nigeria. She can be contacted for work here.