CreativiTea Pod

Tea is served☕️✨ What does it really take to build a career around food? In this episode of CreativiTea, Chef Ify gets candid about creating content that lasts. From leaving a successful legal career to building a global community of millions, she reflects on choosing purpose over predictability, staying authentic in the creator economy, and why food deserves a place in conversations about cultu...

Tea is served ☕✨ After years of building a career in the music industry, Matthew Oyebanji found himself asking a different question about safety. Living through Nigeria's growing security challenges, and shaped by his own personal experience, he realized technology could do more than make life convenient. It could help protect lives. That conviction led to the creation of TriggerApp - a platform...

Tea is served ☕✨ Fame is often seen as the reward. The thing everyone wants and the thing everyone chases. But what happens when it finally arrives? In this episode, Deyemi Okanlawon opens up about the realities of visibility, success, and the pressures that come with becoming a household name. From spending over a decade building a career in sales and marketing to becoming one of Nollywood's mo...

Tea is served☕️✨ Genoveva left the UK and stepped into Nollywood, but does being an IJGB really make the journey easier? This week on CreativiTea, Genoveva Umeh opens up about building a career across continents, navigating stereotypes, finding her footing in the industry, and the realities behind being Genoveva. Is it privilege, perception, preparation… or something else entirely? Take a sip wi...

Tea is served ☕✨ For years, the world has had an opinion about Beverly Osu. From reality television to film, fashion, and media, her journey has unfolded in the public eye, often accompanied by conversations, assumptions, and expectations that extended far beyond her work. In this episode, Beverly reflects on the experiences that shaped her, the lessons that came with growth, and the importance...

Tea is served! ☕✨ This episode of CreativiTea with Lynda features Adim Isiakpona, a creative strategist, entrepreneur, and business leader whose career spans global companies like Google, Intel, and Hewlett-Packard, as well as some of Africa's fastest-growing brands. As Co-Founder and Group CEO of The People Company, the parent company of Riquesa and Duolibra, Adim has spent years helping busine...

Tea is served ☕✨ Dammy Twitch didn’t start out as a “known director.” He started with learning visuals from photography, then moving into music video. We sit with Dammy Twitch today, as a director whose visual language has helped define moments in Nigerian music and pop culture.  His work has shaped how stories are seen, felt, and remembered across screens and stages. In this episode, we ex...

Tea is served!✨ This episode of CreativiTea with Lynda features Sola Oyebade, aka the Gen z Papi, a show producer, fashion guru, and industry figure whose work has shaped how runway shows are created and experienced in Nigeria. As the founder of Mahogany International, the production company behind GTCO Fashion Weekend, he has played a key role in delivering some of the most recognized fashion ex...

Tea is served! ☕✨ On this episode of CreativiTEA, we sit down with Addy Awofisayo, Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa at YouTube and YouTube Music, for a refreshing conversation about the evolving relationship between African music, creators, and the digital world. From championing artists across the continent to helping shape how African music is discovered globally, Addy shares insights on t...

Tea was spilled! ☕✨ In this special episode of CreativiTEA, we take you inside the African Creators Summit, where Africa’s brightest creative minds came together for real conversations beyond the highlight reels. From candid moments with Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Folagade Banks, Ify’s Kitchen, Craze Clown, Emmanuella, Nancy Umeh, MC Edo Pikin, and more, this episode captures the truths creators do...

Tea is served! On this episode of CreativiTEA, we sit with Apollo (Oladapo “OJ” Adewunmi), convener of the African Creator’s Summit to unpack what African creators truly need to win beyond the hype: structure, community, systems, and sustainability. This one is for creators thinking long-term, not just trending. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tea is served! On this CreativiTEA Christmas Special, Emmanuella joins us for a refreshing conversation about growing up in the spotlight, staying grounded, creativity, and finding her voice beyond the laughs. From viral moments to real-life lessons, this episode reminds us that age doesn’t limit impact; clarity, consistency, and confidence do the work. Sweet, thoughtful, and inspiring, this is Em...

CreativiTEA hits the Red Carpet! For the first time ever, we brought the podcast live to The Future Awards Africa, delivering a full Red-Carpet Experience on TFAA’s iconic Black Carpet, complete with our signature CreativiTEA teacup booth. In this special episode, Lynda chats with guests like Broda Shaggi, Obi Asika, Nasboi, Omawunmi Dada, Mike Afolarin & more, capturing the fashion, energy, l...

Tea is served! ☕️✨ Some people tell jokes. MC Monica builds worlds with them. The bold comedian and creative mind behind Starch Ur Teeth has turned stand-up into a storytelling tool, one that entertains, educates, and evolves culture. From viral skits to music-laced performances and sold-out shows, Monica has mastered the art of blending humour with hustle, building a brand that resonates far be...

*CreativiTEA Season 2, Episode 20* *Title: | CreativiTEA Poscast* *Guest: Johnny Drille* Tea is served! ☕️✨ Every era has its storytellers and Johnny Drille is one of ours. The Mavin Records artist has turned emotion into a strategy, pairing heartfelt songwriting with some of the most creative rollouts and visuals in Nigerian music. From How Are You My Friend to Before We Fall Asleep, Johnny’s w...

This week on CreativiTEA, the spotlight is on Leye Makanjuola, the founder of Intense, a marketing agency that’s spent the last decade proving creativity doesn’t have to be guesswork. Leye has built a business where strategy, data, and storytelling work hand in hand. From executing campaigns that turned budget challenges into viral cultural moments, to scaling ideas that cut through crowded market...

Tea is served! In this episode of CreativiTEA, we sit with Bayanni, Mavin Records’ rising star and one of Afrobeats’ freshest voices shaping the future of the sound. From a boy in the choir chasing harmony to joining the legendary Mavin family, Bayanni’s journey is one of discipline, discovery, and daring to dream. With Ta Ta Ta, the viral TikTok anthem turned global love song, he proved that melo...

This week on CreativiTEA, the spotlight is on Oluwadolarz - comedian, creator, and one of the sharpest minds shaping Nigeria’s skit culture. From viral family skits to redefining digital comedy, he’s shown us that skits aren’t just entertainment, they’re business.  We dive into the hustle behind the humor: how he stays consistent, reinvents himself, and turns chaos into laughter. So grab your...

This week on CreativiTEA, we’re sitting down with a creative force whose work you’ve definitely seen, even if you didn’t know his name. Felix Crown isn’t just a photographer and director; he’s a visual storyteller who’s shaped the way brands, celebrities, and entire movements present themselves to the world. From iconic portraits that feel like they breathe, to campaigns that dominated timelines,...

On this episode of CreativiTEA, we’re going behind the camera with the visionary shaping some of Nigeria’s most talked-about music videos - UAX. From Tems to Omalay, Rema, Burna Boy, and more, UAX has directed visuals that are bold, cinematic, and undeniably fresh. But what does it really take to direct for top Nigerian celebrities? In this episode, we unpack: The creative process behind celebrity...

On this episode of CreativiTEA, I sit with a true creative chameleon - rapper, producer, talent discoverer, and now filmmaker, the one and only JJC Skillz. From dominating the mic as an award-winning rapper, to discovering icons like Don Jazzy and D’banj, to stepping into the world of filmmaking with a new movie dropping this Friday, JJC has lived many lives in one creative career. In this convers...

On this episode of CreativiTEA, I sit with one of Nigeria’s most respected creative powerhouses the rapper, storyteller, cultural curator and Oga Boss himself, Illbliss. From co-creating behind the scenes to shaping culture on stage and screen, Illbliss has done it all and done it with intention. In this conversation, we go beyond the bars. We talk branding, legacy, creative evolution, and what it...

This episode isn’t just another conversation, it’s a creative brainstorm, a crossfire of bold ideas, real experiences, and unfiltered perspectives. I’m joined by a group of young passionate creatives from different backgrounds: writers, strategists, designers, content wizards..  Today, they’re not just behind the scenes. They’re front and center. What happens when they all step into one room?...

This week on CreativiTEA, we sat down with the hitmaker himself - Reekado Banks! From topping charts with Katapot to shaking up the game with Ozumba Mbadiwe, Reekado has proven time and time again that he’s more than just a voice - he’s a force. But in this episode, he pulls the curtain back. We talk about the grind behind the music, the business behind the brand, and the inspiration behind his ne...

Tea is served! This week on #CreativiTEA, my guest is a man whose voice sounds like velvet and whose brand is all intentional. From serenading us with hits like “Gentleman” and “Thunder Fire You,” to redefining what R&B sounds and looks like in Africa, he’s built a career on emotion, elegance, and excellence. A former economics graduate turned soul star, he’s not just a singer, he’s a storytel...