Damilola Solesi

Damilola SOLESI (Nigeria) is the CEO and Creative Director at SMIDS Animation Studios, one of the leading animation companies in Africa. After studying Computer Science at Brown University Nigeria and Business and Entrepreneurship at Clark Atlanta University, she followed her lifelong dream to create animations and cartoons and founded SMIDS Animation Studios in 2010, a company that focuses on developing creative content for kids and family entertainment meant for audiences around the world. Damilola is the recipient of many awards and grants. She is a Goldman Sachs Scholar, a mentee on the IBM Women Enterprise Challenge and a recipient of the Empowering Women series award, among others. She was also selected as a Juror for the 2020 International Emmy Awards by the prestigious International Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences. Her drive, passion and youth have earned her interviews in the Huffington Post, The Punch, Guardian and Sun newspapers in Nigeria.

Filmography

Wura (2016, TV series), Hadu (2024, short)