Adaora Mbelu is a Bright Light who is on a mission to empower individuals and organizations to take decisive action to get their best work out into the world, while living a purpose driven life. She is a co-founder at Lumination, an Afrocentric Transformational Learning Company. As a brand strategist who is passionate about helping brands own and tell their stories, she has worked with multinational brands including Google, Guinness, Johnny Walker, Microsoft, Pepsi Co, Access Bank, Union Bank, amongst others.
She has been mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “11 Africans that are changing the business landscape in Africa.” She is a two-time Future Awards Africa Nominee and a recipient of the Royal Leadership Award by His Imperial Majesty, The Ooni of Ife. Adaora has been featured among Nigeria’s Under 40 CEO’s, and Top 30 Under 30, and was awarded “Most Inspiring Woman of the Year” 2019.
Adaora has a super passion for community development. She is the Founder of Socially Africa, an organization that urges people to Be Good, Do Good, and Inspire Good. She is passionate about purpose, brand strategy, storytelling, and content development for influence and impact.
Adaora Mbelu is a Bright Light, Dream Interpreter, and Purpose Driver. She is the founder of Lumination, an Afrocentric Transformational Learning Company. As a brand strategist who is passionate about helping brands own and tell their stories, she has worked with multinational brands including Google, Guinness, Johnny Walker, Microsoft, Pepsi Co, Access Bank, Union Bank, amongst others
Her professional background spans across various industries, and Adaora has served as a content developer on high profile government events, such as the International Conference on Peace & Security and the United Nations World Tourism Organization Conference to name a few. She was also the project manager for Fremantle Licensed TV Shows, Nigerian Idol and Nigeria’s Got Talent, and worked on X Factor Nigeria. Adaora was the Corporate Communications Manager for OSMI during the 2010 World Cup managing all communications on the broadcast rights for Nigeria.
She has been mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “11 Africans that are changing the business landscape in Africa.” She is a two time Future Awards Africa Nominee and a recipient of the Royal Leadership Award by His Imperial Majesty, The Ooni of Ife. Adaora has been featured among Nigeria’s Under 40 CEO’s, and Top 30 Under 30, and was awarded “Most Inspiring Woman of the Year” 2019.
She is also the author of “This Thing Called Purpose”, a book that helps people understand the true essence of living with and through purpose. Aside from her academic and professional work, She has a super-passion for community development. She is a founder at Socially Africa (@sociallyafrica), a foundation that gives back to the community through several initiatives.
Adaora Mbelu is a Bright Light, Dreamterpreter, and Purpose Driver. She is a co-founder at Lumination, an Afrocentric Transformational Learning Company on a mission to empower individuals and organizations to take decisive action to get their best self and best work into the world.
As a brand strategist, she has worked on projects with several multinational companies, SME’s, and individuals. Some of these brands include: Google, Guinness, Johnny Walker, Microsoft, Pernod Ricard, FSDH, Union Bank, FCMB, TWE Global, Pepsi Co, Tobi Bakre, Godwin Strings, Osa Seven, Denola Grey amongst others. She has worked as a content developer on the UNWTO Conference, Nigeria Centenary Awards, and International Conference on Peace & Security. She was also the project manager for Fremantle Licensed TV Shows, Nigerian Idol and Nigeria’s Got Talent, where she managed the business, brand, and production of the shows. Adaora was the Corporate Communications Manager for OSMI during the 2010 World Cup managing all communications on the broadcast rights for Nigeria. OSMI was also a broadcast marketing license owner for the UEFA Champions Leagues, UEFA Europa League, FA Premier League, La Liga, and Bundesliga. Prior to moving to Nigeria, she was a Credit Analyst at Citigroup USA, where she received awards for organizational efficiency and team spirit.
In 2017, she was mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine’s “11 Africans that are changing the business landscape in Africa.” Adaora is a recipient of the Royal Leadership Award by His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ooni of Ife). She is a Future Awards Africa Nominee for “Entrepreneur Of The Year” and “Prize For Media Enterprise” category. In 2019 ,she was awarded “Most Inspiring Woman” at the Her Network Woman of the Year Awards. Adaora has been featured among Nigeria’s Under 40 CEO’s, and Top 30 Under 30.
At the age of 16, Adaora represented Nigeria at the Global Young Leaders Conference in New York, and Washington DC, USA. In university, she was nominated Outstanding Freshman at NKU, Outstanding Sophomore at NKU, and Outstanding Junior at NKU. She was also invited to the National Scholars Honor Society, and Entrepreneurship Institute Honors Committee. She was the president of the African Students Union at Northern Kentucky University, and Vice President/Social Chair of the International Students Union. She was a recipient of “The Spirit of Entrepreneurship” Scholarship by The Castellini Foundation.
Adaora is the author of “This Thing Called Purpose”, a book that helps people understand the true essence of living with and through purpose. Aside from her academic and professional work, She has a super-passion for community development. She is a founder at Socially Africa (@sociallyafrica), a foundation that pays forward to the society through several initiatives. She also teaches and shares transformational content via her social media community.
One of her philosophies is the importance of living a purpose driven life and using as many of her gifts as possible. As a result, She finds several mediums to express her purpose. In 2019, she co-produced and acted in “Truth”- an AMVCA award winning TV series on the Africa Magic Channel. Adaora is a Visual artist, Designer, Photographer, Poet, Rapper – a multipotentialite who holds the belief that we can be many things in this world.
