Funmi Iyanda Honoured by Cumbria University

Nigerian media entrepreneur, Funmi Iyanda, received a honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria, UK. The honour which now makes her a Fellow of University of Cumbria, UK, is in recognition of her significant global contribution to human rights and sustainability.

She is the first African woman to receive the award. In her acceptance speech, she said, 


‘I’m very grateful, not just for this invitation to be an Honorary Fellow, but to be invited to share it with so many gifted individuals that it has been my pleasure to meet today.’ ‘This fellowship is important to me because my father always wanted me to be a medical doctor. Since that wasn’t happening l thought l’d get a doctorate to please him but l never got round to it so perhaps he’d posthumously accept this in lieu’....