African producer and entrepreneur Oyinkansola Owoyemi will speak at the African Entrepreneurship & Business Summit (AEBS) 2026, where she will explore the business of African storytelling, intellectual property ownership and the global commercial potential of original African content.
Oyinkansola Owoyemi, founder and executive producer of Faaji Productions, will lead a Founder’s Chair session at the summit. Her discussion will examine how African entrepreneurs can turn original ideas into valuable intellectual property while building businesses capable of competing in international markets. Her participation comes as Africa’s creative economy attracts growing attention for its potential to generate jobs, develop intellectual property and create new revenue streams for businesses across the continent.
Building a Business Around African Stories
Faaji Productions is an independent African production company focused on developing original intellectual property across reality television, scripted formats and digital entertainment. Oyinkansola Owoyemi brings a distinctive commercial perspective to the creative industry. Before establishing her production company, she worked across African commodity trade, sustainable sourcing and cross sector growth strategy.
These experiences helped shape her approach to commercial strategy, partnerships and long term value creation. She now applies those principles to entertainment, with a focus on creating and owning content that can generate lasting value.
Rather than treating storytelling solely as cultural expression, her approach positions original content as a business asset. This model places intellectual property ownership at the centre of creative entrepreneurship and offers a framework for African producers seeking to build sustainable companies.
For Africa’s creative sector, ownership can determine who benefits financially when a story reaches new audiences, attracts international distribution or generates additional commercial opportunities.
GRIT Signals Faaji Productions’ Pan African Ambition
Faaji Productions made its debut with GRIT, a high stakes reality competition series filmed in Kenya.
Created and executive produced by Oyinkansola Owoyemi, the series explores strategy, resilience and human dynamics within a distinctly African setting. The decision to film in Kenya also reflects the company’s broader pan African outlook. Faaji Productions aims to develop content and creative infrastructure beyond traditional production centres, opening opportunities for collaboration across different African markets.
This approach highlights the commercial possibilities of building entertainment businesses that draw on the continent’s diverse cultures, talent and production capabilities.
African creators have stories with the potential to connect with audiences worldwide. However, building sustainable businesses around those stories requires more than creative talent. It also demands commercial planning, strategic partnerships and a clear approach to intellectual property ownership. For independent production companies, these elements can help transform individual projects into valuable assets with long term commercial potential.
AEBS 2026 to Examine the Business of African Storytelling
At AEBS 2026, Oyinkansola Owoyemi will lead the Founder’s Chair, the summit’s signature storytelling experience designed to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to share the experiences behind their businesses.
The session will explore the decisions, challenges, lessons and ideas that have shaped her entrepreneurial journey, with particular attention to the relationship between creativity, ownership and business growth. Participants will also examine how African entrepreneurs can build purpose driven brands, invest in original ideas and position their intellectual property for international audiences without losing ownership of their distinctive African identity.
The discussion is expected to offer valuable perspectives for founders in entertainment, media, technology and other sectors where original ideas and intellectual property can become important business assets.
For entrepreneurs looking beyond traditional business models, the conversation will highlight the importance of creating value that extends beyond the initial product or service.
It will also address a wider question for African businesses: how can founders achieve global relevance while retaining control of the ideas, identities and intellectual property that distinguish their brands?
African Creativity and the Opportunity for Global Growth
The commercialisation of African storytelling presents opportunities for producers, investors, entrepreneurs and creative professionals. Original content can support multiple revenue opportunities through distribution, licensing, partnerships and the development of related products. However, capturing that value depends on how businesses structure ownership, negotiate commercial agreements and develop strategies for reaching audiences.
Oyinkansola Owoyemi’s work at Faaji Productions reflects an entrepreneurial approach that combines creative development with commercial discipline.
Her appearance at AEBS 2026 will bring these questions into a broader conversation about African enterprise, innovation and the future of homegrown intellectual property.
As African businesses seek opportunities beyond their domestic markets, the ability to create original products, protect ownership and establish international partnerships will remain important to long term growth.
AEBS 2026 to Bring African Business Leaders Together
The African Entrepreneurship & Business Summit 2026 will take place on November 5, 2026, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos, under the theme “Made in Africa. Built for the World.”
Powered by TTYBrand Africa Network, the summit will bring together entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, creatives and ecosystem stakeholders to examine the ideas and strategies shaping Africa’s next generation of businesses.
Through conversations with founders and industry leaders, AEBS aims to spotlight the people, business models and innovations contributing to Africa’s entrepreneurial development.
Oyinkansola Owoyemi’s Founder’s Chair session will contribute to that agenda by exploring how African stories can become globally competitive business assets while remaining connected to the identities and experiences that make them distinctive.
