Sisi Yemmie
Sisi Yemmie
Sisi Yemmie (born Yemisi Sophie Olusanya), is a content creator, blogger, social media strategist, online influencer, and editor of 'Cosmopolitan Nigeria'.
Sisi Yemmie has carved a niche for herself in the blogging and vlogging world. [1]
Education
Sisi Yemmie studied Mass Communication at Igbinedion University Okada and obtained an MA in International Diplomacy from the University of Birmingham. She also have a Diploma in Internal Communication from the PR Academy, London.[2]
Early Career
She started her blog 'sisiyemmie.com' in April 2, 2011, with the help of her husband (then boyfriend). At that time, she was studying for her masters degree at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. After her Master's degree, she worked in a bank in the UK but was frustrated with what she was doing. On arrival to Nigeria, she got a job as a Social media manager. She did the job for about 2 years before she went into full time blogging.
Rise to Fame
In 2014, she bagged an endorsement with Maggi as their Online Ambassador. She made her first million from this endorsement.
Another turning point for her was when she and her husband won a contest tagged “My Big Nigerian wedding “. In 2015, she made a transition to self-employment as she became a full-time blogger.
Personal
Yemisi grew up in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. She was born as a first child into a family of four siblings.
She got married to her husband, Yomi Odusanya in July, 2014.
They have two children together, Tiara and Tito.[5]
Awards
Yemisi has won numerous awards for her blog including:
**Blog of The Year at The Nigerian Blog Awards,
**Nigerian Blog of The Year at the 2014 ELOY Awards,
**Most Unique Voice in a Blog, Best Personal Blog, Most Humorous at the Nigerian Blog Awards
**City People Entertainment Awards for Blogger Of The year 2015.
Networth
As of March 2020, her net worth was speculated to be $54,000 dollars.