About

Mrs Funmilayo Braithwaite is a renowned Publicist, Creative Writer and an Award Winning Author
who has demonstrated excellence in Management, Business Development, Executive Marketing,
Public Relations Management and Administration.
With over twenty five years of coperate experience in Banking, Finance, Administration, Customer
Care Services and Communications, Funmilayo has served as a Branch Management and Business
Development Manager, in banking institutions across Nigeria, including the Ecobank Nigeria Plc,
Intercontinental Bank and Access Bank Plc.
She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the Federal University of Technology,
Minna, Niger State,Nigeria and continues to engage in training and activities towards honing and
developing her creative writing skills.
As a Veteran writer, Funmilayo served as the Executive Director for Africa EchoesAfrica, A United
States based Magazine. She also maintained a column called “Adventures of Lammy” as a creative
writer with Ovation international Magazine for over five years.

Funmilayo won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) /Spectrum Prize for Literature for her
book titled “Echoes of Yesteryears” which narrated a rapid sequence of breath taking revelations and
hidden truths.
Her other books, The Fisherman’s Son, For the love of My Country, Politicrisis, Bonds of Destiny,
The Golden Rules and The Path of Fate have gained National and International recognition and
endorsed by several individuals, organizations , state ministry of education,and federal government
agencies due to their educative content.
#EndMalaria is her eighth publication and narrates the struggles of the average child in a third world
country to beat the dreaded malaria disease . It goes ahead to demonstrate ways to prevent the
disease in our communities, making the book highly recommendable across institutions of learning
in Africa and a must have for every home, to prepare children at a young age to embrace self-care
towards the goal of eliminating malaria in Africa.
Her amazing storytelling prowess have been demonstrated in various articles published in newsprint
and she has also organized and participated in several Read-A-thon programmes in Nigeria and the
Diaspora.