Lamide Akintobi is an award-winning broadcast journalist and television personality with over 15 years of experience in TV, both in front of and behind the camera. She is currently a Features/Multi-platform Producer & Digital Contributor for CNN International, as well as an event host and moderator.

Through her boutique media services company, Something Special Media Productions Ltd, she provides various services, including media consulting, voiceover services, and pitch, presentation, and interview coaching.

Born in Lagos, Nigeria, she was educated there until her third year of secondary school, then moved to London to complete her secondary education, after which she moved to the U.S.

She attended Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, where she served as a Student Leader, was a founding member and Vice President of the school's International Student Association (V.I.S.A), a Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society member and a Dean's List Student. Outside of school, she was a volunteer tutor and mentor at ‘Children are People,’ an after-school program for young black students. She graduated Summa cum Laude with an Associates’ Degree in Broadcast Journalism & Spanish. After this, she accepted an academic scholarship to Texas A&M University - Commerce, where she was a member of the Pi of Texas Honors Society and pledged Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, a community service organization. She graduated with a B.A in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish (Magna cum laude), and in 2011, received an M.A (with Merit) in International Journalism from City University, London, where she was a British Council Chevening Scholar.

A versatile professional, Lamide has held key positions at renowned media organizations including Channels Television, Television Continental, and Ebonylife TV, a Pan-African Entertainment Network, where she co-created, co-presented and produced “The Spot,” one of the channel's most popular shows until it wrapped in mid-2017. She also produced and presented several other programs on the channel, including Classic Moments: True Stories, EL Now and With Mikel - a special docu-reality program on Chelsea F.C player Mikel Obi, as well as a travel docu-series in Rwanda. She also hosted/moderated panels in which she interviewed President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammad Buhari, and other top government officials. Independently, she was the Season 2 host for the TV show “Church Culture“ produced by Red Media/YNaija TV, and freelance produced for CNN’s Africa Features, producing various shows including Innovate Africa, African Voices, Marketplace Africa and Inside Africa.

In addition to this, she has worked on independent programs & documentaries and content acquisition for TV channels.

She won a Future Award for "On Air Personality of the Year" in 2009, as well as a “Women in Media” award and the Ogun State Young Achiever award. In December 2013, she was honoured as one of the 100 “Guardians of the Future” by The Future Africa Project in a ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She was also named "One of 50 Women Changing Journalism in Nigeria" by the Women in Journalism Nigeria Organization in 2015.

She has also served as the editor of Diaspora Quarterly, a quarterly magazine focused on telling the stories of Nigerians in the Diaspora, and returnees making a difference in Nigeria. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Lamide is an advocate for community service, and actively supports a range of initiatives dedicated to breast cancer awareness, support for persons living with sickle cell and supporting victims of sexual and domestic violence. In 2021, she helped establish a presence for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated in West Africa and is a charter member and officer of the West Africa Alumnae Chapter. She also sits on the board of The Bloom Africa and These Genes Foundation Nigeria.

In addition to this, she loves adventure, good food, travel, music, movies, learning new languages (currently Hindi & Portuguese), sewing and reading.