Sophia Momodu: Entrepreneur, Fashion Brand and Foundation
Sophia Momodu is a Nigerian entrepreneur, fashion and beauty consultant and brand influencer who is also widely known as the mother of Davido’s eldest child. Her public identity has often been tied to that relationship, but the more recent coverage describes a businesswoman running a fashion label, a travel concierge business and a foundation. This profile focuses on those facts. It deliberately leaves out details about her child, who is a minor, and it does not repeat the many personal claims that circulate about her relationship with Davido because they are mostly one-sided or unverified.
Quick Facts
| Detail | Information and source |
|---|---|
| Name | Sophia Momodu |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, fashion and beauty consultant, brand influencer, creative director (Talented Women Network; Marie Claire Nigeria) |
| Businesses | The Sophia Momodu Brand, Belladonna Luxe Concierge (Marie Claire Nigeria) |
| Charity | Founder of Precious Jewels Foundation (Marie Claire Nigeria) |
| Age | Described as 39 in a Marie Claire Nigeria profile; some sites give 9 June 1987 as her birth date, which we could not confirm |
| Family link | Related to publisher Dele Momodu, according to several profiles |
Who she is
A Marie Claire Nigeria feature describes Sophia Momodu as the founder and creative force behind her eponymous fashion brand, the founder of the Precious Jewels Foundation, which supports women and children, and the head of a growing concierge and travel business. The same feature says she describes motherhood as the role she holds most sacred and says it changed how she thinks about her own choices. Talented Women Network describes her as a fashion and beauty consultant, brand influencer, humanitarian and creative director, and says she is CEO and creative director of The Sophia Momodu Brand, abbreviated TSMB.
Several sites describe her as related to the veteran publisher Dele Momodu. We saw this repeated in multiple profiles, but not confirmed by either of them in a source we could open, so we describe it as reported. We also do not repeat the exact family relationship that some websites give.
Business and brand work
The Sophia Momodu Brand is her fashion venture. Talented Women Network says she has helped shape fashion and beauty campaigns for African and international brands, working in editorial shoots and campaign activations. Marie Claire Nigeria adds that her latest venture, Belladonna Luxe Concierge, grew out of years of informally hosting visitors to Nigeria: she says she arranged hotel bookings, airport pickups, beauty appointments and itineraries, at one point hosting between seven and ten visitors a month, and then decided to turn that into a paid service. This is her own account, and it explains how the business began in her telling.
An earlier BusinessDay interview also covered a haircare line, Aurora by Imade, launched with her daughter’s name in the branding. We mention that only because it was a publicly announced business; we say nothing more about her child.
Precious Jewels Foundation
Talented Women Network describes the foundation as aiming to empower vulnerable women and children across Africa, with a particular focus on academic and intellectual development for disadvantaged girls and young mothers. It says she plans to scale both the brand and the foundation and to launch maternal-health advocacy campaigns. These are stated plans, not results. We found no published impact report with figures, so we cannot say how many people the foundation has supported.
Public image and the Davido connection
She first reached a wide audience because of her relationship with the musician Davido and the birth of their daughter. Some biography sites say the relationship began around 2014 and describe a public dispute over paternity and, later, custody. We have not repeated the specifics because they come from tabloid-style websites that cite no documents, they involve a child, and both parties have disputed parts of the story over the years. The accurate summary is that the two share a child, that the relationship has been the subject of a lot of public commentary, and that she has tried to be known for her own work.
The Marie Claire Nigeria profile frames her recent years as a period of “choosing herself”, with the focus on her businesses and her role as a mother. That is the magazine’s framing and her own words, not an independent finding. We include it because it shows how she wants to be described.
Why bio pages about her are unreliable
Search results for her name include a lot of material built around gossip. One site gives a birth date of 9 June 1987 and a birthplace in Osun State, while a magazine profile gives only an age. These contradictions are a signal that the underlying facts have not been checked. When a profile has a magazine interview as its main source, that is better, but magazines use soft language and rarely give dates. For that reason this page keeps dates out wherever they cannot be confirmed.
Timeline
- Mid-2010s: Becomes widely known through her relationship with Davido, per several profiles.
- Earlier years: Launches a haircare line, according to a BusinessDay interview (date not confirmed).
- Recent years: Builds The Sophia Momodu Brand and the Precious Jewels Foundation.
- Recently: Describes Belladonna Luxe Concierge as a growing travel and concierge business, per Marie Claire Nigeria.
Frequently asked questions
What does Sophia Momodu do?
She runs a fashion brand, a travel and concierge business and a foundation, and she works as a fashion and beauty consultant and brand influencer.
Is she a celebrity in her own right?
She became widely known through her link to a famous musician, but she has a public profile built around her own ventures, and magazines now interview her about them.
How old is she?
Marie Claire Nigeria describes her as 39 in its profile. One biography site says she was born on 9 June 1987, which would make her 39 in October 2026, but we could not confirm that date independently.
Where can I read her own words?
The BusinessDay interview and the Marie Claire Nigeria feature quote her directly. Those are better sources than gossip pages.
Why does this page say so little about her child?
Because the child is a minor, and the details that circulate online come from sources that do not show their evidence. We think leaving them out is the safer and fairer choice.
How to read profiles of public figures like her
A useful rule: prefer a source in which the person speaks for themselves, then a source that shows documents, and only last a page that repeats claims. For Sophia Momodu the first group is small, so this profile is short on dates and long on what she says she does. We would rather publish that than fill the gap with guesses. If you have a reliable source for any fact that is missing here, please send it to us and we will review it before adding it.
Sources
- Marie Claire Nigeria
- BusinessDay
- Talented Women Network
- Naijabiography (birth date claim only, not confirmed)
What we could not verify
- Her exact birth date. A magazine says 39; a bio site says 9 June 1987. They may or may not agree.
- Her place of birth and her parents’ names.
- Her exact family tie to Dele Momodu.
- Any claim about child support, custody or legal agreements. We did not use any.
- Any net worth or income figure. Several sites publish one; none shows a source.
- The size and results of her foundation.
Risk note: this profile involves a minor and a contested personal history, so we have kept both out. Please send corrections through our Corrections page.
