Ronke Ademiluyi

Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi is a Nigerian fashion expert and entrepreneur.[1] She is a British-Nigerian Queen of the Ife Kingdom, royalty born to a scion of the royal family, she is the great-granddaughter of the late Ooni Ajagun Ademiluyi, 48th King of the Ife Kingdom in South West Nigeria & biggest tribe in Africa. She is married to ‘Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi’ the 51st King of Ife Kingdom. Hence, she is the Queen of the Ife Kingdom.

Her Royal Majesty Queen Aderonke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi
OLORI RONKE ADEMILUYI OGUNWUSI
Born	Princess Aderonke Ademiluyi England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British - Nigerian
Occupations	Lawyer Author Fashion expert Entrepreneur
Years active	2008–present
Notable work	Africa Fashion Week
Spouse	Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi
Children	1

HRM Queen Aderonke Ademiluyi- Ogunwusi is a West London UniversityLawFashion Week London alumni who graduated in Law and founded Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) in 2011, now UK'S largest annual fashion event that promotes & nurtures African and African-inspired design talent. Her Africa Fashion Week London has showcased over 1000 designers and exhibitors from Africa and the global diaspora to over 70,000 visitors and represented designers from 27 African countries and a further 20 African-inspired designers from countries outside the African Continent, including France, Holland, USA, Brazil, China, the Caribbean, and, of course, the United Kingdom.

In 2014, she set up a sister platform in Nigeria, Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) to support young African designers from all over the continent who cannot afford the logistics of travelling to London to showcase. HRM Queen Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi has produced over 20 fashion shows including the ‘Mayor of London's Africa on the Square’. An event hosted during Black History Month in London for the past 12 years for which she consistently employs over 100 BAME catwalk models and creatives annually to work with her.

She produced The AFWL Business Fashion Forum with special guest speakers that included the Mayor of London's Office, the Department of Trade South Africa and The V&A Museum. She is the co-founder of Fashion Future Online Courses in partnership with Henleys Business School UK & Parsons Design School New York. She set up the AFWL Mentoring scheme for Black fashion students in the UK in partnership with Northampton University in the United Kingdom and below are some of the universities she has partnered with in Nigeria and the United Kingdom:-

- University of Northampton (Fashion Department) Mentoring scheme 2020, Live Event experience, backstage production AFWL2021, Grace Jones Meltdown Fest 2022.

• Henley Business School (School of Entrepreneurship), AFWL / Henley / Parsons Fashion Futures online learning programme 2020/2021.
• Parsons School of Design & Technology AFWL / Henley / Parsons Fashion Futures online learning programme-2020/2021.
• Ravensbourne University (Fashion Department) - Live Event Experience at AFWL2021.
• London College of Fashion (Centre of Sustainable Fashion), Small Fashion Business Toolkit for Sustainability 2021/2022.
• University of West London (Fashion Department), Grace Jones Meltdown Festival 2022
• Obafemi Awolowo University ile Ife.

She is the co-author of the ‘African fashion book The Eyes of Originality & Creativity’. Queen Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi is the producer of the documentary ‘Ingenious Aso Oke Fabric of Nigeria’.

She is the founder of the ‘Adire Oodua Textile Training Hub’ in Ile Ife, South West Nigeria, an indigenous handmade hub that empowers women and youth, and trains them in the vocational skill of Adire making to enable them to earn a sustainable living for themselves. Her Africa Fashion Week Nigeria partnered with Afronolly Creative Hub To Style MTN Y'ello Star, the largest mobile-based music reality show, where over 10,000 contestants competed to be the next Nigerian music star.

She is the creator and producer of Queen Moremi The Musical theatre drama that has been watched by over 30,000 people.