Kunmi Ariyo

Kunmi Ariyo

Founder/CEO, Mirus Events

Kunmi Ariyo is the Founder and CEO of Mirus Events, a leading event management company operating out of Nigeria. A global event management consultant, speaker, facilitator, and content creator around all things Events.

With a track record of over 10 years, his company Mirus Events has gone on to execute and manage an average of 200 events including Google for Nigeria 2017, 2018 & 2019 in partnership with BLEND from South Africa, The CAF Awards 2018 in Ghana, TechCrunch Battlefield Africa 2018, the Google Impact Challenge Awards, the DHL Lekki Launch, YouTube Week 2019, YouTube Shorts Playground @ Afrochella 2021, Spotify Fun House 2022, DevFest Lagos 2019,2021,2022 & 2023, Infinix Note 30 Launch, Spotify Afrobeats Celebration, Spotify Wrapped 2022 & 2024, Vertical Rave 2022 & 2023 to name a few.

Honoured as one of the 60 most influential event professionals in the Event Industry Power List in 2024, Kunmi is passionate about the corporate and tech event space because he believes data is the new ‘oil’. He is committed to sparking collaborations in the event industry and creating impactful, memorable events.

His online series titled LET’S TALK EVENTS has become a favourite among event enthusiasts across the continent.
He is currently the president of the International Live Events Association (ILEA) Nigerian chapter.