How Suo Chapele Found Her Voice Through Sports & Media

Sports media plays a major role in shaping public conversation and culture, but it has historically been dominated by male voices. For many women in sports broadcasting, entering that space means pushing against long standing expectations about who belongs and who is taken seriously.In this episode of Minding Your Business Africa, Fola Folayan sits down with Chief Suo Chapele, a trailblazer in African sports media, to unpack her journey from growing up in Warri to becoming one of the most recognizable female voices in sports commentary. Suo shares how language, culture, and confidence have played a role in carving out her path, and how she learned to stand firmly in her voice in an industry that has not always made room for women.In this episode of Minding Your Business Africa, I sit down with Chief Suo Chapele, a trailblazer in African sports media, to unpack her journey from growing up in Warri to becoming one of the most recognizable female voices in sports commentary. Suo shares how language, culture, and confidence have played a role in carving out her path, and how she learned to stand firmly in her voice in an industry that has not always made room for women.