Tayo Aina
Tayo Aina is a Nigerian travel filmmaker exploring cities, cultures and the people building businesses across Africa and around the world.
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Known for
- Visiting the Coldest City in the World −71°C (−95°F) | Yakutia, Siberia2025 · Travel film
YouTube - Hunting and Eating Monkeys With the Hadza Tribe of Tanzania2024 · Travel film
YouTube - I Bought A Passport That Lets Me Travel the World!2024 · Travel film
YouTube - I Spent 24 Hours with Adekunle Gold2023 · Artist portrait
YouTube - I Spent 24 Hours with Davido2023 · Artist portrait
YouTube - Namibia: A Side Of Africa The Media Won’t Show You2022 · Travel film
YouTube
Overview
- From
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Work
- Travel filmmaker, YouTuber and entrepreneur
- Started posting
- 2017, with a smartphone and mini tripod
- Breakout
- A film of J. Cole’s 2018 Lagos concert
- Also builds
- YouTube Creator Academy
Mini bio
How it started.
Tayo grew up in Lagos and studied Estate Management. While working as an Uber driver, he began learning filmmaking from YouTube tutorials. He started posting his own videos in 2017 with a smartphone and mini tripod.
The first breakthrough.
In 2018, he offered J. Cole’s team free video coverage in exchange for a concert ticket. His film of the Lagos performance became an early breakthrough. A trip to Russia for the World Cup that year encouraged him to explore more of Africa.
People behind the places.
A planned month in South Africa became an eight-month stay during the 2020 lockdown. There he began Made in Africa, a series about people building businesses, starting with a Nigerian mechanic. He reached his first 100,000 subscribers during that stay.
Where the camera goes.
His films now range from Namibia’s landscapes and life in Siberia to African communities in American cities. He has also spent time filming with Davido in Botswana and Adekunle Gold in London.
Sharing the craft.
Alongside his travel films, Tayo created the YouTube Creator Academy to teach other creators. His own story remains part of his work, including a film about obtaining a second citizenship to make travel easier.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel films
- 2026The Kenya They Don’t Want You To See!Creator and on-camera storyteller
- 2026The Rwanda They Don't Want You To See!Creator and on-camera storyteller
- 2026The Ivory Coast They Don't Want You to See!Creator and on-camera storyteller
- 2025Visiting the Coldest City in the World −71°C (−95°F) | Yakutia, SiberiaCreator and on-camera storyteller
- 2024Hunting and Eating Monkeys With the Hadza Tribe of TanzaniaCreator and on-camera storyteller
Artist portraits
- 2023I Spent 24 Hours with Adekunle GoldCreator and interviewer
- 2023I Spent 24 Hours with DavidoCreator and interviewer
Awards
Quotes
All I had was a smartphone and a mini tripod.Tayo Aina, official About page
Looking back on the equipment he had when he began posting on YouTube in 2017.
Trivia
- His first school business was buying candy in packs and reselling it to classmates.
- He studied Estate Management before making travel films.
- At university, he tried running a macaroni restaurant that lasted seven months.
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