Nigerian music producer and Disc jockey DJ Cuppy gifted £100,000 to support African Oxford students.

Nigerian music producer and performance Florence Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy, has gifted £100,000 ($125,000) to the African Oxford Initiative ( AFOX) to support African graduate students at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

DJ Cuppy recently completed a master's degree in African Studies at Oxford earlier this year, said in a statement on Monday, April 3, adding that the Cuppy Fund would assist African postgraduate students "to meet unexpected and urgent financial needs and undertake activities that will ensure the pursuit of excellence in their graduate studies."


The 30-year-old international DJ Cuppy said she witnessed "variance in university life experience" among African students studying at Oxford during her time at the University.

The fundamental role the DJ Cuppy funding play is to narrow resources gaps for those who need it the most so they can fully commit to pursuing the education they deserve," She said in the release.

DJ Cuppy is the daughter of Femi Otedola, one of Nigeria's wealthiest oil magnates. She has previously made philanthropic contributions to an organization advocating for child protection and education for girls, including people with disabilities.

In 2020, DJ Cuppy presented Apple Music's first radio show dedicated to the popular Afrobeats. Her debut album, "Original Cuppy," released later that year, featured Grammy-winning singer Wyclef Jean and Julian Marley, son of Reggae Legend Bob Marley.

DJ Cuppy is one of Africa's best-known performers, who fueled the rise of a new breed of highly successful female DJs from a male-dominant DJ scene in her home country. She has also performed internationally at the MTV African Music Awards.

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