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'''Uduak Amimo''' is a Kenyan [[journalist]] |
'''Uduak Amimo''' is a Kenyan [[journalist]] with Kenyan and Nigerian ancestry<ref name=Identity>{{cite news|title=Burgeoning identity|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/networkafrica/news/story/2007/01/printable/070104_who_uduak.shtml|accessdate=26 February 2013|newspaper=BBC|date=4 January 2007}}</ref>. currently working for [[Royal Media Services]]. She currently hosts a weekly talk show ''Cheche'' covering Kenyan Political affairs on [[Citizen TV]]. Her parents were from Nigeria and Kenya. |
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She joined the BBC in 2002, as a producer and presenter with the English-language BBC African news and current affairs programmes, [[Network Africa]] and [[Focus on Africa]]<ref name=rnw>{{cite news|title=BBC World Service appoints Kenyan, Uduak Amimo, as its Senior Editorial Adviser|url=http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-world-service-appoints-kenyan-uduak-amimo-as-its-senior-editorial-adviser|accessdate=23 February 2013|newspaper=Radio Netherlands Worldwide Skip to Content ↓|date=5 October 2006}}</ref> Amimo presented, produced and edited radio programmes for the African News and Current Affairs section of the BBC World Service before taking up the Senior Producer and Presenter of the BBC African flagship programme, Focus on Africa.<ref name=ReConnect /> |
She joined the BBC in 2002, as a producer and presenter with the English-language BBC African news and current affairs programmes, [[Network Africa]] and [[Focus on Africa]]<ref name=rnw>{{cite news|title=BBC World Service appoints Kenyan, Uduak Amimo, as its Senior Editorial Adviser|url=http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-world-service-appoints-kenyan-uduak-amimo-as-its-senior-editorial-adviser|accessdate=23 February 2013|newspaper=Radio Netherlands Worldwide Skip to Content ↓|date=5 October 2006}}</ref> Amimo presented, produced and edited radio programmes for the African News and Current Affairs section of the BBC World Service before taking up the Senior Producer and Presenter of the BBC African flagship programme, Focus on Africa.<ref name=ReConnect /> |
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In 2006, Amimo was appointed Senior Editorial Adviser, supporting the Director of the [[BBC World Service]], [[Nigel Chapman]].<ref name=rnw /> She left the BBC and took up her current position at Royal Media Services in 2012. |
In 2006, Amimo was appointed Senior Editorial Adviser, supporting the Director of the [[BBC World Service]], [[Nigel Chapman]].<ref name=rnw /> She left the BBC and took up her current position at Royal Media Services in 2012. |
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==Personal life== |
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She has stated that she is a [[Christian]]. ''Uduak'' her Nigerian name means ''God's will'' in her father's language. |
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Her second name Amimo is a Kenyan name. She is named after her great-grandmother on her mother's side of the family from western Kenya. |
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She is a first first-born.<ref name=Identity></ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 04:31, 26 February 2013
Uduak Amimo is a Kenyan journalist with Kenyan and Nigerian ancestry[1]. currently working for Royal Media Services. She currently hosts a weekly talk show Cheche covering Kenyan Political affairs on Citizen TV. Her parents were from Nigeria and Kenya.
Education
Amimo begun her primary education in at Lavington Primary School before spending 3 years at Roosevelt Elementary School in Iowa. She then returned to St George’s Primary school in Nairobi before moving to the Navy Primary and Secondary schools in in Nigeria. She completed here secondary education in Kenya at the Bunyore Girls High School.[2]
Amimo holds a Bachelor of Art (Honours) in International Relations from the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya. She also holds a Master of Arts in Journalism and Public Policy from the American University in Washington, DC which she received after winning a scholarship and teaching assistantship.[2]
Career
Her first job was as a Assistant Producer with Reuters Television in Kenya. She has since worked for several international media organisations including Reuters, Voice of America and the BBC World Service.[2]
BBC
She joined the BBC in 2002, as a producer and presenter with the English-language BBC African news and current affairs programmes, Network Africa and Focus on Africa[3] Amimo presented, produced and edited radio programmes for the African News and Current Affairs section of the BBC World Service before taking up the Senior Producer and Presenter of the BBC African flagship programme, Focus on Africa.[2] In 2006, Amimo was appointed Senior Editorial Adviser, supporting the Director of the BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman.[3] She left the BBC and took up her current position at Royal Media Services in 2012.
Personal life
She has stated that she is a Christian. Uduak her Nigerian name means God's will in her father's language. Her second name Amimo is a Kenyan name. She is named after her great-grandmother on her mother's side of the family from western Kenya. She is a first first-born.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Burgeoning identity". BBC. 4 January 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Uduak Amimo – Journalist and Radio Presenter". ReConnect Africa. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ a b "BBC World Service appoints Kenyan, Uduak Amimo, as its Senior Editorial Adviser". Radio Netherlands Worldwide Skip to Content ↓. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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