Chika Oduah is a Nigerian-American journalist, poet, event moderator and cultural entrepreneur who has worked as a television news producer, correspondent, writer and photographer. She is the founder of Zikora Media & Arts, which operates as a media production company and a cultural institution.
She moderates panel conversations at high-level events around the world. With a particular interest in themes related to human rights, development, arts, culture and the Global South, she has moderated forums for organizations and institutions including the African Union, Women Deliver, various United Nations agencies, the African Development Bank, Washington Post, the International Electrotechnical Commission, the Nordic Council, the World Bank, etc. at major events such as the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Chika was formerly a correspondent for VICE News. Known for her unique human-focused ethnographic reporting style with an anthropological approach, she was awarded a CNN Multichoice African Journalist Award in 2016.
She was the winner of the 2015 African Story Challenge award by the African Media Initiative and the International Center for Journalists for her coverage of the aftermath of a 2010 lead poison outbreak in Nigeria, a project which also won her the Dow Technology & Innovation Reporting Award at the 2016 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards. In 2016, she was listed in YNaija’s “Nigeria’s 100 Most Inspiring Women”, before she went on to be voted the category winner of The Future Awards and EbonyLife Prize for Journalism at the eleventh edition of The Future Awards. In September 2016, she became the inaugural recipient of the Young Reporter for a Sustainable Future Award from the International Center for Journalists in partnership with the United Nations Foundation.
She won the 2018 Percy Qoboza Award, an annual honor by The National Association of Black Journalists in the United States which is awarded to journalists who best exemplifies the spirit of Percy Qoboza.
As a moderator, Chika brings a wealth of knowledge, intellectual curiosity and a vibrant energy. She is skilled at fostering thoughtful dialogue and positive engagement.
Chika specialises in events related to arts and culture, humanitarian issues and development, human rights and Africa.
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