Adaora Onyechere

Adaora Onyechere
Birth name Adaora Onyechere
Born 1984
Okigwe, Imo State
Alma mater Coventry University
London Metropolitan University
Oxford Brooks University
Show Kakaaki
Station(s) Africa Independent Television
Time slot 6:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Country Nigeria
Children 1

Adaora Onyechere is a Nigerian TV/radio presenter, entrepreneur, motivational speaker and author. She is recognized as the co-anchor of Kakaaki, a daily talk show on Africa Independent Television.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Nigeria to parents who are natives of Okigwe, a local government area of Imo State, Adaora was the first child of six children. In an interview with The Nation Newspaper, Adaora revealed that her parents wanted her to be a lawyer but her love for writing made her study English Language.[2] Adaora completed her A Level education at IONA College, England then subsequently obtained a diploma in Law at Coventry University before she graduated from London Metropolitan University after studying English Broadcasting. Adaora also holds a master's degree in creative writing after graduating from Oxford Brooks University.[3]

Career

Prior to moving back into Nigeria in 2009, Adaora wrote for Worldview Magazine London, a student-based magazine back in the U.K.[4] She had her first broadcasting stint as a radio presenter with Confluence Cable Network Limited, a broadcast media house in Kogi State before working for Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Vision FM and DAAR Communications, a media company that houses Africa Independent Television where she currently work as a presenter.[5]

Publications

Apart from broadcasting, Adaora is a motivational book author.[1] Some of her published books include:

Awards and recognitions

Personal life

Adaora is a single mother with a son. She is the initiator of several non-governmental organizations including the "Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child Lend-A-Hand" project, a foundation that focuses on the welfare of children and women who have been victims of insurgencies and "International Rise Up Against Rape", an initiative against child abuse and rape.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kakaaki. "ADAORA ONYECHERE". Africa Independent Television. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Yomi Odunuga, Grace Obike (16 May 2015). "Life as a single mother-TV gal Adaora Onyechere". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Fwangshak Guyit, Naomi Tetteh (29 November 2013). ""I had a speech defect growing up" – AIT'S Ada Onyechere". Garki Gazette. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Adaora Onyechere.". Nigerian Biography. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Nnah Douglas (10 February 2015). "There should be push for media independence – Adaora". Newswatch Times. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "About the initiator". Yellowjerrycan Save-A-Child. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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