Sophie Ikenye

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Sophie Ikenye is a BBC news presenter from Kenya . She is a main presenter for Focus on Africa (television program) on BBC World News . She worked in the broadcast industry in Kenya for 12 years before joining the BBC.

Career

Sophie Ikenye studied mass communication in Kenya and did an internship at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). She worked at KBC, Citizen TV and NTV Kenya .

She applied to the BBC World Service in London , which was looking for three presenters from East, West and South Africa, and got the job. In 2009 she started working at Focus on Africa (radio version), which she did for three years. The show came on TV in 2012, where she was still seen as one of the main actresses on the show.

In her media and journalism career, Ikenye covered important events in Africa, including the Nigerian presidential election in 2011 and the Libya crisis. She headed coverage of the 2013 Kenyan elections. Ikenye has interviewed more than ten African presidents and other prominent figures.

In 2017 visited Sophie Ikenye with Peter Okwoche, Paul Bakibinga, Salim Kikeke and Dayo Yusufu Uganda , where they were seen a week at Focus on Africa. She was also a TV guest on PM Live News on Urban TV.

Awards

In 2016, Sophie Ikenye was named one of Africa Youth Awards' 100 Most Influential Young Africans. She was also placed on the list of the 100 Most Influential Young Kenyans at the same time.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBC World Service - BBC Africa Programs, Meet the team behind BBC Africa - Focus on Africa broadcasts to a global audience via BBC World News television, and is rebroadcast in a number of countries. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (UK English).
  2. ↑ Sophie Ikenye Biography, Career and Awards. In: Softkenya. February 9, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ Kenyan BBC anchor Sophie Ikenye bereaved. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ Catching up with Sophie Ikenye, host of BBC's Focus on Africa. - Evewoman. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  5. ^ Q & A with BBC presenter Sophie Ikenye. In: The Citizen . August 6, 2015, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Never lose your feminine instinct: Sophie Ikenye. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Habre Muriisa: Exclusive: BBC's Sophie Ikenye Talks To Chano8 About Life And Career. In: Chano8. January 20, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2019 (American English).
  8. ↑ Admin: UrbanToday: Ronald Kato Interviews BBC's Sophie Ikenye. In: Urban TV Uganda. February 15, 2017, Retrieved November 23, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ BBC presenters to begin delivering Urban TV shows tomorrow. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Caroline Nyanga: TV presenter Sophie Ikenye named in 100 Most Influential Young Africans list. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan BBC news presenter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century