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Chidinma Iwu

(She/Her)
  • Journalist and Content Strategist, Freelance
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Covers:  Tech, culture, sustainability, future of work, gender, consumer products and more.
politics, content strategy, & the WNBA. writing/analysing tech & culture for @BBCFuture, @fastcompany @Dailydot, @artnews, @complex, etc. get in my letterboxd:

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I'm a journalist who spends a lot of time producing data-driven analyses, feature stories, opinion pieces, and trend reports for both publications and B2B. My work centers developments and trends in the future of technology, gender, culture, and sustainability, and I'm very keen on making my coverage of these beats human-centric. Some of my best pieces have been published in the Daily Dot, Forbes Advisor, Shondaland, Paste, the Daily Mail, Container Magazine, and more. If I'm not reporting thou…

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Engineering Futures In Nigeria's Rice Culture * Container Magazine

Engineering Futures In Nigeria's Rice Culture * Container Magazine

Chidinma Iwu investigates the state of rice farming, GM crops, and food culture in Nigeria's climate landscap…

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Reclaiming women-only parties

Reclaiming women-only parties

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Crypto, NFTs, and Blockchain Tech: Future Casting These Financial Disruptors

Crypto, NFTs, and Blockchain Tech: Future Casting These Financial Disruptors

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Hate Trying On Clothes In Poorly Lit Dressing Rooms? Try Digital Fashion In The Metaverse

Hate Trying On Clothes In Poorly Lit Dressing Rooms? Try Digital Fashion In The Metaverse

Louis Vuitton is now selling us clothes we can only wear on our Tinder profiles.

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Can Nigerian soccer prince Maduka Okoye handle the weight of a nation?

Can Nigerian soccer prince Maduka Okoye handle the weight of a nation?

The AFCON tournament should have been Okoye's 'it' season, it would have been even after the Tunisian knockou…

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Nigeria touts its digital currency as a success - citizens give it mixed reviews so far

Nigeria touts its digital currency as a success - citizens give it mixed reviews so far

As cryptocurrencies continue to gain mainstream adoption, another type of digital currency is also gaining st…

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Articles

Dumped and discarded: The fishing nets that threaten Nigeria’s marine life

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By Chidinma Iwu
| Dialogue Earth Verified
The riverbanks of Okerenkoko in the Niger Delta are littered with broken fishing nets. Fishers in this major fishing community in the city of Warri, southern Nigeria, may hope they will drift away and eventually disappear, out of sight and out of mind. But they don’t. The nets become “ghost gear”, continuing to trap marine life long after they have been abandoned, lost or simply discarded.
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The homegrown start-ups hoping to solve Africa’s e-waste crisis

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By Chidinma Iwu
| Dialogue Earth Verified
There is no night or day in Ghana’s infamous e-waste graveyard Agbogbloshie. Hundreds of unofficial e-waste pickers scour its sprawling terrain to extract components that contain copper, cobalt, lithium and other precious metals. If it has a circuit board or battery, it is fair game. These components fetch a decent price on the black market, where demand is high. Africa has an e-waste problem.
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The grid is weak. The bikes are electric. Rwanda is betting it'll work anyway

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By Chidinma Iwu
| BBC Verified
The grid is weak. The bikes are electric. Rwanda is betting it'll work anyway Getty Images There are 100,000 motorbikes in Rwanda. The country wants to turn them all electric, and startups say their plans can make it work. Can green tech steer Africa towards the future? Over the past decade, electric vehicles have been an integral part of the West's planned transition to green energy, offering a variety of opportunities for carbon-hungry industries such as transportation, freight and logistics.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A supposed analysis of Nigeria's fight club. I chuckle everytime I read it. Should be a whole laugh, but I try to leave it at a chuckle

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No. I think about it and feel my knuckles breaking off.

What's your favorite social network?

Used to be Facebook, but nobody understands my humour anymore. So, yes, Twitter.