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Ebenezar Wikina

Port Harcourt
Covers:  Governance and Sustainable development in the Niger Delta (Southern Nigeria) and everything relating to the implementation of the SDGs
❤️ Soibi's Hubby. Sean’s Dad 💼 Founder @policyshapers 📝 Senior Advisor @nguvucollective 📕 Convener @ourrivers2050 🪑 Board Member @ng_youthfund

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Ebenezar Wikina is a Harvard-trained Journalist and Development practitioner who is famous for interviewing more than 120 World Leaders & experts from over 30 countries on his interview series, The Stroll, using his mobile phone.

Some previous guests from “The Stroll” include; Amina Mohammed (Deputy United Nations Secretary-General), Mr Michael Moller (Director-General, United Nations Office Geneva), Elsie Kanza (Head of Africa, World Economic Forum), Rt Hon Ken Macintosh (Presiding Officer, Sc…

What was your first job as a journalist?

I volunteered as a reporter for Teens World Magazine

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Haha! Yes, my Mom had one

How is social media changing news?

News breaks on Twitter. It's changing attention spans as well as people can no longer consume large chunks of information. They want bits.

Global Investigative Journalism Fellowship

2017

The Global Investigative Journalism Fellowship is given to established and young promising journalists in developing and transitioning countries to participate in the 10th annual Global Investigative Journalism Conference holding in Johannesburg, South Africa

British Council Future News Worldwide Fellowship

2018

Nominee, The Future Awards Africa

2016 - EbonyLife Prize for New Media

100 Most Influential Young Nigerians

2017 - Leadership & Civil Society

The Most Influential Young Nigerians initiative is an annual awards and ranking scheme for young Nigerian Achievers between 15-40 years, spearheaded by Avance Media, a social enterprise in partnership with various Organisations. The initiative is intended to disclose the true and genuine potentials of young people who are earnest to turn around the fortunes of Nigeria’s economy and whose works are at par with their impacts. It is also expected to serve as a source of encouragement to these young individuals whose commitment towards stimulating growth is undoubted.

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