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Ekene Odigwe

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As seen in: Radio Nigeria, Radio Nigeria Enugu, Medium, Soundcloud, Gnet Radio, National Catholic Reporter, Sun News Online, TheCable, Nigerian Tribune, This Is Africa (ZA), Ripples Nigeria, Prompt News Online and
Covers:  Fintech & Digital Finance · Broadcast & Public Media · Enterprise Governance · Digital Transformation · Cross-Border Operations · Civic Technology · Public Sector Policy
TedxSpeaker | Communications & PR Strategist | #Remote Project Mgmt Scaling Global Platforms | #NFT, #DAO Leadership, #PR, #Community Growth & #Engagement #Web3

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Ekene Odigwe’s Biography

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James Ekene Odigwe is a broadcast journalist and community & engagement manager with 15+ years across public broadcasting and Web3/DAO community operations.

As Controller, Programmes (Studio) at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria's Enugu Zonal Office — one of 37 stations nationwide at Nigeria's statutory national broadcaster — he trains on-air and production staff across the zone's 7 FM stations and has grown the zone's digital audience reach by 67%, with public affairs programming now re…

Ekene Odigwe’s Journalist Portfolio

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Evolution of Crisis Communications: Pandemic Strategies & Innovations | Pandemic Pulse: The Evolu...

Evolution of Crisis Communications: Pandemic Strategies & Innovations | Pandemic Pulse: The Evolu...

Explore the evolution of crisis communications during COVID-19: Nigeria's radio storytelling, hybrid digital …

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Blockchain and African storytelling: Reclaiming Narratives - MozartCultures

Blockchain and African storytelling: Reclaiming Narratives - MozartCultures

Discover how blockchain is transforming African storytelling, from Nollywood's fight against piracy to #EndSA…

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Ekene Odigwe: To Fact-Check or Not: The Importance of Media and Information Literacy | Ekene Odig...

Ekene Odigwe: To Fact-Check or Not: The Importance of Media and Information Literacy | Ekene Odig...

Ekene Odigwe Media Practitioner Ekene is rounding off Social Media in Public Relations from the National Univ…

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Fintech Thought Leadership: Blockchain & NFT Insights

Fintech Thought Leadership: Blockchain & NFT Insights

Explore my innovative work as a Fintech journalist on Medium, where cutting-edge analysis meets impactful st…

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ENDING AN AGE-LONG PROBLEM: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

ENDING AN AGE-LONG PROBLEM: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)

emale Genital Mutilation (FGM) refers to all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female exte…

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BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

an HIV diagnosis is a traumatic experience that significantly changes a person's life. When society understan…

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Articles

Pandemic Pulse: The Evolution of Crisis Communications

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By Ekene Odigwe Verified
| mozartcultures.com
The global healthcare system faced extensive testing before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the evolution of crisis communications, fundamentally transforming social emergency messaging. Public health reporting underwent breakthroughs as fragmented messaging and hyper-localized campaigns emerged as critical innovations.
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Blockchain and African storytelling: Reclaiming Narratives

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By Ekene Odigwe Verified
| mozartcultures.com
Onye nwe eziokwu served as truth keeper in our Nigerian village, according to a family story told to me by my grandmother. The villagers used the ukwa tree as their meeting place for disputes because each participant left their mark with a stick while the ground served as an authentication system for everyone to see. Blockchain technology has evolved beyond its initial form into an open-source ukwa tree which inscribes facts through lines of code accessible to everyone while belonging to no one.
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Afrofuture DAO Tokenomics: A launch Token for African Creatives

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By Ekene Odigwe Verified
| mozartcultures.com
Home » Art » Afrofuture DAO Tokenomics: A launch Token for African Creatives Introduction to Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) DAO can be architecturally decentralised (independent actors run different nodes) and are usually geographically decentralised (subject to different jurisdictions), but they are logically centralised (the protocol). That is what could be said of this new social token DAO that is bridging Web 3 and African cultural assets.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Presenting a youth focused programme then I was moved to produce and cover arts and entertainment, Now am a development Journalist

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I have—a cherished rite of passage that began in my first year at university. I remember the unmistakable clack and rhythm of the keys as they etched my early thoughts onto paper. That typewriter was more than just a machine; it was an invitation to explore language, to craft narratives with deliberate precision, and to honor the tactile beauty of storytelling. It taught me to value every word and to see the art of communication as both a discipline and a form of creative expression—skills that continue to inform my journey in digital journalism and multimedia storytelling.

How is social media changing news?

The advent of social media has created a whole new horizon for the News cycle and News dissemination, this development has made everyone a content creator, news editor and citizen journalist. This trend is a wildfire burning everything and everyone in its wake. Mainstream media are creating social media account and channels to reach new demographics and also keep up with their revenue. Political allies and fanatics now hijack it to ruin their opponents and settle their disagreements. Hence, all this has resulted in the easier spread of falsehood, the US and Nigeria like rest of the global community as a multi-diverse, ethnic, religious and political world had and is still experiencing this fire.

Awards

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FiNext Award

2025 - Blockchain

Honored for demonstrating excellence in finance with a focus on blockchain Public relations innovations and communications.

Merck Foundation Media Recoginition Award

2021 - Covid 19

Excellence in pandemic reporting and crisis communications.

Nigeria Heritage Icon Award, 56th Edition

2016 - Radio

On Air Personality of the year

#Nexfocus University of Nigeria,

2016 - Radio

Nigeria Radio Personality of the Year

Nigeria Radio Awards, NIRA

2012 - Radio

Best News and Actuality Presenter and Show

Nigeria Radio Awards, NIRA, 2012

2012 - Radio

Best Music Presenter and Show