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Four things about Nigerians and the 2014 World Cup
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
Nigerians love their football – full stop. From fanatically following leagues that are as far from them as the heavens are from the earth, to religiously having faith in the Super Eagles to deliver (many times in vain), Nigerians do love their football. I can neither wrap my head around […]
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Chioma Agwuegbo
Chioma is a graduate of Mass Communication from Ebonyi State University, in Nigeria and Social Media from Birmingham City University, in England. Her background is in radio, having worked as a reporter, duty continuity announcer and presenter for various radio stations before moving on to work as a researcher, scriptwriter and producer of radio drama for the BBC World Service Trust in Nigeria.
A social media consultant, Chioma is intrigued by social media and how it affects/influences governance as well as its relationship with concepts of social capital, open data, and intelligent/big societies. She specializes in
• Creating bespoke social media solutions for companies based on their product, location and target demographic.
• Content development and production for radio and television programmes
She has worked on projects with Chocolate City, Enough is Enough Nigeria (EiE), Nigeria Dialogue, Shehu Musa Ya’Adua Center, with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), among others.
A poet and contributor to various media (local and international) she tweets from @chiomachuka, is the Fairy GodSister on the blog www.fairygodsister.wordpress.com, works at www.chiomachuka.com, and has a professional page here http://www.facebook.com/pages/CC-Consulting/280213665338588
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Nigeria Needs More than Just Pricing Nature
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
There’s no doubt that Mother Nature is complaining about the damage (e.g. pollution in all its forms) we humans have exerted on it over the years. Not only is Nature complaining but she is reacting also. Remember: Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines? Hurricanes Manuel and Ingrid in Mexico? Tornadoes in Oklahoma? […]
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Don’t tell us, we want to see it for ourselves: The quest for truly inclusive development
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
Talking about inclusive growth and sustainability from a Nigerian perspective, does economic growth and improvements in the daily lives of citizens go hand in hand? To give a rounded answer, we need to define some key terms. If we try to merge the dictionary definitions of what these ‘inclusive’, ‘growth’, […]
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Poor women in cities: The journey called migration
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
The first thing she notices are the streetlights; they don’t have those in the village. The roads are nicer too; some still have potholes but they definitely can’t be compared to where she’s come from. Ada* is in the city, where her dreams of going to a good school and […]
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Fat Cat Politicians: The madness of the wages of Nigerian Lawmakers
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
When I started my first job after graduation in 2008 at a federal owned radio and television station in Abuja, Nigeria, I was paid 40, 000 Naira a month; that’s roughly about US$250. I lived with family at the time, drove a car I really didn’t have to fuel, […]
