Agatha Amata (born 4 November 1969), is a Nigerian media entrepreneur,

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, speaker, TV presenter and

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. She is best known for her talk show ''Inside Out with Agatha'', which is the longest running television talk show in

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which has aired for over twenty years.

Career

Amata is the host of ''Inside Out With Agatha'', an independent television

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she has hosted for 20 years, which deals with topical issues that affect the society focusing on family using the youth as a tool. Issues are discussed before a live audience. Starting its recording programme from the Law faculty main auditorium of the

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and moving later on to her new studio in Ilupeju,

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. She is also the managing director of Inside-Out Media Ltd, a media consultancy and production firm based in Lagos Nigeria, which created RAVE TV in 2014, an interactive television platform, currently transmitting on GOTV (CH113), Startimes (CH125), MYTV and

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DSO Free TV, 745 in

and also a Radio station situated in Asaba,

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; TREND FM 100.9. She founded a

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known as the Inside Out with Agatha Foundation (IOWA) through which she hopes to employ the media as a tool for societal moral development. Amata is a

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who has spoken at both international and national platforms. She has spoken at the

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Africa Innovate Conference in

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Massachusetts, the Women In Journalism Conference, the

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and also a Youth Empowerment Conference (Ambassadors Summit) at the

Awards

Source: * World Economic Forum & All Ladies League Awards 2017, Woman of The Decade in Innovation & Leadership * Women In Journalism Africa 2016, Recognition Award * True Heroes Awards 2016, Special Recognition Award * Eloy Awards 2015, Ladies who inspire in the media * Mindset Media Limited, Excellence Awards 2015, Best TV Presenter Of The Year * SME 100, Recognition Award * Special Recognition Award – Champion of TV Broadcast Revolution in Nigeria

Personal life

She was married to

Fred Amata Fred Amata is a Nigerian actor, producer and director. A graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Jos, Fred shot into the limelight in 1986 for his role in a film titled ''Legacy''. He served as the President of the Directors Guild of ...

for 19 years, during which they had two children together. They have since dissolved their marriage.

References

External links

Inside Out With Agatha Official Page

Rave TV Official Page
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