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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and also a Radio station situated in Asaba, Delta state; 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

* 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

References

External links

Inside Out With Agatha Official Page

Rave TV Official Page
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