BBC World Service: Living on the Edge
Sea Level Rise. Didi Akinyelure visits her home city of Lagos to find out the latest solution to sea level rise in West Africa.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
Didi A.
London, UK
$500 - $1000 / Day
About
Didi Akinyelure is an Award-Winning Journalist and Thomson Reuters Business Correspondent. In 2016, she won the prestigious BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. In addition to her role at Reuters, Didi also presents the CNBC International television series 'IOT: Powering the Digital Economy' and 'Living on the Edge' on the BBC World Service, a radio series focused on the impact of climate change on communities around the world. Didi is an accomplished moderator and speaker.
Top Services
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
- Reporter / Journalist
Top Projects
CNBC Africa: A Place in Africa
A Place in Africa is s a Pan-African television show dedicated to the property market across Africa. In this episode, Didi Akinyelure looks into the real estate opportunities in the hospitality industry in Nigeria.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Reporter / Journalist
- Creative Director
- Field Producer
CNBC Africa: A Place in Africa
Young Successful Real Estate. Didi Akinyelure meets the young people making a difference in West Africa's property industry.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Reporter / Journalist
- Creative Director
- Field Producer
BBC World Service: Living on the Edge
Encroaching Deserts. Didi Akinyelure travels to the Maowusu Desert to meet Yin Yuzhen and the local farmers and officials who see her work as an example to the rest of China, a nation threatened by encroaching deserts and land degradation.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
BBC World Service: Living on the Edge
Glaciers. Didi Akinyelure meets the innovators determined to maintain their traditional ways of life in the face of the worst that the climate can throw at them.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
BBC World Service: Living on the Edge
Dams. Didi Akinyelure is in western Europe to find out why the countries that pioneered hydro-power are now turning their backs on it.
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
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Production Support
- On-Air Reporter / Host
- Audio Storyteller
- Reporter / Journalist
- Field Producer
Production Support
Miscellaneous
- Creative Director
- Fixer
Miscellaneous