Femi Oke

Femi Oke was born in London,[1] England, to Nigerian parents of the Yoruba ethnic group. She is a graduate of Birmingham University where she received a bachelor's degree in English literature and language.[2]

Femi began her career at the age of 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station, London Broadcasting Company.[2] During 1993, she worked for a cable station called Wire TV; this was pre-Janet Street Porter's L!VE TV. Femi presented several shows for the station, including the popular Soap on the Wire on a Saturday afternoon, with soap opera expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990s, Oke presented the BBC's flagship educational science programme Science In Action and was also a presenter of Top of the Pops. She has also worked for GMTV, London Weekend Television, Men & Motors and Carlton Television.

She is a former anchor for CNN International's World Weather service at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] She presented weather segments for the programs Your World Today and World News. She also regularly hosted Inside Africa, now fronted by Errol Barnett, a programme that looks into the economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa. She joined CNN in 1999, and worked there until 2008. She used to appear as a daily newscaster, contributor and interviewer on Public Radio International/WNYC's morning public radio news program, The Takeaway. Currently, she hosts The Stream on Al Jazeera English.[2]

She has accepted an invitation to teach on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, [3] conducted guest lectures for the University of Liberia, Emory University in Atlanta and been a guest speaker at the United Nations, addressing the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.[4]

Oke appeared in the short film The Last Hour (2005).

• Official website
• The Real Femi Oke blog
• Femi Oke: "My life in the media" The Independent
• Femi Oke at IMDb
• The Takeaway's Official Program website