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World Service appoints Kenyan, Uduak Amimo, as its Senior Editorial Adviser
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has appointed ±«»å³Ü²¹°ìÌý´¡³¾¾±³¾´ÇÌýas its Senior Editorial Adviser, supporting the Director of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service, Nigel Chapman.
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Uduak advises on the editorial leadership and management of the world's leading international radio broadcaster and its New Media operations.
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Her role also includes facilitating editorial collaborations between the World Service and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s international news services.
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Nigel Chapman said: "I am very pleased Uduak is taking on this new role. The World Service has 163 million weekly global listeners, of which a huge proportion is from Africa.
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"Uduak's knowledge of Africa will ensure we keep a close focus on the continent and her production experience will help us raise standards across the board."
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Uduak joined the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in 2002 as a producer and presenter with the English-language ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ African news and current affairs programmes, Network Africa and Focus on Africa.
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She says: "I am delighted to be given an opportunity to help shape the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s global agenda.
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"I will also bring my strong links with Africa and my special interest in the region to this role but I am also looking forward to developing my experiences beyond the continent."
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Uduak started her journalism career whilst studying International Relations at the United States International University in Nairobi, where she helped launch the first campus newspaper. Later she became its Editor.
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Uduak went on to work as an Assistant ProducerÌýat Reuters TelevisionÌýwith Reuters News Agency in Kenya.
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She then travelled to the United StatesÌýfor her Masters degree in Journalism and Public Policy, after which sheÌýworked for the Voice of America.
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On her return to Kenya, she was recruited by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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