Femi Oke
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Femi Oke (born 1966) is a British television presenter and journalist. Femi was born in Britain to Nigerian parents. She is a graduate of Birmingham University where she received a bachelors degree in English literature and language. She currently lives in New York and works for WNYC Radio including work on The Takeaway.
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She is a former anchor for CNN International's World Weather service at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She presented weather segments for the programs Your World Today and World News. She also regularly hosted Inside Africa, now fronted by Isha Sesay, a programme that looks into the economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa.
Femi began her career at age 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station LBC. During 1993 Femi worked for a cable station called Wire TV - The Cable Network, this was pre Janet Street Porter's Live TV. Femi presented several shows for the station, including the popular "Soap on the Wire" on a Saturday afternoon, with Soap Expert Chris Stacey. In the early 1990's, Femi presented the BBC's flagship educational science programme Science In Action. She has also worked for GMTV London Weekend Television, Men & Motors and the Carlton Television. She joined CNN in 1999, she left CNN in 2008.
She has been invited to teach on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, conducted guest lectures for Emory University in Atlanta and been a guest speaker at the United Nations, addressing the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.
Femi entered in the short film "The Last Hour" (2005).
