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Biography
Agatha Amata (born 4 November 1969), is a Nigerian media entrepreneur, talk show host, speaker, TV presenter and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show Inside Out with Agatha, which is the longest running television talk show in Nigeria which has aired for over twenty years.
Early life
Born as the first child of five children in Ikeja, Lagos state. Agatha attended St Mary’s Private School, Lagos and her Secondary Education at Federal Government Girl’s College, Shagamu, Ogun state before she proceeded to the University of Jos where she graduated with a B.Sc in Botany.
Inside Out With Agatha
Agatha Amata is the host of Inside Out With Agatha, an independent television talk show 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 University of Lagos and moving later on to her new studio in Ilupeju, Lagos.
Media establishments
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 Abuja DSO Free TV, 745 in Lagos and also a Radio station situated in Asaba, Delta state; TREND FM 100.9.
She founded a Non-governmental organization known as Inside Out with Agatha Foundation (IOWA) through which she hopes to employ the media as a tool for societal moral development.
Personal life
Agatha resides in Lagos. She has a son and a daughter.
Public speaking
Agatha is a motivational speaker who has spoken at both international and national platforms. She has spoken at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Africa Innovate Conference in Boston Massachusetts, the Women In Journalism Conference, the Rotary Club and also a Youth Empowerment Conference (Ambassadors Summit) at the University of Lagos.
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