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Lynn Ngugi is a Kenyan journalist and media personality. She was one of the BBC's 100 inspiring women, a Commonwealth change ambassador and a campainging YouTuber.

Life

Ngugi grew up in Haruma, which is an area of north-east Nairobi, which has been called a slum. Her father was an abusive husband and after the marriage ended her mother and her three sisters shared a room. Her mother was a shoes salesperson and her father stopped supporting his children. In 2004, she left secondary education and began studying journalism at the East Africa School of Media Studies.

Ngugi worked for a few years in Qatar and Dubai serving coffee, as she found it difficult to get a job in the media.

She volunteered to care for cancer patients. In 2011, she began to gain influence on social media, first with Kiwo films and then with the Qatar Foundation. He worked at Tuko until 2021. when she decided to launch her own channel which soon gathered 100,000 subscribers.

She was awarded the Cafe Ngoma humanitarian journalist of the year award in 2020.

In July 2021, she was appointed an Ambassador for Change for the Commonwealth of Nations. She was included in the BBC's list of the 100 most influential women of 2021 together with fellow Kenyan Halima Aden and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and lawyer Oluyemi Adetiba-Orija from Nigeria.

In 2023 her work in exposing stories and supporting women was rewarded with a gender justice champion award by a women's right group called Echo Network Africa. Ngugi campaigned for justice including for Ebbie Noelle Samuels. Ebbie died as the result of a head injury at her boarding school.

In 2024 Ngugi was included in the East Africa Women of Excellence Awards as the Media Personality of the Year.

References

1. Adewunmi, Bim (2012-10-22). "Barack Obama's brother on life in the slums of Nairobi". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
2. ^ "Lynn Ngugi talks on growing up in an abusive home, not attending her father's funeral". Citizen Digital. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
3. ^ Africa, Business Daily (2023-03-01). "Lynn Ngugi". Business Daily - Top 40 Under 40. Retrieved 2025-01-04. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
4. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2021: Who is on the list this year?". 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
5. ^ "Yes I'm Leaving Lynn Ngugi Confirms ..." www.pulselive.co.ke. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
6. "Lynn Ngugi: Why I left Tuko and where I'm going next". 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
7. BellaNaija.com (2021-12-08). "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Oluyemi Adetiba-Orija, Lynn Ngugi named BBC 100 Most Inspiring Women for 2021". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
8. "YouTuber Lynn Ngugi gets Gender Justice Champion award". The Star. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
9. Mwenesi, Susan (2023-01-31). ""See you in court": Mum reacts after teacher is detained over Ebbie's death". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
10. "CS Miano, CoG Chair Waiguru, and Content Creator Lynn Ngugi Honoured at East Africa Women of Excellence Awards - Kenyans.co.ke". www.kenyans.co.ke. 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2025-01-04.

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