Ikenna Azuike started his career as a lawyer, but changed course and became a much sought-after journalist, presenter, speaker and filmmaker. His satirical Youtube channel What’s Up Africa (for the BBC) has half a million followers.

In recent years, he has made various documentaries for BNN VARA and the VPRO (including Planet Nigeria and The Post-Racist Planet) and co-founded the Strawberry Earth foundation with wife Mette te Velde. Currently, he is working on De Afro-Europeaan: a 6-episode docudrama travel series following his journey to meet and learn from Afro-Europeans, set to air on NPO2 in the fall of 2024. 

WDCD Live Amsterdam 2024

Ikenna Azuike will moderate the main stage programme at WDCD Amsterdam 2024. Join Ikenna Azuike and hundreds of creatives on 5 July, tickets are now available.