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Remmy Chuks Nweke - Author/Online Personality/Lead Consulting Strategist/Group Executive Editor

Remmy Chuks Nweke, is an author/internationally acclaimed multiple award-winning new media journalist cum Advisor, Communications and Public Relations expert with broad expertise in development and implementation of communication policies, so as to ensure right brand perception.

Born on October 10, 1969, to the family of Chief Dominic Udegbunem Nweke (Ozo Sopuluchukwu N'Awba-Ofemili) and Ezenne (Princess) Christiana Okwuchukwu Nweke (Achalla-Ugo-Nwanyi) at Umu-Osite Village, Awba-Ofemili, Remmy is the first among eight children.

As a Senior Reporter with Champion Newspapers for over 14 years, Remmy proved his worth by clinching over 15 awards in the last decade on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) business economy, with at least, an international professional award per year.

Not limited to: First Nigerian Winner, 2004/2005 African Siemens Profile award on IT Business Solution; Second prize in Local Content Application - African Information Society Initiative (AISI) awards 2005 by UNECA; Second prize winner, AISI Local Content Application 2005; First-ever HANA ICT Journalist of the year - 2006; AISI Second prize winner on ICT Research and Innovations -2007 in Malaysia and First-ever winner, Free & Open Source Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) 2010, to name a few.

Author of 'A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria' and ‘Sagacity Of A Digital Revolution’ to name a few, Remmy is the Lead Strategist at DigitalSENSE Media group, where he led his team to position the company within three years, with NaijaAgroNet emerging 2nd runner up at Highway Africa New Media awards in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a regular public affairs analysts and commentator, especially prompting advocacy on deployment of ICT-driven development.

He is a member of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (mNGE), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), veteran of Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA); founding Secretary, Nigeria Information Technology Group (NITIG) and pioneer Secretary, Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) Lagos State branch in addition to being the Vice President, African Civil Society on the Information Society (ACSIS) as well as the National Coordinator, Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM), among others.

In 2016, Remmy, who holds Master of Art degree in Contemporary Diplomacy from University of Malta, won the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) first-ever Presidential awards on Online Media via the multiple award-winning ITRealms Online. Just as he was named the Online Media Personality of the Year 2017 by the organisers of the Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit Awards (NIMES 2017).

Equally, Remmy, prides himself as a member of the Oriental Online Publishers Forum and Chairman, Awba-Ofemili Development Union in Lagos State (2017 -), whilst consulting for REAP Consulting, an international body of development consulting firm, as a Communication Development Expert.

Remmy Nweke as the pioneer Secretary, Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) Lagos State branch, and is the Lead Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, an At-Large Structure (ALS) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Also, Remmy is the Vice President, African Civil Society on Information Society (ACSIS) and represents ICANN’s Non-Profit Organizations Constituency (NPOC) at Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) Finance Committee and doubles as the Vice Chair. Just as he is a member of the Multistakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum.

Remmy is a Nigerian with over 20 years experience in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), cybersecurity, and policy coupled with requisite knowledge-how in the subject area and proven evidence of work in similar roles such as scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, and which tranverses online, privacy, cybersecurity policy, ICT technology, capacity building and training, Internet Governance, data protection, emerging issues, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, cyber-crime and legislations critical Infrastructure protection (CIP), Internet and jurisdiction, civil society, law enforcement, policy, private corporates, with experience in cyber security issues, as well as ICTs in general.

As the Lead Strategist, he leads and coordinates the team that birth the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D); offering education to Nigerians on ICT4D since 2009 across security, openness, net neutrality among others. In 2011, his team introduced Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable to offer education, enlightenment and advocacy on Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) evolutions for the benefits stakeholders especially in of Nigeria.

A graduate of University of Malta with MA in Contemporary Diplomacy, Remmy is well-traveled tech-mediapreneur, with expertise traversing Internet governance activism and media relations, corporate branding and new media technologies. He is also the author of 'A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria' etc with certifications on Internet Governance from Diplo Foundation and several open data and online media management to name a few.

Remmy, an internationally acclaimed multiple award wining ICT journalist was a former Executive Board Member, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) until 2015, where he presided over, Communication & Publicity and served as charter bylawyer for the resuscitation of Internet Society Nigeria Chapter - 2017 and presently chairs the Communication and Advocacy Committee, IPv6 Council Nigeria, and National Coordinator, Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM), among others.

Remmy, is the first Nigerian Winner, 2004/2005 African Siemens Profile award on IT Business Solution.

Second prize in Local Content Application - African Information Society Initiative (AISI) awards 2005 by UNECA; Second prize winner, AISI Local Content Application 2005; First-ever HANA ICT Journalist of the year - 2006; AISI Second prize winner on ICT Research and Innovations -2007 in Malaysia and First-ever winner, Free & Open Source Software Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) 2010, to name a few.

2014 saw the recognition by the President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON). This was confirmed with the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Presidential award in 2016, while in 2017, Remmy was named the Online media personality of the year at the Nigeria Mobile Economy Summit Awards (NIMES 2017). Remmyn (talk) 00:57, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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'''NWEKE, Remmy Chuks Nationality: Nigeria State of Origin

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Covering African Elections One Tweet at a time - Academia.edu

Nigeria sees growth in country's mobile phone use - NYTimes.com

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INSTACON SDG 2019 - CSCSD

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Civic Centre: Awba-Ofemili Launches N100m Fund in Lagos

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Echoes of GOCOP's annual Conference - Sylva News

World Summit on the Information Society - ITU

Microsoft denies paying contractor to abandon Linux - InfoWorld

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Highway africa | Bizcommunity

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Secret to becoming a good rapporteur - Foro de Gobernanza

WSIS Forum 2016 Outcome Document - ITU

The Imperative for Nigeria Domain in Federal MDAs

NiRA CONGRATULATES NWEKE ON BOOK LAUNCH

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Positive Use of Internet and Mobile Devices - SlideShare

BOOKS BY REMMY NWEKE

[https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria/ A DECADE OF ICT REPORTAGE IN NIGERIA. The Award-Winning Series Plus (2012)] published by DigitalSENSE Africa Media

Photos: A DECADE OF ICT REPORTAGE

THE ROLES OF NIGERIA IN RESTORING PEACE IN WEST AFRICA (2018)

SAGACITY OF A DIGITAL REVOLUTION (2022)