Uchechi Sophie Uduma

Uchechi Sophie Uduma is a strategic communication professional with over 10 years of experience in international development and humanitarian aid. Prior joining Panagora, she worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), where she was responsible for leading communication activities in the South-South and South-East of Nigeria. She was Communications Specialist at Cuso International, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Cassava: Adding Value for Africa Project. She has also practiced journalism for a few years with LEADERSHIP Newspaper in Abuja. Sophie has rich expertise in designing, planning, implementing communication and media strategy, branding, content development, documenting success stories, advocacy, facilitation, and capacity building, strengthening institutional collaboration, and networking with diverse stakeholders including government, private sector and partner organizations. She currently works for Panagora as a Learning, Knowledge Management and Strategic Communications Regional Officer with the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM). She holds a BSc in mass communication from Abia State University, and is currently undergoing MSc in international development at the University of Edinburgh.