Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche (born August 25, 1992) is a British media entrepreneur, philanthropist, and business executive. She is the Chief Executive Officer of TOS TV Network (a pan-African storytelling platform) and co-founder of NatSu Global, a real estate and media investment firm. She is the former host of The Osasu Show, a syndicated TV show focused on development, business, and politics in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
Early and personal life
Osasu was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Igbinedion family. She is the daughter of Mrs. Eki Igbinedion and Lucky Igbinedion, the former governor of Edo State, while her grandfather, Gabriel Igbinedion is the Esama of the Benin Kingdom in Nigeria. Osasu is married to Nathaniel Joshua Ogwuche and blessed with a son. Osasu obtained her bachelor's degree from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and thereafter a master's degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. She later received a certificate in TV and film production from the New York Film Academy in New York, New York, in the United States of America.
Career
Osasu holds Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees in Communications from Stonehill College and Northeastern University, both in Massachusetts, United States. She also has a certificate in TV and film production from the New York Film Academy.
In 2015, she was one of the few journalists across Africa trained by the United Nations to be one of its media ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By 2016, her show, The Osasu Show, was airing across major TV stations in Nigeria and the U.K.
Practicing as a journalist, she has told stories from the streets of Agatu to the rivers of Ogoni.
In 2017, she convened the first edition of the Osasu Show Symposium.
Osasu won the DAAR Awards for the Young Achiever of the Year 2018 and the Social Media for Social Good Awards Africa 2019.
Osasu was appointed in 2019 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a media ambassador for free and fair elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Osasu is also the co-founder of NatSu Global, a real estate and media investment with offices in Abuja,London, Johannesburg and Boston.
Osasu is married and has a son. For 7 years (2015 -2022) Osasu was the host of the TV show The Osasu Show, which aired on African Independent Television, BEN TV London, and ITV which were popular TV stations in Nigeria and the United Kingdom and The Weekend Show on AIT. She is also the founder of The Osasu Show Foundation. She is the convener of Osasu Show Symposium, a forum where major stakeholders in the political field gathered together with their constituents to discuss issues of nation building and development especially as they relate to the welfare of the less privileged.
Osasu has received accolades for: Journalistic Excellence by the Institute of Service Excellence and Good Governance (2017); Role Model to the Girl Child by Nigerian Entrepreneurs Award (2017) and Humanitarian Award by La Mode Magazine (2015)
Awards and recognition
2016: West Africa Students Union Parliament Kwame Nkrumah - Exemplary Distinguished Leadership Honour 2017: The Institute For Service Excellence And Good Governance - Service excellence award for The Osasu Show Journalistic excellence
2017: Nigeria Entrepreneurs Award - Role model to the Girl child. 2018: Green October events award - Humanitarian of the year 2018: Nigerian Youth Advocacy For Good Governance Initiative Award 2018: The Girl's Show Nigeria Award 2018: Emerging entrepreneurs multi-purpose cooperative society - Outstanding Innovation and Leadership Award 2018: Woman On Fire Abuja Awards- Seasoned professional of the year. 2018: La Mode Magazine Green October Humanitarian Awards 2018: Global Race Against Poverty And Hiv/Aids In Conjunction With SDSN Youths Global impact ambassador award 2018: Paint My Face With Glamour, a compilation of Poems by Benjamin Ubiri in Honour of Osasu Igbinedion. 2018: National Impact Merit Awards - Most outstanding TV personality of the year 2018: Nigeria Young Professionals Forum 2018 2018: DAAR Awards Prize 2018 - Young Achiever of the year 2019: The Difference Global Awards - Media personality of the year award 2019: Social Media For Social Good Awards Africa.
