YVONNE OKWARA

DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1983
GENDER Female 
OCCUPATION Journalist, Editor

Biography

Yvonne Okwara is a Kenyan media personality with 20 years’ experience in radio and television. She resigned from Citizen TV on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, after more than eight years at the Royal Media Services. She held several positions but was popularly known for hosting The Explainer every Tuesday at 9 PM. On Wednesday, Shuga Global, a UK-based organisation, unveiled Yvonne Okwara as its Head of Investments and Partnerships. In a statement, Shuga said, “Yvonne joins Shuga as a celebrated corporate communications expert, a fundraising maverick and an authority on government relations.”

Education

Okwara is an alumna of All Saints Cathedral Primary School, Kianda High School and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

The news anchor studied microbiology; however, she pursued a career in journalism.

Career of Yvonne Okwara

Yvonne Okwara’s journalism career began as the host of KBC’s children’s variety show, and as she gained experience, more opportunities opened up.

Afterwards, in 2008, she joined QFM as a radio talk show producer and also had the opportunity to do voice-over work for NTV’s business show Money Matters.

In 2012, Okwara joined KTN on a five-year contract. However, when the contract ended in 2018, she chose not to renew it.

After leaving KTN, Yvonne joined Citizen TV as a prime-time news anchor.

When she is not working as a news anchor, Okwara does voice-overs for various TV shows.

She has moderated several local and international panels comprising Melinda Gates, Former US Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and the Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Other panels include former Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya Dr Patrick Njoroge, Former IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe, Bishop TD Jakes, as well as former AfDB President Donald Kaberuka.

Similarly, in 2017, she moderated the Presidential Debates in Kenya.

Other Positions Aside from Anchoring

Yvonne is a board member at CBM Kenya, a development organisation that works to improve the lives of persons with disabilities.

She also chairs the Advisory Board of Africa Uncensored, an independent media house founded by Kenya’s finest investigative journalists.

At the same time, Yvonne is a Bloomberg Africa Leadership Initiative Media Fellow.

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