Hosts – Unzipped Stories Africa

MEET OUR HOSTS

DS BELLO

Dorcas Bello (Sheffy) is a multi award multimedia journalist and media specialist.

She is the brains behind unzipped stories Africa, a top-rated African storytelling initiative, and has received multiple awards for her work.
Dorcas is also a multi media and behavioral change consultant for a world bank supported project IDEAS Project Nigeria.

She has trained over 3700 young people on digital storytellers and entrepreneurial skills.

Her passion for empowering Africans to tell their stories and create their own opportunities has made her a respected figure in the industry. With her diverse skill set and commitment to fostering talent, Dorcas is a force to be reckoned with in the world of media and entrepreneurship
She believes in “Strategically exploring indigenous content as a means of enhancing the image of Africa.”

SARAH GASMI

Sara Gasmi is from Algeria. She is 26 years old and is a co host at unzipped stories. She has a masters in Applied linguistics and teaches English part time to primary and middle school students. She enjoys reading, writing, and travelling. Right now she is on the journey of learning about both her Algerian and African identity.

The two things that would make her instantly happy are: a walk by the beach and stray cats loving her back

DORCAS EKUPE

Dorcas Ekupe is an award Winning Cameroonian Freelance journalist based in the Far North of the country . She has a nose for engaging, meaningful and impactful stories.

Her Stories revolve around Gender, Refugees, Health, Minority Groups, Crises and Environment.

At the moment she is a correspondent at Irish National Broadcaster, RTE where she files in reports for their Radio News Programme *World Report*

JENNIFER OKOLO

Jennifer Okolo is a Professional and paragon of excellence in the field of journalism, increased through constant skill acquisition, self-improvement and manpower development. She is committed to excellence in each task completed.

She is a Multimedia Journalist, Producer, Content Creator, Event Host, Voice over artist and a Script Editor.

She is also a serial entrepreneur; she likes to refer to herself as the She’s the CEO of Scennie Royals.

LAYMAH KOLLIE

Laymah Kollie is a daughter of a hunter. She hails from Jormakpeh , kpaai district. Graduate of the Dolokelen Gboveh High School 2017/2018. A former debater on the lion’s debate team of Gbove. In 2018, Laymah and the team represented Bong in the Liberia National Debate Championship organized by Youth for Change. She also started her Journalism career in 2018 with a local radio station (Super Bongese Radio) in the central region of Liberia.

2019 she served as tutor mentor for school dropout girls under the learning links project. 2020/2021 she served as correspondent for Bana FM/TV, she also served as county coordinator for the Youth Campionship project under Talking Drum Studio. She has earned series of certificates in leadership, conflict resolution, journalism, Wikipedia fact-checking. Laymah is currently a sophomore student at the African Methodist Episcopal University in Monrovia reading Mass Communication and Education minor. Currently she’s a reporter at Women’s TV Liberia and a podcast anchor for Unzipped Stories Africa in Nigeria. Laymah is a co-founder and Communication Officer of a girl led organization( Passion for Youth Education Foundation). She envision to impact lives of young people in Liberia and beyond.