Femi Oke was born in London,[1] England, to Nigerian parents of the Yoruba ethnic group.

[3] Oke began her career at the age of 14 working as a junior reporter for the United Kingdom's first talk radio station, London Broadcasting Company.

Oke presented several shows for the station, including the popular Soap on the Wire on a Saturday afternoon, with soap-opera expert Chris Stacey.

She is a former anchor for CNN International's World Weather service at the network's global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

[3] She has accepted an invitation to teach on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina,[4] conducted guest lectures for the University of Liberia, Emory University in Atlanta and been a guest speaker at the United Nations, addressing the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.