Stephanie Busari

Stephanie Busari (born 1977) is a Nigerian journalist notable for exclusively obtaining the "proof of life" video[1][2] for the missing Chibok schoolgirls in the wake of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy which led to negotiations with Boko Haram that resulted in the release of over 100 of the kidnapped schoolgirls.

[3] Busari studied French and Public Media at Trinity and All Saints College in Leeds and thereafter attended the University of Rennes for an Advanced Diploma Program.

[4] Busari started her career at the now-defunct New Nation, a London-based newspaper, and then moved to the Daily Mirror.

[9][10] Busari's 2017 TED talk on "How Fake News Does Real Harm" has been viewed over a million times and the transcript translated to over 37 languages.

[12] She made the inaugural global list of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in the year 2017 for which she was also the Hall of Fame Award, the recipient.