Ciku is an author, journalist, communication and strategy specialist, adventurer and travel writer. She writes both fiction and non-fiction focusing on African stories that need telling. She is an opinion columnist at Bloomberg. Prior to that she was a longtime contributor and Editor at Quartz Africa, and authored almost 70 articles for the site, on topics as wide-ranging as the perils of traveling with an African passport to the optimism inspired by Africa’s first non-fungible token (NFT) art collections. Ciku is the author of two mystery novels (Dance of the Monkeys and Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges), and has written for a variety of outlets, including African Arguments, OkayAfrica, and The Africa Report. She has a wealth of communication and project management experience, having worked for and served as a communication advisor to Dalberg Advisors, The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Centre, Open Society Initiative of West Africa, and The Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund. She has travelled to 60 countries, half of them in Africa. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in management from MIT and speaks English, Swahili, and French.