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Background and Education
Adanna Steinacker, from Imo State, Nigeria, was born on 2 March 1988. She is one of five children of Igbo businessman, politician and former governor of Imo State Ikedi Ohakim and barrister Chioma Ohakim. She attended high school in Nigeria before gaining a BSc in Biomedicine from the University of East Anglia in the UK in 2010, and medical degrees (MB, Bch, BAO, LRCP and SI) from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2015. In 2018, she earned a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School. While at university, she met German native David Steinacker, a fellow student who began working as a business consultant in the technology sector in 2012. A few years into their relationship, the couple celebrated three wedding ceremonies, a traditional Igbo Igba nkwu in Nigeria in December 2013, a German court wedding in March 2014, and a church ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2014. Videos of their wedding went viral and have amassed over 2.2 million views. They have two sons.Work
In October 2017, Steinacker founded and became the CEO of Medics Abroad, an international organisation providing logistics for clinical placements in Africa to medics around the world. Medics Abroad currently offers on-site rotations in Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa, with plans to expand across the entire continent.Sign up to the Connect Nigeria daily newsletter
The organisation is redefining medical educational travel experiences in Africa. The organisation matches international healthcare professionals with thoughtfully curated, all-inclusive arrangements for clinical practice in Africa – combining invaluable work experience with community immersion.
Social Media Influence
Steinacker is an African YouTube and Instagram influencer. Together with her husband, she runs the YouTube channel “The Adanna David Family” and an Instagram account. Combined, their channels have attracted over 580,000 subscribers. The couple, known as AdannaDavid, first gained international notability when a 15-second Instagram video of them dancing to African music in their kitchen went viral in 2014. In 2018, Steinacker and her husband were featured in the BBC Newsbeat documentary “YouTube Couples: How to Stay in Love.” She has been featured as the keynote speaker at various international conferences, focusing on female entrepreneurship, medical educational travel, and authenticity on social media. She is also the Co-Founder and content creator of the digital consultancy company Adanna David Digital Ltd., under which she runs her social media platforms of over half a million followers and consults with brands on influencer marketing. Her clients have included L’Oreal, Dubai Tourism, KLM, Disney and eBay.Advocacy
A black female African, Steinacker identifies as a feminist. Adanna Steinacker was the first black female entrepreneur to be selected for the Enterprise Ireland Female High Fliers Programme, the leading incubator for female entrepreneurs in Ireland. Sources: Wetm Wikipedia Featured Image Source: Pulse NGGot a suggestion? Contact us: editor@connectnigeria.com
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