Anita Natacha Akide

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Anita Natacha Akide
Alma mater Ignatius Ajuru University of Education [1]
Occupation(s)Reality TV star, [2] media personality, Entrepreneur and philanthropist [3]

Anita Natacha Akide professionally known as Symply Tacha is a media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.[ citation needed ] She has appeared on the show Big Brother Naija (season 4) as a housemate and also on MTV's The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies. [2] [4] She has won the awards like Net Honour's Most Popular Person, [5] Female Personality of The Year, [6] Celebrity Entrepreneur of the year and many more. [7] She was the brand ambassador of GetFit, a Fitness brand [8]

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Early life and education

In 2016, Akide received a Bachelor of Arts in English Language from the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni in Rivers State, Nigeria. [1] [9]

Career

Akide joined the reality show Big Brother Naija (season 4) and also appeared in the reality show MTV's The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies. [10] [2] She acts as a brand ambassador for the eyewear company House of Lunettes, RealTech Company OxfordBuildBay, [11] a representative for the fitness brand GetFit, and the global alcoholic beverage company Ciroc. [12] She also debuted her Tacha Fierce brand of limited-edition Ciroc beverages. [13] [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019 Big Brother Naija (season 4) Contestant(6th place) [2]
2021MTV The Challenge 37th seasonappeared in 3 episodes [4] [15]

Films

YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef.
2022Tiger's TailTuTuNigerian film [16]

Philanthropy

Natacha Akide Foundation (NAF)

Tacha founded Natacha Akide Foundation (NAF) in 2020 with the motive to serve the underprivileged. She started the initiative, Pad For Every Girl (PEG) to educate every girl of female hygiene. [3]

Action Against Hunger

She started this initiative to fight the hunger problem amongst the families which suffered during the pandemic. [17]

PVC Awareness Campaign

She went to River state in 2022 to encourage her people to get their Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) against 2023 election. [18]

Awards

YearEventCategoryResultRef
2021Net HonoursMost Popular PersonWon [5]
TrendUpp AfricaForce of TwitterWon [19]
Force of Online SensationNominated
2020SCREAMBrand Influencer of the YearWon [20]
Fashion Brand of the YearWon
Social Media Influencer of the yearWon
Africa ChoiceBrand Influencer of the YearWon [6]
Female Personality of The YearWon
LaModeCelebrity Entrepreneur of the yearWon [7] [21]
AVSocial Media Influencer of the YearWon [22]
Brand of the year - Titans CollectionWon
AuracoolMost popular Female Naija CelebWon
Net HonoursMost Popular BB Naija StarWon [23]
2019STARZZEmerging Celebrity of the YearWon [24]

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