Aisha Augie-Kuta is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based in Abuja. She is a Hausa from Argungu Local Government Area in northern Nigeria. She won the award for Creative Artist of the year at the 2011 The Future Awards.. Augie-kuta is the current Special Adviser to the Federal Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning. Prior to this she was the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria on New Media. Augie-Kuta leads various development initiatives for the advocacy of youth and women empowerment across Nigeria.
Biography
Born Aisha Adamu Augie in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, Augie-Kuta is the daughter of the late Senator Adamu Baba Augie, and Justice Amina Augie. Augie-Kuta became interested in photography when her father gave her a camera at a young age. Augie-Kuta received a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and is studying for an MSc in Media and communication at the Pan African University, Lagos. She is married with three children. Augie-Kuta has certificates in digital filmmaking from the New York Film Academy and curating contemporary art exhibitions from the Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK. Augie-Kuta became an Associate for the Nigeria Leadership Initiative in May 2011. She is also the vice-president of Women in Film and Television in Nigeria the West African chapter of the US-based network. She co-founded the Photowagon, a Nigerian photography collective, in 2009. In 2010, Augie-Kuta was included, along with 50 other Nigerian women, in a book and exhibition for the nation's 50@50 celebrations supported by the Women for Change Initiative. In 2014, Augie-Kuta held her first solo photographic exhibition, entitled Alternative Evil. She has made contributions toward girl child/youth development and nation building. She has been a frequent facilitator at the annual gathering of photographers, Nigeria Photography Expo & Conference; a panelist and speaker at various events; and has spoken at TEDx events in Nigeria. Augie-Kuta was sworn-in as a UNICEF High-Level Women Advocate on Education with a focus on girls and young women. In 2018, Augie-Kuta was the lead representative for the Nigerian Visual Arts sector that met with His Royal HighnessCharles, Prince of Wales at the British Council in Lagos. Augie-Kuta is the first female politician to run for the house of representatives primaries under a major party for the Argungu-Augie Federal Constituency in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Augie-Kuta is a frequent facilitator at the annual gathering of photographers, Nigeria Photography Expo & Conference; a panelist and speaker at various events; and has spoken at TEDx events in Nigeria. She worked as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria on New Media. She currently works as the Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.
