The top 3 female CNN news anchors you didn’t know were African

In 2005 she graduated from Keble College, University of Oxford, with a degree in French and Spanish. A year later, she graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Ms. Asher anchors the CNN Newsroom on Fridays and Saturdays. She also appears on various lines of business for the network Quest Means Business and CNNMoney with Maggie Lake . It also houses Marketplace Africa.

On a number of occasions she has visited her native country of Nigeria to conduct interviews with top players in the business world and to document the country’s business performance in general.

Zain has hosted panel discussions at the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and a well-reviewed TED Talk in London.

In 2013 she joined CNN as a business correspondent. Before that, Zain worked as a full-time money reporter, where she wrote personal finance articles . She also worked as a television reporter for News 12 Brooklyn, reporting from Brooklyn, the Bronx and Connecticut.

That year in April The New African Magazine nominated her along with other notable Nigerian women for the New African Woman in Media Award.

Zain Ejiofor Asher is fluent in English, French and Spanish, as well as speaking her native language, Igbo.

2. Isha Isatu Sesay

Nationality: Sierra Leone

Isha Isatu Sesay is arguably the best-known African female CNN anchor.

The top-rated, award-winning journalist is of Sierra Leonean descent. She was born on January 6, 1976 to a Muslim family in Bordeaux, France. She and her family returned to their home country at the age of seven, where they spent most of their childhood.

her mother is dr. Kadi Sesay, a politician from Sierra Leone and a former minister and lecturer at Fourah Bay College, where her daughter also taught.

Isha holds a BA in English from Trinity College, Cambridge University.

She started her career as a journalist, Isha worked as a researcher for the BBC talk show Kilroy. She also anchored the Good Morning Sports Fans show for Sky Sports. From 1998 to 2001 she presented a wide range of programs on the BBC networks. She also worked for UK broadcaster ITN, where she ran ITV’s Early Morning News programme.

Isha always wanted to be an actress but later found peace and a sense of journalism in her late teens.

In 2005 she began working as a presenter and correspondent for CNN International. She currently hosts the news programs CNN Newsroom Live from Los Angeles.

Isha Sesay covered a variety of breaking news and events of global interest.

3.Robyn Curnow

Nationality: South Africa

Robyn Curnow is a South African journalist and news anchor at CNN International.

Born in Australia but raised in South Africa, she attended the University of Natal, the University of the Witwatersrand and Cambridge University where she earned her Masters in International Relations.

Before joining CNN, Robyn worked as a reporter for the BBC and for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).

She currently anchors CNN’s International Desk . Before that she was a correspondent for the channel. Because of her roots, Robyn has covered global news from South Africa such as the Oscar Pistorius case and Nelson Mandela’s death for CNN. And like every other African CNN anchor, she has covered global news from across the African continent.

Robyn, now a mother of two, currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She has reported for CNN in London since 2002 and is their correspondent in Johannesburg and London.