Vimbayi Kajese

Last updated

Vimbayi Kajese is a Zimbabwean journalist who first came to international attention as a news presenter for China Central Television's CCTV-9 from 2009 to 2011. [1] She was the first African anchorwoman in the station's history, and her success helped pave the way for the network's expanded presence on the continent, and eventual launch of programs like Africa Live from its Nairobi Bureau which was established in 2012.

Contents

Career

Kajese first visited China in 2004, and decided to move to Beijing in 2006. She became one of CCTV-9's early morning news presenters three years later. [2] She also went to North Park Primary School in Mt. Pleasant, Harare. She left CCTV in October 2011, and later began organizing conferences and events aimed at promoting international friendship between various African and Chinese communities, including entrepreneurs and students.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">China Central Television</span> National television broadcaster of the Peoples Republic of China

China Central Television (CCTV) is the national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Central Publicity Department.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angela Rippon</span> English television presenter (born 1944)

Angela May Rippon is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter.

Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor, is a British television journalist and is Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. She is also the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish topics including fishing and Scottish clans.

Elli Stai is a Greek journalist and talk show presenter on Greek TV.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mélissa Theuriau</span> French journalist and news anchor for M6 (born 1978)

Mélissa Theuriau is a French journalist and news anchor for M6. She studied journalism and became a television news presenter. She is the former anchor and co-editor in chief of Zone interdite on French TV.

CGTN is the English-language news channel of state-run China Global Television Network, based in Beijing, China. It is one of several channels provided by China Global Television Network, the international division of Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the control of the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

Edwin Maher is a New Zealand-born TV journalist who worked for CCTV International in Beijing before retiring in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CCTV Headquarters</span> Skyscraper in the central business district of Beijing, China

The CCTV Headquarters is a 51-floor skyscraper formed out of a pair of conjoined towers that sits on the East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD) and serves as the headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV). Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA were the architects in charge for the building, while Cecil Balmond at Arup provided the complex engineering design.

Terry Baddoo is a television executive and a former TV host. He is half-English and half-Ghanaian, and lives in the United States.

China Today is CCTV-9's only news program that focuses on news issues and current affairs around China. The 30 minute program broadcasts at 2200 China Standard Time (UTC+8), or 1400 UTC every day, and rebroadcasts twice at 0100 and 0700 UTC+8 the next morning, or 1700 and 2300 UTC.

<i>Xinwen Lianbo</i> Chinese state-broadcast television news program

Xinwen Lianbo is a daily news programme produced by China Central Television (CCTV), a state broadcaster. It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world's most-watched programmes. It has been broadcast since 1 January 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Houkli</span> Greek journalist and presenter (born 1961)

Maria Houkli is a Greek journalist and presenter. Houkli has served as the main anchorwoman for the main newscast on various TV stations in Greece, most recently ANT1. Prior to this, she was the editor in chief of the central news program on the New Hellenic Television of the Greek public television. She's married and she's a mother of two boys. The First Is presenter of a Local Channel's Central News Bulletin And The Second Paul Is a Congressman

Fang Jing was an anchorwoman of China Central Television (CCTV). She hosted several programs including the prime-time military program Defense Watch. In 2009 she came under suspicion of spying for Taiwan.

Marc Edwards is a British television presenter, formerly on China Central Television, France 24, London Live and Eurosport, and now on BBC News and BBC World News. He currently presents Sport Today. He was the male stadium announcer in French and English for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Michele Samantha Yi Wen Lean simplified Chinese: 连仪温; traditional Chinese: 連儀溫; pinyin: Lián Yí Wēn; Jyutping: Lin4 Ji4 Wan1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Gî-un) known professionally as Michele Lean is a Malaysian television presenter, writer, actress, and commercial talent. From 2007 – 2010 she was a television presenter on China Central Television (CCTV)(中国中央电视台), hosting CCTV-9's Travelogue and Center Stage. She is a Malaysian citizen and Australian permanent resident who currently resides in Beijing, China.

James Chau who was born on 11 December 1977, is a journalist, television presenter, and United Nations goodwill ambassador. He previously anchored the main evening news on state-owned China Central Television (CCTV). In 2009, he was appointed by the United Nations as China's first UNAIDS goodwill ambassador. He wrote a newspaper column for the Chinese Communist Party-owned tabloid Global Times. His appointment as goodwill ambassador to the World Health Organization attracted attention due to his role in presenting forced confessions while working for Chinese state-run broadcaster CGTN.

Ann-Sofie Gälman is a Swedish television presenter and journalist working for SVT2s daily news magazine Nordnytt, which covers Sweden's three most northern provinces.

Jülide Gülizar was a Turkish anchorwoman and journalist. She was one of Turkey's first television anchors, as well as the first anchorwomen on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT).

Chai Jing is a Chinese journalist and author.

Li Zehua, commonly known as Kcriss Li, is a Chinese citizen journalist, rapper, and YouTuber. Li was born in Pingxiang, Jiangxi. After graduating from the Communication University of China, he joined China Central Television (CCTV) as a television presenter in 2016. He would later leave CCTV and become an independent journalist, documenting the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan.

References

  1. Swire, Dominic; Wang Wei (15 February 2010). "Interview: Vimbayi Kajese, CCTV's First Black Anchorwoman". China Radio International. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. "VIMBAYI KAJESE: The Face of Africa for China and China for Africa". China Central Television. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

[[Category:21st-century Chinese women journalists]