Chipo Sabeta

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Chipo Sabeta is a media personality, sports journalist and sports administrator. In 2020, she was Awarded FIFA/CIES sports management network project winner (Worldwide). [1] [2] She is the first Zimbabwean female journalists to be included in the FIFA Ballon d'Or [3] voting panel since 2014. [4] [5]

Career

Chipo was born in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, but grew up in Glen Norah suburb in Harare, where she had her early education before proceeding to Nhowe Mission School in Macheke. [6] Chipo Sabeta was of the founding journalists for Zimbabwe’s first tabloid, [7] The H Metro in 2009, she grew up the ranks within the organisation then became Senior Sports Reporter for ZIMPAPERS which houses H-Metro, The Herald , ZTN, The Chronicle, Star FM Zimbabwe and Business Weekly from 2010 to 2019. In 2022 she was formally awarded the FIFA/CIES award which she won through Nelson Mandela University at FIFA headquarters by Arsène Wenger. [8] [9] She is also the editor of The African Gazette magazine.

In 2023, she was appointed as the Africa Cup of Nations UK (ANCUK) communication executive. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Wenger honours Zim female sportswriter". The Herald. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "CIES: 2020 FIFA/CIES University Network Prize: And the Winner is…". Cies.ch. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Player 2015" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "How Zim voted in FIFA Best Player of the Year 2016. Captain AWOL | Three Men On a Boat". 3-mob.com. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Chuma, Nyasha (16 June 2022). "Fifa/cies university awards Zim journo Sabeta ...Arsene Wenger honours her". Expressmailzim.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. ↑ [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Female journalists write their own narrative". The Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Zim sportswriter Chipo Sabeta wins FIFA CIES Award, honoured by Wenger". Rosgwen24.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Zim Gems shine again on world stage". The Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. ↑ https://www.herald.co.zw/influential-uk-post-for-sabeta/


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