Listen Zain Verjee, best remembered as the Kenyan face on CNN where she worked as a news anchor and reporter, is now proprietor of Zain Verjee Group, a production company that produces video content for African audiences. Verjee started out as a radio host for Capital FM and later went on to anchor KTN prime […]
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Rose Kimotho
Listen Rose Kimotho is the founder and Managing Director of Regional Reach Ltd, a media and marketing company she set up in 1994 to operate community television. She was also founder and Managing Director of Kameme FM and K24 TV before the change of management to TV Africa Holdings, after which Kimotho founded Three Stones […]
Pamella Makotsi-Sittoni
Listen Pamella Makotsi-Sittoni is the immediate former managing editor of The East African, one of the newspapers published by the Nation Media Group (NMG). She was recently promoted to the position of executive editor of Daily Nation in January 2019. She began her career as a reporter with NMG, rising to the position of Chief […]
Khadija Ali Mohamed
Listen Khadija Ali Mohamed was an anchor at Voice of Kenya (VoK) Kiswahili Service. She developed a passion for radio at an early age as a regular radio listener. Mohamed rose to the position of Chief Producer for the Kiswahili Service, producing programmes like Mchezo wa Radio, Mashairi and Metro FM’s Meli ya Metro. In […]
Kathleen Openda Mvati
Listen Kathleen Openda Mvati is the chairperson of the Council of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication following an appointment by President Uhuru Kenyatta in July 2018. In August 2010, she was appointed Director of Communications at the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya (TJRC) in August 2010. Before joining the TJRC, Openda had […]
Julie Gathoni Gichuru
Listen Julie Gathoni Gichuru is a news anchor, television host, producer and creator. She is also an entrepreneur in her own right as founder and Director of various companies. However, the TV queen didn’t begin her career in media. She worked briefly with Hamilton, Harrison & Mathews Advocates in Nairobi before starting out at Capital […]
Eunice Mathu – The power behind the winning Parents magazine brand
Listen Eunice Mathu is the only publisher to sustain a Kenyan magazine for several decades uninterrupted. As Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, she takes pride in her passion for journalism and mentorship. As one of the country’s power brands, Parents has nurtured some of the most outstanding Kenyan writers and journalists. Parents is easily Kenya’s longest-running and […]
Esther Kamweru – Pioneer female managing editor of a daily
Listen Esther Kamweru is Kenya’s first female managing editor of a newspaper. She describes herself as a longtime journalist who started off as a cub reporter and a trainee sub editor and steadily worked her way to the top. After a very involving career in the industry, she is happy and fulfilled with the accomplishments […]
Elizabeth Omolo
Listen Elizabeth Omolo is one of the pioneer female radio broadcasters in Kenya. She hosted various programmes at the Voice of Kenya (VoK) English Service, one of independent Kenya’s first radio stations, in the 1970s. She is remembered for her popular shows Hello Children and The Breakfast Club, and also for hosting the famous music […]
Catherine Kasavuli
Listen Catherine Kasavuli is the founder of Kasavuli Media Group Ltd, a finishing school for broadcasters to help refine their presentation skills. The company also offers etiquette classes to the general public. Kasavuli was previously the Corporate Affairs Manager at Royal Media Services based in Nairobi, a post she took up after retiring from news […]