Isha Sesay to emcee CAF awards
Two renowned media personalities, Isha Sesay and Aboubacry Ba have been named emcees for the Aiteo CAF Awards 2018 scheduled for the Centre international de conférences Abdou Diouf (CICAD) on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
Sesay, an
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In 2014, she reported from Nigeria on the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, which won CNN a Peabody Award, and Sesay receiving a Gracie Award for Outstanding Anchor for her exceptional coverage.
In addition to her role as anchor and correspondent, Sesay has co-hosted the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, the highest accolade for excellent journalism across the continent, for the last five years. She previously also worked with Sky News and BBC.
Ba is a Senegalese journalist with huge experience of African football. He is a former reporter and TV presenter for RTS in his native Senegal before moving to France where he worked with TV5 and Canal +. Currently, he is the CEO of CIS MEDIAS, a pan-African
“It's a great honour to host such a prestigious event, which is taking place in my home country (Senegal) for the first time, and a big occasion on the African football calendar.
“My professional life has been all about African football. In my 20-years of experience, I have realized that football is an important part of the daily lives of Africans, and we need to celebrate such moments,” Ba told CAFonline.com.