Seasoned Nigerian broadcaster with the
Cable News Network, Stephanie Busari, is back to head the company’s
Nigerian office to be unveiled in Lagos. The office is to give the
network a “nimble, broad-based, digital-first presence in Africa’s most
populous country.”
The lady, who will be the Supervising
Producer, Africa, will work across CNN’s news gathering and digital
operations, and will be the network’s first responder for all platforms.
A statement from the organisation
indicates that since joining CNN in 2008, Busari has worked across some
of the network’s most important African stories.
She was central to CNN’s coverage of the
missing Chibok girls, working alongside Senior International
Correspondent, Nima Elbagir.
On her feeling about the new assignment,
she says, “I am thrilled and excited to be back home after a long time
away. I have always kept close links with Nigeria and have a
considerable network here already. CNN is investing here because we
believe Nigeria is a globally important nation with enormous potential
and it is very exciting that I have been entrusted with helping to tell
the story of my country to the world.”
A multi-award winning journalist, Busari
began her career at the defunct London-based newspaper, New Nation,
which was aimed at the UK’s black and ethnic minority communities. She
then moved to the UK’s Daily Mirror, where, among other beats, she
covered Northern Ireland, reporting on some of the worst-affected areas
of “The Troubles”. While in Belfast, she also launched and edited an
award-winning lifestyle column for the paper. A native Yoruba speaker,
she also speaks French fluently.
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