Channel Africa producer/presenter wins award

Channel Africa producer and presenter, Zeenat Abdool, was recognized in the Young Achiever category at the MTN Radio awards in April 2012.

This award aims to acknowledge young talent in the radio journalism industry. This is the third award for Zeenat who received a special commendation by gender organization GenderLinks for gender stories on female circumcision and female terrorism in 2009.

 Zeenat joined Channel Africa in October 2008 and has since reported on various beats including covering the climate change summits in Copenhagen in 2009 and Durban in 2011. She also produces and presents the one-hour talk show African Dialogue discussing gender, education, health, politics and environmental issues in Africa.

(Source : Channel Africa)