13 Facts About Zain Verjee

Zain Verjee was born on February 11,1974 and is a Kenyan-born Canadian journalist based in Nairobi and the Los Angeles area.

Zain Verjee later received her undergraduate degree in English from McGill University in Montreal.

Zain Verjee graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Studies degree in Creative Writing.

Zain Verjee started working as a radio DJ for 98.4 Capital FM.

Zain Verjee became more interested in journalism after the reporting of the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, which was close to the radio station.

Zain Verjee became a news presenter on Kenya Television Network shortly afterward, as well as doing some work for the BBC.

Zain Verjee was the anchor of CNN International's European daytime program World One.

Zain Verjee worked as a newsreader for The Situation Room and as a co-anchor of CNN International's Your World Today with Jim Clancy.

Zain Verjee Group is based in New York and Nairobi with a focus on African businesses and lifestyle stories.

Zain Verjee co-founded aKoma Media, a continental network of workspaces for Africa's creative and cultural economy, in 2015.

Zain Verjee shut down in 2019 due to financial hardships.

Zain Verjee is an Ismaili Muslim, a minority group in the Shia sect of Islam.

In January 2014, Zain Verjee reported that she had struggled with psoriasis since her childhood and though it affected the way she related with others, she won the battle against the disease through eating well and maintaining a good mental attitude.