Ex-CNN Anchor Aisha Sesay to Feature on Globacom's 'African Voices'

Ace journalist and former CNN International anchor Aisha Sesay returns to the studio this week, not as an interviewer but as a featured guest on the 30-minute magazine program "African Voices," sponsored by Globacom.

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She was privileged to interview, among other eminent personalities, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his successor, late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

Sesay, a 50-year-old British-Sierra Leonean, gained prominence during her extensive career at CNN, which she joined in 2005. Previously, she worked with the BBC and Sky. A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, Sesay hosted the first edition of CNN's weekly news program "International Desk" in 2009. During her tenure, she interviewed notable figures, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.

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This NGO, named Women Everywhere Can Lead, has since been rendering educational support to the target demography in order to position them as future leaders.

She later contributed to "Anderson Cooper 360°" as a presenter of the "360 Bulletin" before anchoring "CNN NewsCentre" in 2014. That same year, Sesay launched "Women Everywhere Can Lead," a non-profit advocacy organization focused on girls' education across Africa, aiming to empower them as future leaders. More recently, she shared her personal journey into motherhood, welcoming her first child through In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) as a single mother.

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More recently, she made headlines for her journey into motherhood, welcoming her first child via In-vitro Fertilisation, IVF, though, as a single mother.

Sesay will share details about her career path, her advocacy work, and her new chapter as a mother on "CNN African Voices." The program is scheduled to air on Saturday at 7:30 a.m., with repeats on the same day at 11 a.m., and on Sunday at 3:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Further broadcasts are planned for Monday and Tuesday of the following week.

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Sesay will be sharing details of her career trajectory, her advocacy as well as her new adventure into motherhood on CNN African Voices on Saturday at 7:30a.m.