Tumi Makgabo Bio, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Education, CNN, Salary and Net Worth

Tumi Makgabo Biography and Wiki

Tumi Makgabo is one of the most famous South African journalists who was key in reporting changes on international news during her time at CNNI(2000-2005) and even interviewing Thabo Mbeki and other high profile people. She appeared on talk shows for M-Net from 2006 and is currently hosting a talk show called ‘Talk with Tumi Makgabo’ in 2019.

Tumi Makgabo is a news anchor for CNN International. She works in Atlanta and hosts a show called Inside Africa. This show talks about what’s happening in Africa, like the economy, culture, and social issues.

Tumi has been working at CNN since 2000. She has covered many important events around the world. Some of these events include the fall of Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor, and the War in Iraq. She has also interviewed many famous people like Nelson Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, and the Dalai Lama.

Before working at CNN, Tumi worked for a news program in South Africa called NewsHour. She also hosted a radio show and talked to successful women in South Africa. She even covered the inauguration of South African President Thabo Mbeki.

Tumi is a very important person in the world of news. She talks to world leaders and famous people to help us understand what’s happening in the world.

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Makgabo was an anchor for CNN International from 2000-2005, located at the Atlanta headquarters of the network. She also hosted the Inside Africa show, which offered a fresh look at the economic, social, and cultural affairs and developments in Africa for global audiences.

Tumi has covered various global affairs and problems since joining CNN in July 2000, including the collapse of Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor; the change of government in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia; the War in Iraq; the 2004 South African elections; the U.S. The 2000 presidential elections; the 2001 World Conference Against Racism; and the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Tumi has interviewed influential world leaders such as Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa; Nelson Mandela; Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria; George W. Bush, President of the United States; Colin Powell, Secretary of State of the United States; Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Joachim Chissano, President of Mozambique; the Dalai Lama, Spiritual Leader of Tibet; George Robertson, Secretary-General of NATO; George Robertson, President of the United Nations;

In addition, Tumi co-anchored NewsHour, a news and current affairs program on SABC 3, before joining CNN.  Furthermore, She also anchored the prime time evening news for the channel and presented a SABC Radio current affairs show.

Tumi presented a show featuring prominent South African women earlier in her career and formerly hosted numerous radio programs in the country. She also anchored the coverage of President Thabo Mbeki’s second democratic election and later inauguration.

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