Isha Sesay Biography
Isha Isatu Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. From 2005 to 2018, She worked as an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Originally based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and now based in Los Angeles, in the United States, where she hosted the news programs CNN Newsroom Live from Los Angeles. In addition, she was the presenter of the 360 Bulletin on Anderson cooper 360. In 2012 Sesay also joined HLN as a co-anchor for Evening Express. She left CNN in 2018 to support a girl’s education project called W.E. can Lead for African girls, write a book and follow various other personal projects.
How old is Isha Sesay? – Age
Sesay was born on January 6, 1976, London, England. She is 45 years old as of year 2021.
Isha Sesay Family
Sesay was born to Temne parents from Sierra Leone, She returned with them at the age of seven to their homeland. Sesay raised in their Muslim faith, She lived in Sierra Leone for most of her childhood. She is one of the three children, with an older sister and a younger brother. Isha’s mother known as Dr. Kadi Sesay, a former lecturer at Fourah Bay College. Dr. Sesay in 1992 was appointed as an advisor to the government of Valentine Strasser. Isha’s father worked as a legal advisor to the SLPMB; he died in 1988.
Is Isha Sesay still Married? – Husband
No, Sesay was once married to Leif Coorlim, who was a CNN staffer. Unfortunately the couple is now divorced.
Isha Sesay in Post college
Sesay began her television career as a researcher for the BCC talk show Kilroy after graduating. She later was hired as a full-time paid employee. In 1998 she moved to Glasgow to work for BBC Scotland, and, after a period behind the camera, got her first job as a TV announcer on BCC Choice. She went on to present a variety of Programmes for the BBC, CNN and TWI, before joining Sky in March 2002.
Sky
At Sky, Sesay spent over three years as an anchor on Good Morning Sports Fans for Sky Sports News. She later moved to ITN, where she anchored the ITV Morning News programme, and was also a newsreader on breakfast programme GMTV.
CNN
In November 2005, Sesay became a news anchor and correspondent at CNN International, based at the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. She travelled to Nigeria in April 2007 to cover that country’s presidential election, where she conducted one-on-one interviews with both outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo, and the newly elected president Umaru Yar’Adua. Later that year she was in South Africa to cover the launch of the Global Elders.
International Desk
In 2009, Sesay became the host of the first edition of the weekday news program International Desk
Backstory
In 2011, She swapped roles with Michael Holmes, and was assigned as the presenter of Backstory.
CNN NewsCenter
On 16 April 2012, Backstory was changed to a weekend-only show. Sesay was assigned as the anchor of a new show, CNN NewsCenter. She also took up the role of presenter on Evening Express on HLN. She currently based in Los Angeles, United States.
Leaving CNN
On 2 August 2018 Sesay announced that she was leaving CNN after 13 years. She cited the media’s focus on United States president Donald Trump as a reason for her decision. She later announced that she will be writing a book about the abduction of Chibok girls, and that she plans to continue her engagement with African issues.
W.E. Can Lead
In 2014 Sesay launched W.E. Can Lead, an educational, humanitarian 501(c)3, non-profit organization. It was created to support African girls in receiving educational support to become future leaders. It is a two-tiered program comprising a base and a specialization phase. After one year in which the girls learn basic skills like financial literacy, critical thinking and good health practices as well how to build self-esteem and self-awareness, they can apply to take part in the Young Leader development program.
In August 2018 there were more than 600 girls from ages 12 to 18 participating in the program. In January 2017 actor Idris Elba auctioned a date with him to raise-money for W.E. Can Lead. They cooperated again in 2019, when they started a tombola in which donors could win a McLaren 720S Coupe.
Independent activities since 2018
Sesay works as a freelance presenter and speaker. Sesay, alongside the Senegalese journalist Aboubacry Ba, was the emcee of the Aiteo CAF Awards 2018, celebrated at the centre international de conferences Abdou Diouf on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal. In September 2019 Sesay was invited as a guest speaker in the BCC program Africa today for two days, where she talked on women’s representation in the media.
In September 2019 she was one of the hosts of the Global Citizen Festival together with Bozoma Saint John. This event connects live music with speeches and discussions on actual global problems of society, environment, and politics and is closely related to the Global Poverty project. Also in September 2019 she was a speaker at the Whitaker peace & Development Initiative place for peace event.
Isha Sesay Net worth
Sesay has amassed a net worth estimated between $ 1 and 5 million.
