Lukwesa Burak Biography
Lukwesa Burak is a BBC News news broadcaster and former weather presenter. She is a regular presenter of Newsday on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in London with Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore, as well as Focus on Africa on BBC World News and World News Today on BBC Four, BBC World News, and the BBC News Channel on Saturdays and Sundays in the mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
How old is Lukwesa Burak ? – Age
Burak was born in 1974 in Zambia. She is 47 years as of 2021.
Where did Burak go to school? – Education
Burak earned a bachelor’s degree in geography and European studies from the University of Sussex and then spent a year learning French in Switzerland. She received a European Union scholarship to pursue a Master of Science degree at Leicester University. Burak began her media career as a broadcast assistant for BBC weather after three years of working in information technology and training as a broadcast meteorologist.
Lukwesa Burak’s – Family
Burak was named after her royal tribal family. Burak’s family moved to England when she was eight years old.
Lukwesa Burak’s husband
Burak has a husband named Neil Barnes. In the course of their relationship, the couple was blessed with two children. Lukwesa Burak has a daughter named Gigi, which is similar to the name of supermodel Gigi Hadid, who is Zayn Malik’s girlfriend. Burak’s family resides in Leicester City, London, United Kingdom.
What is Lukwesa Burak Salary?
Her yearly income as a BBC television presenter is believed to be between $531,620 and $796,091. She is one of the highest-paid female TV presenters in the United Kingdom, with Tina Daheley and Kirsty Wark.
Burak Net Worth
Burak’s net worth is $1 million.
Burak Career
After three years in information technology, Burak began her media career as a broadcast assistant for BBC Weather, where she also trained as a broadcast meteorologist. She began broadcasting as a relief forecaster for BBC regions and nations, eventually joining BBC East Midlands as one of their permanent forecast teams before becoming the lunchtime news anchor.
Sky News
Burak moved to Sky News in 2006. Her main role involved presenting Sky News overnight, with her typical shift starting at midnight ending at 06:00. During this time, she presented Sky News on the Hour from 01:00 to 03:00 and then Sky World News from 03:00 to 06:00, which caters to audiences within Europe, Asia, and Africa. She left Sky News in 2012 but returned in 2013.
International broadcasting
In August 2012, Burak joined eNCA (eNews Channel Africa), based in South Africa. She said that she had to relocate to South Africa as her husband had been offered a new job there, but that she was very much looking forward to the opportunity to join the channel’s Africa Edition team and to have the opportunity to conduct live interviews rather than dealing with predominantly prerecorded material. But of her former employers, Sky News, she said: “Sky is an experience I would recommend to anybody. When you are working at that level in the industry, you could not ask for anything else.” Burak rejoined Sky News in 2013 before departing once more in June 2015. She joined the team of Al Jazeera English in Doha.
Return to BBC
In May 2016, Burak returned to BBC News, joining BBC East Midlands and BBC World News. She began presenting on the BBC News Channel on 13 August 2016. In September, Burak became the main presenter of Inside Out East Midlands and the relaunched England edition, which is a weekly round-up of the three best reports from across the country. As of 2020, Burak can be seen anchoring on the BBC World News channel in London.
