Supa Mandiwanzira
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Supa Mandiwanzeera is the President of the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) in Zimbabwe
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Having started his career working in financial
print media, he subsequently moved to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
, ZBC for five years as a business and financial reporter before enrolling in a Masters Degree in International Journalism with the City University of London. Here he worked for the BBC
and Reuters
financial Television, as well as becoming the London correspondent
of Summit Television, a new business news channel based in South Africa
jointly owned by the Financial Times
from London and Times Media Ltd of South Africa. Supa was then managing director of the African Business Connections until 2002 when he became chief executive officer of Mighty Movies, following the purchase of the company from its original shareholders. He then worked for SABC, South Africa's State broadcaster, as the Zimbabwe Correspondent. Mandiwanzira joined the Al Jazeera English news channel as Zimbabwe correspondent. Recently, he has left the channel to pursue his growing media interests which include cinemas, radio and television production and newspapers.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
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Having started his career working in financial
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
print media, he subsequently moved to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is the state-controlled broadcaster in Zimbabwe. It succeeded the Voice of Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1980, which in turn had succeeded the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation in 1979...
, ZBC for five years as a business and financial reporter before enrolling in a Masters Degree in International Journalism with the City University of London. Here he worked for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
financial Television, as well as becoming the London correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
of Summit Television, a new business news channel based in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
jointly owned by the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
from London and Times Media Ltd of South Africa. Supa was then managing director of the African Business Connections until 2002 when he became chief executive officer of Mighty Movies, following the purchase of the company from its original shareholders. He then worked for SABC, South Africa's State broadcaster, as the Zimbabwe Correspondent. Mandiwanzira joined the Al Jazeera English news channel as Zimbabwe correspondent. Recently, he has left the channel to pursue his growing media interests which include cinemas, radio and television production and newspapers.