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Zain Verjee Biography.
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Zain Verjee
Canadian television presenter
Zain Verjee (born February 11, 1974) is a Kenyan-born Canadian journalist based in Nairobi and the Los Angeles area.[1][2][3] She is a former CNN anchor and correspondent.
Education
Verjee was born in Kenya and attended Hillcrest Prep School and Hillcrest Secondary School in Nairobi.[2][4] She later received her undergraduate degree in English from McGill University in Montreal.[2] She graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Studies degree in Creative Writing.[5]
Career
Journalism
Verjee started working as a radio DJ for 98.4 Capital FM.[5] She became more interested in journalism after the reporting of the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi, which was close to the radio station.[6][7] She became a news presenter on Kenya Television Network shortly afterward, as well as doing some work for the BBC.[6]