After a stint presenting World News Today in August 2018, she became the main presenter at 7 pm weekdays and 9 pm weekends from September 2019 when she is not on assignment, as part of here 19:00–01:00GMT/BST, on BBC Four, BBC News Channel and BBC World News, and has presented In Business Africa since January 2019, a programme she presented alongside Ashionye Ogene. She also is a relief presenter for The Briefing at 05:00GMT on BBC One, BBC News Channel and BBC World News. In 2022 she also started presenting on BBC World ServiceOutside Source, though she as of April is yet to present the TV edition.
At the beginning of June 2020, she began presenting most of the evening output two in three weekends, on both BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Including the second half of BBC News at Ten on Friday and Saturday, alternative Sundays. Since April 2023 main presenters and correspondents for the new merged BBC News Channel covering for its chief presenters, presenting mainly evening programmes The Daily Global with Nancy Kacungira, The Context, UK-opt outs, BBC News at One and the BBC Weekend News.
Kacungira began as a radio presenter while still at university, working her way up from intern to Deputy Program Director by the time she received her first class degree. She then earned her Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds, where she graduated with distinction.[3]
Kacungira began her media career as a radio presenter at Power FM, a Christian radio station in Kampala, Uganda. In 2010 Kacungira together with her older sister Seanice Kacungira co-founded Blu Flamingo; a digital media management company. She moved from radio to TV at NTV Uganda as a newsreader from 2012 to 2013, after which she moved to Kenya to work for KTN News Kenya as a social media editor in late 2013.
While still at KTN News Kenya in 2015, Kacungira applied for the Komla Dumor Award, which she won and went to the BBC for three months' training.[4] She then returned to KTN News Kenya but was later hired by the BBC where she presented Focus on Africa, but later became the main presenter of World News Today and In Business Africa, a main presenter at weekends and correspondent both BBC News Channel and BBC World News.
In 2016, Kacungira was one of the two moderators at the Ugandan presidential debate with another Ugandan BBC presenter Alan Kasujja.[5]
Following the merger of BBC World News and BBC News in April 2023, Kacungria became one of the main presenters and correspondents for the new channel covering for its chief presenters, presenting mainly evening programmes The Daily Global with Nancy Kacungira, The Context, UK-opt outs and the BBC Weekend News. She was also the presenter and correspondent covering Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex phone hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) and political events at Westminster including Privileges Committee publicization of a report, which concluded that Boris Johnson lied to and deliberately misled the House of Commons over Partygate, misled the Committee themselves during the hearing, and acted in contempt of the Committee itself through a "campaign of abuse and intimidation".[736]
Kacungira announced via Instagram that she had married her boyfriend in January 2023.[7]
Referencesedit
^Rom, Larmack Freddie (15 August 2017). "Ugandan born journalist Nancy Kacungira joins BBC". Campus Bee. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
^Chacha, Gardy (18 January 2014). "Nancy Kacungira: The new face on KTN opens up about her life journey". standardmedia.co.ke. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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Nancy Kacungira born 1986 1 is a Ugandan presenter and reporter at BBC News 2 She presented Focus on Africa from 2017 to January 2019 and World Business Report on BBC World News Nancy KacungiraBorn1986 age 36 37 TanzaniaNationalityUgandanOccupation s Journalist news anchorEmployerBBCKnown forCo founder of Blu FlamingoNotable workFocus on Africa TV programme World News Today with Nancy KacungiraIn Business AfricaThe Daily Global with Nancy KacungiraRelativesSeanice Lojede sister Awards2015 BBC World News Komla Dumor AwardWebsitekacungira wbr comAfter a stint presenting World News Today in August 2018 she became the main presenter at 7 pm weekdays and 9 pm weekends from September 2019 when she is not on assignment as part of here 19 00 01 00GMT BST on BBC Four BBC News Channel and BBC World News and has presented In Business Africa since January 2019 a programme she presented alongside Ashionye Ogene She also is a relief presenter for The Briefing at 05 00GMT on BBC One BBC News Channel and BBC World News In 2022 she also started presenting on BBC World Service Outside Source though she as of April is yet to present the TV edition At the beginning of June 2020 she began presenting most of the evening output two in three weekends on both BBC News Channel and BBC World News Including the second half of BBC News at Ten on Friday and Saturday alternative Sundays Since April 2023 main presenters and correspondents for the new merged BBC News Channel covering for its chief presenters presenting mainly evening programmes The Daily Global with Nancy Kacungira The Context UK opt outs BBC News at One and the BBC Weekend News Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesCareer editKacungira began as a radio presenter while still at university working her way up from intern to Deputy Program Director by the time she received her first class degree She then earned her Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of Leeds where she graduated with distinction 3 Kacungira began her media career as a radio presenter at Power FM a Christian radio station in Kampala Uganda In 2010 Kacungira together with her older sister Seanice Kacungira co founded Blu Flamingo a digital media management company She moved from radio to TV at NTV Uganda as a newsreader from 2012 to 2013 after which she moved to Kenya to work for KTN News Kenya as a social media editor in late 2013 While still at KTN News Kenya in 2015 Kacungira applied for the Komla Dumor Award which she won and went to the BBC for three months training 4 She then returned to KTN News Kenya but was later hired by the BBC where she presented Focus on Africa but later became the main presenter of World News Today and In Business Africa a main presenter at weekends and correspondent both BBC News Channel and BBC World News In 2016 Kacungira was one of the two moderators at the Ugandan presidential debate with another Ugandan BBC presenter Alan Kasujja 5 Following the merger of BBC World News and BBC News in April 2023 Kacungria became one of the main presenters and correspondents for the new channel covering for its chief presenters presenting mainly evening programmes The Daily Global with Nancy Kacungira The Context UK opt outs and the BBC Weekend News She was also the presenter and correspondent covering Prince Harry Duke of Sussex phone hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers MGN and political events at Westminster including Privileges Committee publicization of a report which concluded that Boris Johnson lied to and deliberately misled the House of Commons over Partygate misled the Committee themselves during the hearing and acted in contempt of the Committee itself through a campaign of abuse and intimidation 736 Awards edit2015 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award 6 Personal life editKacungira announced via Instagram that she had married her boyfriend in January 2023 7 References edit Rom Larmack Freddie 15 August 2017 Ugandan born journalist Nancy Kacungira joins BBC Campus Bee Retrieved 8 May 2022 Chacha Gardy 18 January 2014 Nancy Kacungira The new face on KTN opens up about her life journey standardmedia co ke Retrieved 8 August 2017 TEDxEuston TED www ted com Nancy Kacungira Profile Education Life History Job History Kenyan Life 23 May 2016 Retrieved 29 June 2018 BBC s Kasujja Kacungira to moderate presidential debate Daily Monitor Retrieved 28 March 2018 Nancy Kacungira awarded the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award BBC Retrieved 28 March 2018 Register Retrieved 31 January 2023 via instagram Media officesPreceded byPhilippa Thomas Main Presenter of World News Today2018 present Succeeded byTBA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nancy Kacungira amp oldid 1175781725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
