Chipo Sabeta is a media personality, sports journalist and sports administrator. In 2020, she was Awarded FIFA/CIES sports management network project winner (Worldwide).[1][2] She is the first Zimbabwean female journalists to be included in the FIFA Ballon d'Or[3] voting panel since 2014.[4][5]

Career

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Chipo was born in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, but grew up in Glen Norah suburb in Harare, where she had her early education before proceeding to Nhowe Mission School in Macheke.[6] Chipo Sabeta was of the founding journalists for Zimbabwe’s first tabloid,[7] The H Metro in 2009, she grew up the ranks within the organisation then became Senior Sports Reporter for ZIMPAPERS which houses H-Metro, The Herald, ZTN, The Chronicle, Star FM Zimbabwe and Business Weekly from 2010 to 2019. In 2022 she was formally awarded the FIFA/CIES award which she won through Nelson Mandela University at FIFA headquarters by Arsène Wenger.[8][9] She is also the editor of The African Gazette magazine.

In 2023, she was appointed as the Africa Cup of Nations UK (ANCUK) communication executive.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Wenger honours Zim female sportswriter". The Herald. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "CIES: 2020 FIFA/CIES University Network Prize: And the Winner is…". Cies.ch. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ "FIFA Women's World Player 2015" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ "How Zim voted in FIFA Best Player of the Year 2016. Captain AWOL | Three Men On a Boat". 3-mob.com. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ^ Chuma, Nyasha (16 June 2022). "Fifa/cies university awards Zim journo Sabeta ...Arsene Wenger honours her". Expressmailzim.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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  7. ^ "Female journalists write their own narrative". The Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Zim sportswriter Chipo Sabeta wins FIFA CIES Award, honoured by Wenger". Rosgwen24.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Zim Gems shine again on world stage". The Chronicle. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. ^ https://www.herald.co.zw/influential-uk-post-for-sabeta/