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[[File:Maureen_Nkandu.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Maureen Nkandu.]]'''Maureen Nkandu''' is a [[Zambia]]n international journalist and communications expert. She began her career at the [[ZNBC|Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation|Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC)]] aged 18. She is daughter of veteran journalist and lecturer, [[Faxon Nkandu]], a former News Editor of the [[Times of Zambia]].
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'''Maureen Mumbi Nkandu''' (born 1st May 1967 in [[Lusaka]]) is a [[Zambia]]n international [[journalist]] and communications expert. She began her career at the [[ZNBC|Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC)]] aged 18. She is daughter of the late veteran journalist and lecturer, [[Faxon Nkandu]], a former News Editor of the [[Times of Zambia]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Maureen was born in 1968 in [[Lusaka]] to Faxon Nkandu and Grace Chakulunta. She was influenced by her father Faxon Nkandu, former News Editor of the Times of Zambia, and one of very few African journalists to cover the Vietnam War. Out of all of his children, she was the one who showed the most interest in his work. She was nicknamed a reporter both at home and at school because she frequently told on her peers and siblings whenever they did something wrong. At age 11, Maureen read [[Maureen Nkandu speech at 1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|a speech]] on behalf of all Commonwealth children to the Queen of England and other British and Zambian government leaders at the [[1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] in Lusaka.
Maureen was born in 1968 in [[Lusaka]] to Faxon Nkandu and Grace Chakulunta. She was influenced by her father [[Faxon Nkandu]], former News Editor of the Times of Zambia, and one of very few African journalists to cover the Vietnam War. Out of all of his children, she was the one who showed the most interest in his work. She was nicknamed a reporter both at home and at school because she frequently told on her peers and siblings whenever they did something wrong. At age 11, Maureen read [[Maureen Nkandu speech at 1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting|a speech]] on behalf of all Commonwealth children to the Queen of England and other British and Zambian government leaders at the [[1979 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting]] in Lusaka.


==Education==
==Education==
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Six years later, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed Maureen as Regional Communications Adviser for East and Southern Africa. And after nearly four years at the UNDP, Maureen was again head-hunted in 2012 by the African Union’s NEPAD Agency as Head of Communications.
Six years later, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) appointed Maureen as Regional Communications Adviser for East and Southern Africa. And after nearly four years at the UNDP, Maureen was again head-hunted in 2012 by the African Union’s NEPAD Agency as Head of Communications.


In December 2014, she came back home to Zambia working for the World Bank as a Senior Communications Expert. She has also conducted training for public relations practitioners and under the [[Airtel Media Excellence]] programme.
In December 2014, she came back home to Zambia working for the World Bank as a Senior Communications Expert. She has also conducted training for public relations practitioners and under the Airtel Media Excellence programme.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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* [http://www.drutechmedia.co.za/clients/africanpro2/index.php/professionals/item/215-maureen-nkandu-award-winning-journalist-now-head-of-nepad-communications The African Professional]
* [http://www.drutechmedia.co.za/clients/africanpro2/index.php/professionals/item/215-maureen-nkandu-award-winning-journalist-now-head-of-nepad-communications The African Professional]


==References==
==Related biographies==
<references/>
* [[Kalusha Bwalya]]
* [[Ben Kangwa]]
* [[Doreen Mukanzo]]
* [[Kenneth Maduma]]
* [[Innocent Kalaluka]]
 
==Main references==
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