Ninka Mbaye is a journalist, presenter, and producer born to a French mother and a Senegalese father, and raised in the UK, Ninka is a third-culture kid fluent in both French and English. This bilingualism has enabled her to work across Europe, Francophone and Anglophone Africa for major networks including CNN, The Guardian, Canal Plus, Deutsc... Read More

Ninka Mbaye is a journalist, presenter, and producer born to a French mother and a Senegalese father, and raised in the UK, Ninka is a third-culture kid fluent in both French and English. This bilingualism has enabled her to work across Europe, Francophone and Anglophone Africa for major networks including CNN, The Guardian, Canal Plus, Deutsche Welle, and TRACE.

In 2024, Ninka self-funded, presented, and produced the investigative documentary Durban: Survival in South Africa's Dangerous Metropolis. The documentary follows Nazreen Alley, a former female bodybuilder turned private security agent, whose life was dramatically altered after surviving a brutal assault at 13. Commissioned by DW, the documentary was broadcast on TV, translated into four languages, and garnered over 300,000 YouTube views, with a viral Instagram clip reaching 2.5 million views on Instagram.

Also in 2024, Ninka featured as a guest presenter on CNN's Inside Africa, where she hosted a documentary feature episode on the global rise of the Amapiano music genre, filmed in both the UK and South Africa. She also served as field producer for a Guardian feature on the dangers of illegal immigration in Dakar.

For the past five years, Ninka has produced CNN's flagship African shows: African Voices, Inside Africa, and Market Place Africa from West Africa. She also worked at TRACE, where she presented and produced CODE, a 10-part series on Afro-urban culture. The show, featuring interviews with stars like Ckay, The Black Eyed Peas, Shaggy, and Sean Paul, was broadcast in 28 countries and 12 languages.

With a passion for storytelling and a deep connection to global cultures, Ninka continues to bring powerful, immersive content to audiences worldwide. Read Less