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Meet Capitalk FM’s Talent

Capitalk FM presenter Talent Chademana, who is simply known as Talent on air, is fast becoming popular with listeners.

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JUST like her name, she is talented. Get more about her below:

Q: How did you first get into the media industry?

A: I’ve done some work managing communicat­ions and social media, but Capitalk FM is the first time I’m venturing into mainstream media or mass media (depending on how you classify social media)

Q: What would you say most motivates you to do what you do?

A: I suppose I want to do the best that I can to do something meaningful, that might actually change the world and leave it a little bit better than I found it. The say it may be a drop in the ocean, but the ocean is made of many drops

Q: What attracted you to work for Capitalk FM?

A: To be honest, I wasn’t sure I would get it, but I thought I should at least try. I’d been wanting to use multiple media platforms to engage people in the discussion­s that we tend to have in our small clusters.

Zimbabwean­s love to talk, to share ideas, and we all know something that could meaningful­ly contribute to changing the world, so I wanted to find different platforms in which we can all contribute and co-create our vision, plan and policies for moving forward. When I saw the advert I just figured, why not, it could be interestin­g

Q: Do you have any key mentors or people who deeply influenced who you are, what you believe in and what you’re

committed to in your work and life?

A: Yes, there are many people who inspire me and have shaped my life in many different ways. I believe that everyone who comes into your life will contribute something to you, it’s just about finding the good in everyone and learning from them.

Q: What sets you apart from other people in the media industry?

A: I suppose my background as a developmen­t practition­er makes me a little unusual in the media landscape, but I suppose the thing that sets me apart would be my spectacles, I haven’t seen anyone yet with the same kind.

Q: What do you do in your free time?

A: I’m always trying to learn new things and share them. The biggest things I am working on currently though are my PhD proposal and I’m hoping maybe one day I’ll actually write my very first academic paper for publishing.

Q: If you are sitting where you are a year from now celebratin­g what a great year it’s been for you at Capitalk FM, what have you achieved?

A: I think we would have more people in Harare having complex conversati­ons in public spaces, problem solving, with abstract intellectu­al thought shaping the developmen­t of Harare and Zimbabwe.

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