Mimi Fawaz

Mimi Fawaz is a Nigerian-Lebanese sports journalist, show host and presenter who currently works as a sports presenter on Focus on Africa, a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News alongside BBC Africa and BBC Sports. She has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV Television networks. In January 2017, she hosted the 2016 GLO-CAF Awards alongside Nigerian actor Richard Mofe-Damijo.

Quotes

• Research is very important.
  • Mimi on research in 2022
• Believe in yourself. You don't even need to get noticed nowadays by starting on major platforms.
  • Mimi on believing in oneself in 2022
• You're in the public eye. You sometimes will get criticism, and it can be tough to swallow.
  • Mimi on criticism in 2022
• You work hard with love and passion for what you do.
  • Mimi on working hard in 2017
• You’ll have to put a lot of work into it, with dedication and commitment.
  • Mimi on Dedication in 2015
• Just because you fall once or get knocked down is not failure, and that’s a step to success, if anything they should definitely show steps to commitment and dedication.
  • Mimi on success in 2015
• Get as much work experience as possible, because that will teach you a lot about the industry.
  • Mimi on work experience in 2015
• If you stay true to yourself, you will stay true to the audience.
  • Mimi on staying true in 2015
• You have to believe in yourself at some point because you’re never going to please everybody. People are going to criticise and undermine you.
  • Mimi on not people pleasing in 2015
• Stay professional at all cost because at the end of the day people will respect you for staying professional.
  • Mimi on being professional in 2015