Eleni Giokos is a CNN anchor and correspondent, based in the United Arab Emirates. A regular anchor across CNN’s news and business programming, she also presents the network’s Connecting Africa and Marketplace Middle East feature shows. 

Born in Greece and raised in South Africa, she has more than 15 years’ experience working across TV, digital, radio and print media. One of CNN’s most versatile correspondents, she joined the network in 2015. 

Giokos has interviewed countless heads of state over the years, including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former South African President Jacob Zuma, and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, to name just a few. Her list of business and economic interviews includes the likes of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB president Christine Lagarde, and Virgin founder Richard Branson; as well as a ‘who’s who?’ of Africa’s most prominent business leaders, including Akinwumi Adesina, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Patrice Motsepe, and the late Bob Collymore. 

At CNN she has reported on the ground across Africa, from Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Zimbabwe, to Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Lesotho and more. She has highlighted the growing links between Africa and Asia, reporting from South Korea and Kazakhstan, traveled to the United States to report from Washington DC, and anchored shows from the network’s London, New York and Atlanta hubs. 

Giokos has an Honors Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Witwatersrand, and was made an International Monetary Fund Fellow in 2014.