BETTY KYALLO
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1989 |
| GENDER | Female |
| OCCUPATION | News Anchor, Businesswoman |
Biography
Betty Kyallo is an entrepreneur and an Award-winning Media Personality in Kenya who has worked with, Standard Group owned station KTN and Mediamax owned TV station K24.
She is the second born in a family of four. Her other siblings are Brian Kyallo, Mercy Kyallo and Gloria Kyallo.
Education
Kyallo attended Olerai Primary School and Uhuru gardens primary school for her primary education and later joined Kangundo Girls High school for her secondary education.
Upon completing her high school Education, Betty joined Daystar University, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication.
Journalism Career of Betty Kyallo
Betty Kyallo began her Journalism career at KTN where she joined as an Intern and grew through the ranks to become a senior news anchor.
Afterwards, she left KTN in July 2018, to join K24 where she used to host a show dubbed Up Close and the Weekend with Betty.
Shortly aftter, she left K24 in May 2020 and later focused on her businesses before making her TV comeback.
TV Comeback & YouTube Channel
In February 2021, Betty Announced A TV comeback via KTN Home, where she will be hosting a gaming show dubbed“The Big Quiz Show” alongside comedian Eric Omondi.
Additionally, Betty started her own YouTube channel called Betty Kyallo Lately after parting ways with K24 where she documented her day-to-day life.
Following the debut of her channel, she was awarded the Sliver Plaque by YouTube Management for crossing the 100K subscriber’s mark.
Business
Betty Kyallo is the CEO and Founder of Flair by Betty, Aftershave and BK Closet a cloth line she launched in 2021.
In 2018, Betty’s Flair by Betty won the Best Luxurious Beauty Parlour award, at Pwani Fashion Week Awards.
Awards
In 2020 Betty was crowned as the TV/Online Influencer of the Year at the Inaugural 2020 Africa Digital Influencer Awards (ADIA).
Likewise in the same year, the TV girl was named among 100 Most Influential Young Africans by Africa Youth Awards in collaboration with Avance Media.
Moreover in 2018 Kyallo was voted as the Journalist of the Year by Kenyans on Twitter (K0T), defeating opposition from KTN news reporter Timothy Otieno, The Star Digital Editor Oliver Mathenge and Marvin Gakuyi.
Additionally, Betty Kyallo was named as the SOMA Media Personality of the Year In 2017. In October 2020, Betty was named among top 200 most influential African women on Twitter.
Similarly, in February 2019, Media Personality Betty Kyallo was voted the most influential person in the media industry as per the ranking released by Avance Media.
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