Afag Vasifgizi (Afaf Afandiyeva) was born in Baku. She studied at the Faculty of Journalism of Azerbaijan State University (1982-1987).

She worked for a long time as a correspondent and department head in various newspapers. She worked at Space TV for more than 7 years. Since 2009, she has been the editor-in-chief of ANS TV. She taught at the Faculty of Journalism of Azerbaijan International University. Since 2011, she has been working at Azerbaijan Television.