Piero Cingari is an accomplished financial writer and analyst with a rich background in covering financial and economic themes. He holds master's in economics from the University of Bologna. He began as a bond/FX strategist at AcomeA SGR, later covering currencies and commodities at Capital.com. Read moreHis expertise spans finance, macroeconomics, geopolitics, and global markets, with contributions to Benzinga, Flowbank, Business Insider, Euronews, AI Monitor

Jiang Yu is a journalist & producer based in Uppsala, Sweden. The podcast program he produced and hosted won a SOPA award  (Excellence in Audio Reporting 2024) for ****. He also did live text reports on the death of Queen Elizabeth in London in 2022 and video reports on the Russian-Ukrainian war in Read moreUkraine in January 2023 for ****. 
Jiang Yu was a researcher and host in the documentary program "veronica och den kinesiske miljonären" which was produced by the SVT (the Swedish national public television broadcaster) in 2021.

I am a freelance video journalist based in Togo. I collaborate with various television channels and news agencies worldwide, including Reuters News Agency, Canal+ International, Deutsche Welle (German radio and television), Africanews, as well as other media outlets.  
I have visited 48 African Read morecountries and covered numerous events across Africa and in other parts of the world.

I am a finance journalist and editor, with almost 4 years' experience across full-time and freelance roles, based in London, United Kingdom. I've written about equitiies, commodities, finance, investing and emerging markets extensively. 

Currently, I'm a business reporter at Euronews. I've Read morepreviously worked at Capital.com and IBM. I also have a website, Wealthier Moksha (www.wealthiermoksha.com), which focuses on commodities, macroeconomics and emerging markets.

Obed Lamy is a journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. His short documentary, Once Forgotten (2021), won a Student Emmy from the Mid-America Emmy® Foundations and best Emerging Filmmaker from Fayetteville Film Festival. 

Born and raised in Haiti, Obed cultivated his passion for storytelling Read morefrom his mother, who spent her evenings telling the vivid stories of her childhood during the dictatorship. His work explores collective memory and questions “silences into historical narratives”, bridging the gap between past and present. He has a knack for capturing intimate moments and real-life scenes as a vehicle into the humanity and dignity of his film’s participants.

His work has screened at numerous film festivals, including the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Bentonville Film Festival, and Toronto Black Film Festival, at the National Museum of History and Culture, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. 

As a reporter in Haiti, Obed has worked for newspaper and digital outlets, covering presidential elections, natural disasters and social issues. He has been a contributor to international media outlets such as La Presse.ca, Radio-Canada Information, and the Voice of America. In 2018, Obed co-founded Enfo Sitwayen, a multimedia platform focused on media literacy and civic education. 

A Fulbright scholar, Obed earned a Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of Arkansas and honed his creative storytelling skills with a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Media from Northwestern University.

Shingirai Madondo is a journalist based in Francistown, Botswana. I am generally an all rounder. I do report on all beats be it politics, business, finance, economics, climate issues. I am currently working with Xinhua News Agency as well as Voice of America (Zimbabwe Service). But before joining Read moreXinhua and VOA, I worked with The Voice, Yarona FM, Patriot on Sunday, Weekend Post and The Echo.

André Ndambi est un Entrepreneur | Journaliste | Correspondant @voaafrique ! Producteur | DG @fusion_universal_media.

Mon profil de journaliste d'investigation incarne la quintessence de l'engagement journalistique, alliant expertise, éthique et détermination au service d'une cause noble et Read moreintemporelle : éclairer les ténèbres, inspirer le changement et préserver les fondements d'une société juste et éclairée.

Godwin Mangudya is a multimedia journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.  I have over the last 13 years stringed for the VOA Zimbabwe Service (Studio7). I have previously worked for the Zimbabwe Inter Africa News Agency, The Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe as a senior reporter prior to its closure Read moreby the government of Zimbabwe in 2003.  I have strung for a number of news organisation such as Zimonline and the La Times.

William Mapote is a journalist based in Maputo, Mozambique. Have more than 20 year experience in Journalism, with focus on Politics, Economics and Finance, for radio, TV and Print.
Worked as a local stringer to Reuters, Bloomberg and Africa Media Group (Kenia). Locally, worked at Mediacoop, SOICO Read moreGroup.
Since 2011 till now, is a correspondent of VOA Portuguese service based in Maputo.

Nokukhanya Musi - Aimienoho is a journalist based in Manzini, Swaziland.
She began her journalism career in 2003 in the kingdom of Eswatini.
Rising from journalist to former Entertainment Editor with both the local dailies (The Times of Swaziland and Swazi Observer), she possesses adequate on-the-Read moreground experience and a journalism career spanning close to 20 years.
As a freelance journalist, she has written for a few publications such as Music in Africa, the fastest growing information and exchange web portal dedicated to the African music sector as well as On Time Business Network, Swaziland News, Independent News and AgriBusiness Eswatini.
She has undergone series of training through courses offered by Thomson Foundation / Reuters and through the African Women in Media (AWIM)/ UNEP Media Journalism Fellowship.
Training undergone are on the following:
•	‘International Reporting: The Essential Toolkit’ - Thomson Foundation / Reuters
•	'Reporting on the gendered perspectives of Environmental issues in Africa'- African Women in Media (AWiM)/UNEP Africa Environment Journalism Programme
•	'Solutions Journalism approaches to Environmental Reporting' - African Women in Media (AWiM)/UNEP Africa Environment Journalism Programme
•	African Stories: A Guide For Journalists On How To Tell Better Stories About Africa - Bird Story Agency (AfricaNoFilter)
She is also a Bird Story Agency contributor and recently re-joined Eswatini Farming as a contributor.

Senanu Tord is a video journalist and a documentary filmmaker who reports on a wide range of issues across Africa. He is originally from Ghana and reports in English but speaks and understands basic French. He has worked in many English-speaking African countries and some francophone countries Read moreincluding Ivory Coast, Burundi, Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso. He develops stories, writes, films, edits, and voices for his projects when needed. He works with Voice of America as a Stringer/Video Journalist and also produces travel features with BBC Travel as a freelance film producer. He also speaks Twi, Fante, Ewe, and Pidgin English.

I am a digital freelance journalist in Abuja, Nigeria, I started my career at a state local radio and television station. 

However, I swiftly progressed to working with various national and international media outlets, collaborating with esteemed veteran journalists both in Nigeria and abroad. Read moreTheir expertise has shaped my working modus operandi, especially in digital journalism, adapting to emerging technologies and platforms to reach a global audience. 

My area of specialization is digital Journalism, with the ability to use current and emerging new technologies to report news and stories.

Vita Angula is a print, radio, and television  media practitioner based in Windhoek, Namibia.

He is also a widely published thought-leader whose insightful opinion pieces have been featured on online newspapers and websites across the African continent, Europe and the Caribean.

As a paid Read morecolumnist for the Namibian Newspaper, Vita wrote published works on a wide range of topics that include good governance, gender equity, regional and continental integration, corruption and trade politics.

Amongst Vita's high profile interviewees are Namibia's Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba athe First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos.

Vita has also positioned himself as a resource for Namibia's Diplomatic Corps who rely on him to tell their stories on their behalf.

Siobhan O'Neill is a journalist based in Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom.
With a career in journalism stretching more than twelve years, Siobhan has extensive experience writing for national, consumer, specialist, trade, B2B and B2C media. She also has wide-ranging experience in copywriting, Read morePR, digital and social media writing.
Siobhan has spent the last five and a half years as Communications Manager for an international charitable organisation, working with the world's leading hotel groups on environmental sustainability and social responsibility. She has a clear understanding of issues including carbon fooprints and mitigating tech, water scarcity, human trafficking and youth employment as they pertain to the hospitality industry.
Siobhan has written a wide variety of features, interviews, factual, case study-led, op-eds, listicles, product round-ups, insights, news, personal, real life, blog posts and columns over the years on a range of subjects. 
You can read testimonials and learn more about her client list from her website. www.siobhan-oneill.co.uk.

Óscar Orté de Almeida Medeiros was born in São Tomé and Príncipe on December 10, 1968. He has Portuguese and Santomean nationality, is married and currently lives on the island of São Tomé. Education: Journalism (Bachelor). Schooling: 12th Grade. A journalist with over 34 years of experience, he Read morebegan his career in 1989 at the Santomean Television (TVS). He joined the Radio and Television of Portugal – African Delegation (RTP) in 1997. Since 1999 he has been a correspondent for Portuguese Broadcasting Radio (RDP). From 2005, he is correspondent for Voice Of America (VOA).

Gaël Mpoyo est un journaliste basé à Bukavu, République Démocratique  Congo. 16 ans d'expérience dans le journalisme de terrain, Vice-président de l'Union nationale de la presse du Congo section  du Sud-Kivu, fondateur du média en ligne ****, correspondant Est RDC de la chaîne panafricaine Read moreAfricanews, Journaliste d'investigation de  The Museba project, Spécialiste des questions   de la région des Grands Lacs Africains.
Avant avec RTGA, Vision SHALA TV et FM,

Samuel Okocha is a journalist based in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. He has extensive experience as a broadcaster, news editor, and freelance multimedia journalist.

As a multimedia journalist, he has produced content for international broadcast media outlets such as Voice of America, NPR, Read moreEuronews and Radio France International. In addition to producing original content for radio and television, he has also appeared live, providing insights on breaking news and current events from Nigeria, on various news media, including CBC News Network, CBS News radio, BBC Ulster, TRT, Alhurra TV and VOA. As well as working with broadcast media, he as deep and broad experience in writing about Nigeria and several African countries for specialist publications. A Bloomberg certified journalist, he currently edits commodity news at a Pan African investment research agency.

He is also a documentary and street photographer and author of the photobook From Nobody to Somebody: A Journalist’s Lagos Diary, which is listed on Amazon.

FURTHER NOTES:
             1. Experience with video rushes and fully produced packages for television 
             2. Experience with tape syncing and complete sound reporting for radio
             3. Generally available during weekends and the holiday season
             4. Generally available for live phoner for radio and television 
             5. Specialties: Clarity, conciseness and absolute attention to facts, details and deadlines.

Victor Atsu Tamakloe is a journalist based in Accra, Ghana.
He has worked for many media houses across the Ghanaian media landscape. 
First for Focus One Media Group, then Skyy Media Group, and now the Asaase Broadcasting Company.

Muheet Ul Islam is a journalist and filmmaker who reports from the Indian-administered Kashmir.  His expertise lies in narrative journalism, honed at the Central University of Kashmir.

Muheet's work transcends borders, gaining recognition from a vast network of international media outlets.  Read moreThese include established names like TRT World, Voice of America, The New Arab, Newsweek Middle East and The Diplomat reflecting his dedication to sharing the stories of Kashmir with a global audience.

Sophia Adengo is a journalist, filmmaker and founder of SVA Media, an audio, visual and multi-media production company in Kampala, Uganda.

Ms Adengo brings over 18 years of experience within the local, regional, continental and international media landscape. 

In 2018, she held the position of Read moreHead of Bureau at Feature Story News (FSN) - a Washington DC-based news agency in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria. Notable media clients include China Global Television Network (CGTN), CNN, DW, and TRT. News content cut across a vast spectrum of issues on the African content.

FSN expanded its reach to the South Africa region, where Ms Adengo worked with local teams to produce daily news and multimedia content for SABC.

In 2021 Ms Adengo took on the role of Deputy Head of Multi-media Production, Information Support Team (IST) in Nairobi, Kenya.

IST covered the North and East African corridor, tracking the progress of the United Nations Support Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and African Union (AU) humanitarian programmes, and strategic communication campaigns particularly in Somalia. Multi-media projects included long-form features, mini-documentary, and digital videos, podcast and vodcasts for designated social media platforms.

Ms Adengo earlier worked with Uganda’s premier media organisation Vision Group- where she served in a variety of positions, among them as Director/Producer of Programming Urban TV, (2009-2013), building on previous broadcast experience in television and radio.

Ms Adengo holds a Bachelor of Communications from Daystar University, Nairobi Kenya, and a Bachelor of International Relations Studies from Cavendish University, Kampala, Uganda. She is also recently certified by the Université De Genéve in Humanitarian Communication.

Journalist with special interest in social, scientific and cultural issues. 

Graduated in Biomedical science at Queen's University Belfast and master's journalism at Columbia Journalism School/University of Barcelona.

As Spain Correspondent for The Times of London for 11 years, I covered the country's economic crisis, the  the corruption scandal which has rocked the monarchy and the rise Podemos and Vox, two parties on opposite sides of this polarized country.  Now I freelance for The Independent, the i paper, Read moreReuters, The Telegraph and Voice of America among others. 
I am available for reports on any breaking stories in Spain and Portugal.
My recent work includes a report for @VOANews on curbs on press freedom in Cuba after the most serious unrest in decades when journalists were arrested without charge simply for doing their job. https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/cuba-detains-questions-dozens-journalists-over-protest-coverage

Patricia Khoder is a highly experienced journalist. She is passionate about the everyday stories of real people caught up in the events of the Middle East and complex interrelationship between local and international institutions and politics that impact on their lives. 
Born in Beirut, Patricia Read moreKhoder worked for many years as journalist and reporter at L'Orient-Le Jour, the only French-language daily in the Middle East. She is now a freelance journalist for regional and international media items.

LISA SCHLEIN is a freelance journalist based in Geneva, Switzerland.  My reporting is largely centered around United Nations activities, including human rights, humanitarian (refugee and migration) issues, international political events, health, environment and development with a focus on Africa.  
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Media organizations for whom I have worked include Voice of America, Deutsche Welle, National Public Radio, ABC News, CBC, and Fox News.  My articles have been published in the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Des Moines Register, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Toronto Globe & Mail, New West Magazine and Science, among others.  

AWARDS include:
•	The Lowell Thomas Award (The Overseas Press Club of America): Best Radio News or Interpretation of Foreign Affairs (1996), “Land Mines: The Survivors Perspective”, produced for ABC News Radio
•	American Women in Radio and Television: Best Radio Documentary (1980), “Re-Entry Women: The Return to Campus”, produced for NPR Crossroads

Redwan Ahmed is a freelance journalist and fixer/local producer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He reports on human rights, the readymade garments industry, and climate change issues. He also covers any breaking news.