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paydesk has 231 reporters who cover Africa. Our journalists are already on location, all over the world, and ready to work at a moment's notice. Our top correspondents who cover Africa are Pompon Beyokobana Awesse and Genevieve Belmaker. Use our journalist directory to find an Africa member to work for you.
Journalists Who Cover Africa
Pompon Beyokobana Awesse est un éminent journaliste basé à Kisangani, en République démocratique du Congo, connu pour sa couverture incisive du paysage politique et historique du pays. Son travail se concentre particulièrement sur l'héritage durable de Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, le dirigeant de longue ...
French
Lingala
Swahili
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+15
Usually Responds Within a day
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Genevieve is an award-winning editor, reporter, author and photographer based in Olympia, Washington. She has worked in New York City, Israel, the West Bank, and across the U.S. She was formerly Forests Editor for Mongabay, an environmental and science news website, and is currently a Service ...
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Investigative Journalism
+4
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+4
Usually Responds Within an hour
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Bill Corcoran is a journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has worked across Sub-Saharan Africa for the past 11 years providing breaking news and analysis from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Liberia, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia to name but a few countries. Bill is currently the ...
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+7
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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James Durston is an award-winning journalist and editor of more than 20 years. Previous roles include Senior Producer for CNN Travel, launch editor for various platforms including LE PAN (high end luxury living magazine and website) and Cathay Pacific's Discovery site, and most recently was ...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
+8
Business
Current Affairs
Technology
+9
Jobs Completed 2
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Ndi Eugene Ndi is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is editor of NewsWatch; a local by-monthly tabloid in the Central African State and Correspondent for Nation Media Group, Kenya (Nation Daily, Daily Monitor, The East African, The Citizen, Business Daily, Africa Review)
English
French
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+11
Usually Responds Within an hour
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Africa Correspondent of The Times (London)
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Risk Analysis
+5
Business
Current Affairs
Entertainment & Celebrity
+3
Jobs Completed 116
Job Success Rate 98%
Usually Responds Within a few days
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I'm Eden Harris, a journalist based in Washington, D.C. I freelance for Financial Times' Banking Risk and Regulation, Connecting Africa News and more. I cover U.S.-Africa policy, banking, fintech, culture, U.S. politics and more. I've traveled to Africa for reporting as well. I've worked as a ...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+11
Business
Finance
Politics
+14
Usually Responds Within a day
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Kim Harrisberg is a multimedia journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She won the Vodacom Online Journalist of the Year award in 2015 for her multimedia storytelling piece on domestic worker's salaries in South Africa. She is skilled in journalistic writing, videography, audio editing ...
Afrikaans
English
Hebrew
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+5
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Fred Harter is the Ethiopia correspondent for The Times of London. He also writes for The Independent and the Africa Report, and appears regularly on Times Radio and the BBC World Service. He is available available for print stories, radio phoners, research and corporate work.
English
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+7
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 4
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Edmund Kagire is a journalist based in Kigali, Rwanda. The 35-year old award-winning Rwandan Journalist was until the end of 2018 was working with The East African & Rwanda Today newspapers owned by Nation Media Group (NMG), with 12 years of practice. Currently he has diverted into freelance ...
English
Documentaries
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 2
Usually Responds Within a day
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Albert Kuzor is my name, a broadcast journalist based in Ghana. I work with Ghana’s leading Media Organization, the Multimedia Group. At the Multimedia Group, I work with Joy News as News writer for the brand’s online platform, Myjoyonline.com
English
Ewe
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+5
Politics
Current Affairs
Investigative Reporting
+5
Usually Responds Within a few hours
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Reuben Kyama is a seasoned broadcast and print journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. During his career spanning over 15 years, he has covered developments in Africa for leading media both locally and internationally, including The New York Times, Germany’s Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America (VoA)...
English
Swahili
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+14
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 338
Job Success Rate 98%
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
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I am the Guardian's West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar. Previously I was The Times's correspondent in South Africa and Mexico. I can make audio and video for broadcast or the web to a very high standard. I also shoot my own photographs. I have an extensive knowledge of the region and good ...
English
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+14
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 5
Usually Responds Within a day
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My name is Terry Madyauta. I am a qualified and award-winning Zimbabwean journalist with six years experience. I write for NewsDay Zimbabwe and FARPost which is based in South Africa I've been a reporter since 2017.
English
Shona
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+3
Sports
Investigative Reporting
Breaking News
+1
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Roland Marchal is senior research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the Center for International Researches (CERI/Sciences-Po, Paris, website: ****). He was the chief editor of the French academic quarterly, Politique africaine (website: www.politique-africaine....
Italian
Risk Analysis
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 1
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Farai Shawn Matiashe is an award-winning journalist based in Mutare, Zimbabwe who writes for various international media outlets including Aljazeera (Qatar), CNN International (UK) the Thomson Reuters Foundation (UK), Vice World News (UK), The Africa Report (France), Euronews (UK) and Quartz Africa ...
English
Feature Stories
Investigative Journalism
Interview (Print / Radio / Podcast)
+1
Climate Change
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 6
Usually Responds Within an hour
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Donald Matthys is a journalist based in Windhoek, Namibia.
Afrikaans
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+12
Usually Responds Within a week
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Tommaso Meo is a journalist based in Rome, Italy.
English
Italian
Spanish
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+4
Politics
Investigative Reporting
Social
+2
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Justice Nwafor is an award-winning freelance journalist, editor and content writer. His reports have been published on multiple platforms, including the BBC, Reuters, SciDevNet, HumAngle, Earth Journalism Network, International Policy Digest, Nigerian Tribune, Ripples Nigeria, etc. His most recent ...
English
Igbo
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+5
Business
Finance
Science & Environment
+6
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Agnes Lydia Oloo is a Female Multimedia Journalist from Nairobi Kenya. She holds Diplomas in TV/Film Production and Broadcast Journalism. She also holds Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication (Development Communication Specialty) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Agnes ...
English
Journalism
Climate Change
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Bill Otieno is a Broadcast Specialist, Entrepreneur, Founder & Managing Director of InfoNile Communications Ltd (ICL).
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Swahili
Corporate Content
Technology
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Emmanuel Paul is a tech journalist, script writer, podcast host, and narrator for one of Africa's largest digital media publications. With 6 years experience in freelance writing and professional journalism, he has deep understanding of the business, political, and technology sector in Africa.
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Research
+4
Business
Finance
Politics
+8
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Darren Taylor is a journalist based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He has been reporting on current affairs throughout Africa since the early 1990s. He specializes in longer form, in depth investigative and human interest features, for both radio and print, but is equally adept at short-...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+12
Jobs Completed 396
Job Success Rate 99%
Usually Responds Within a day
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