Journalists Who Cover East African Community

Abdirahman Abdullahi

Mogadishu, Somalia

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Abdirahman Abdullahi is a Somali freelance journalist based in Mogadishu, Somalia with more than +7 years of experience

Communication advisor and Senior media journalist, cinematographer and video editor, I specialise in video editing, animation and documentaries.

Yunis Dekow

Garissa, Kenya

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Yunis Dekow is a seasoned journalist with over a decade of experience in news and media planning, production, management, and distribution for both local and international media. Currently, he serves as the Treasurer of the Crime Journalists Association of Kenya and the Secretary General of ...

Omony Denis

Nwoya, Uganda

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Omony Denis is a news reporter based in Nwoya district, who has covered the Acholi Sub region in Northern Uganda and part of the West Nile region for over 10 years as a professional journalist.
Formerly employed by Daily Monitor publication limited, Radio King FM, Paidha FM, and currently employed ...

Hussein Haji

Toronto, Canada

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Hussein Haji is a Somali-Canadian journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

Moses Havyarimana

Bujumbura, Burundi

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Moses Havyarimana is a journalist based in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Edmund Kagire

Kigali, Rwanda

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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 ...

Vincent Kasozi

Kampala, Uganda

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Vincent Kasozi is a journalist based in Kampala, Uganda. Vincent has over a decade of experience in Broadcast and digital journalism.

Abdulkadir Khalif

Muqdisho, Somalia

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Abdulkadir Khalif is a journalist based in Muqdisho, Somalia.

Robert Kodingo

Nairobi, Kenya

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Margaret Atwood once wrote, 'A word after a word after a word is power.' I live and work by this truth, blending over a decade of expertise in mass communications, journalism, strategic communications, international affairs, sustainability, market systems development, and peace and security. My ...

Mwangi Maina

Nairobi, Kenya

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Mwangi Maina is a Multimedia journalist working for KTN News, Kenya's leading 24 Hour TV Channel in Eastern Africa as a Content Producer. I cover topics ranging from Politics, Regional affairs (Africa's Great Lakes Region), Media Freedom, Fake news as well as human interest stories. I also write ...

Dolly Menas

Windhoek, Namibia

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Dolly Menas is an award-winning journalist based in Windhoek, Namibia. She has a passion for telling stories that matter with over three years experience in print and radio broadcasting.

Her reporting focuses on governance, gender-based violence, community development, youth issues, health, ...

Wellington Muzengeza

Nairobi, Kenya

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I am an independent journalist and political-risk analyst specialising in African digital sovereignty, strategic infrastructure and critical minerals. I am the founder of Built Africa, a Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Critical Minerals and Energy Transition (ACCET), and author of The ...

Irene Mwangi

Nairobi, Kenya

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Irene Mwangi is a multimedia journalist with a background in reporting matters politics, governance, and human interest stories. She has great experience in penning down stories that call for change and transformation in the issues of governance here in Kenya and East Africa.

Faustine Ngila

Nairobi, Kenya

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Faustine Ngila is Africa's top tech journalist. He's a renowned global technology editor and reporter based in Nairobi.  
He has reported widely on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, covering emerging technologies and innovations around the world.  
He writes in the US, UK, China and Africa. His ...

Mike Nyagwoka

Nairobi, Kenya

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Mike Nyagwoka is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a broadcaster working with the Standard Media Group where he does bilingual news scripts in Swahili and English. 

Mike writes, edits and voices scripts on various subjects but with a bias for political, human interest and climate ...

Jackson Okata

Nairobi, Kenya

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Jackson Okata is a multiple award-winning independent multimedia journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jackson specialises in science, health, agriculture, environment, climate change, women and gender, human rights, political and governance, tech and innovation reporting.

He is a 2026 United ...

John Okot

Gulu, Uganda

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John Okot is a journalist based in Gulu, Uganda.
Fixer | Researcher| Multi-media journalist

Francis Ontomwa

Nairobi, Kenya

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Francis Ontomwa is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Francis is an experienced bilingual investigative journalist and senior broadcast journalist with over a decade of leadership in international broadcasting. As a launch producer for BBC's current affairs show Kenya Connects, I successfully ...

Bill Otieno

Nairobi, Kenya

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Bill Otieno is a Kenyan broadcast journalist, creative producer, and entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder and Managing Director of InfoNile Communications Ltd.

He is also a conservationist and passionate about using media and film to address issues like poverty eradication and conservation ...

Taha Sakr

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Taha Sakr is a journalist based in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Taha Sakr is a political affairs journalist / news reporter, born in Saudi Arabia in 1992 who studied media and journalism in English language at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University.

Sakr’s experience extends for ...

Sertan Sanderson

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Sertan Sanderson is a seasoned journalist with a rich background in covering news and current affairs. Specialising in social change, migration, and cultural impacts, his work is characterised by a deep exploration of the intersection of politics and human rights. 

His reporting has taken him ...

Shukri Wachu

Nairobi, Kenya

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I am a multi-media journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya with years of experience as a: Current affairs reporter in Kenya and her East African neigbours. focusing on education, technology and health. I also have vast experience as a security and crime reporter in Kenya as well as in Somalia where I ...

Michael Wandati

Nairobi, Kenya

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Michael Wandati is an accomplished journalist, editor, and media strategist with a keen focus on breaking news, political affairs, and human interest reporting. Michael is dedicated to producing accurate, impactful journalism that informs public debate and reflects the highest standards of ...