Journalists Who Cover Tanzania

Samuel Ajala

Enugu, Nigeria

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Samuel Ajala is a journalist based in Enugu, Nigeria.

Yero S. Bah

Banjul, Gambia

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Yero S. Bah is a distinguished Gambian journalist with a career spanning over six years across print, broadcast, and digital media. His work has earned him numerous accolades, recognizing his impactful reporting and dedication to storytelling.
In 2023, Bah won the Business and Finance Reporting ...

Samson Berhane

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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For over a decade, I've had the privilege of shaping public discourse through impactful journalism. My career began by conducting extensive research and producing data-driven analyses for publications covering African markets.

In 2016, I stepped into my first journalism role as Research Editor, ...

Ramadhan Elias

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Ramadhan Elias is a dynamic sports, social, and entertainment journalist with over five years of experience in Tanzanian and international media.

Sema Fonkem

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Sema Fonkem is a multimedia journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Fonkem's career began as an intern transcriber at the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 2012, and he has been practicing uninterruptedly ever since. 

Fonkem has written about 189 articles across a variety of ...

Halima Gongo

Mombasa, Kenya

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Halima Gongo is a Multimedia Journalist, Constructive Journalist expert,and a Women's Human Rights Defender. She is renowned for her focus on human interest stories that spotlight issues affecting marginalized communities. She is unwaveringly dedicated to maintaining the highest levels of ...

Damian Gowela

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Damian Gowela is a Tanzanian journalist based in Dar es Salaam. Working as a bilingual journalist for Tanzania Standard Newspapers [TSN] in English at Dailynews and Sundaynews and Kiswahili at HabariLeo.

Queen John

Ikeja, Nigeria

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Queen John is a journalist based in Lagos Nigeria with over 11 years experience in presentation, reporting and writing. She covers major sports in Nigeria but has a keen interest in basketball which has contributed  a lot to her career and as such traveled around Africa to cover the game of ...

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 ...

Alphas Lagat

Nairobi, Kenya

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Alphas Lagat is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. I am a budding, self –driven, result-oriented and journalism minded gentleman with broad experience and great passion in news and feature writing, public relations, photography and online journalism.

A big part of my role as a digital ...

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 ...

Kizito Makoye

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Kizito Makoye Shigela is a seasoned journalist, researcher and fixer based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, renowned globally for his solid track record to his craft. His passion for environmental issues has driven him to shed light on pressing ecological concerns worldwide. Makoye’s work has left an ...

Kelvin Makwinya

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Award winning Multimedia Journalist and Fact-Checker specializing in business, finance, and technology reporting, with a strong focus on data-driven insights and market analysis. I transform complex ideas and data into clear, engaging, and impactful stories through data storytelling and ...

Andrew Mambondiyani

Mutare, Zimbabwe

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Andrew Mambondiyani is a journalist based in Mutare, Zimbabwe with more than 10 years journalism and media consultancy experience. Between 2010 and 2011 he served as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at Massachusetts institute of Technology (USA).   In 2008 he served as a Middlebury Environment ...

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 ...

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 ...

George Njogopa

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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George Njogopa is a journalist based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Japheth Ogila

Nairobi, Kenya

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JAPHETH OGILA is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. If you want news reports on topical issues from Kenya and East Africa by extension; he can be of great assistance.

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 ...

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 ...

Brian Otieno

Nairobi, Kenya

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Brian Otieno is a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Nairobi, Kenya. He was raised in Kibera, where he documents the everyday realities of ordinary life through his photo project called KiberaStories, which started in 2013. His passion and commitment lie in capturing ...

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 ...

Faïza Soulé Youssouf

Moroni, Comoros

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Faïza Soulé Youssouf is a journalist based in Moroni, Comoros. Outre la presse locale, je suis la correspondante de l’AFP, de Mayotte et Réunion la 1ere. Je collabore également avec Afrique XXI, Libération. J’ai également écrit des articles pour le Monde et Mediapart. Je suis très informée, ...