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paydesk has 232 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 Akeem Alao and Victor Amadala. Use our journalist directory to find an Africa member to work for you.
Journalists Who Cover Africa
Akeem Alao is a Lagos-based freelance journalist and language instructor. He works at Parkchester Times, The Naija News and Edugist. He also writes opinions media platforms. He can write fluently in English and Yoruba languages.
English
Yoruba
News Gathering
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Breaking News
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Victor Amadala is an award winning business, agriculture and environment journalist with over 500 features in leading local and global publications As a development journalist, I identify problems and search for solutions - that is the only way a story can make sense....the 'so what journalism ...
English
Swahili
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+5
Business
Fact Checking
Usually Responds Within a day
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Kate Bartlett is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jobs Completed 29
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a day
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Sarah Betancourt is a journalist based in New York, United States of America.
Spanish
Vox Pop
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+7
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
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Journalist, reporter working for radio, TV, digital media and print magazines. Between France, the UK and Africa. Writer and podcast producer. Currently with RFI English. Since 2006, I've worked with France24, AFP, BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Reuters, Think Africa Press, TV5, Le ...
French
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Documentaries
+2
Finance
Arts & Books
Film & Theatre
+5
Jobs Completed 15
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
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Sakhile Dube is an Independent Journalist based in South Africa. She covers a range of topics and close to her heart is climate change,energy, critical minerals business, finance, gender equality, health, and digital technology. Dube’s work has been supported by multiple grants, reflecting her ...
English
Ndebele
Zulu
Vox Pop
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+9
Business
Technology
Natural Disasters
+4
Usually Responds Within a few hours
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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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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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WINNIE KAMAU is a Data journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
English
Swahili
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
+7
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
Media Training
+5
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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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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 ...
English
Swahili
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+10
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+11
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
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Andrew Maramwidze is a Freelance journalist based in Gaborone, Botswana, a diamond rich country in Southern Africa. Have worked with several editors across the globe on various projects.
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+3
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 1
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
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Kent Mensah has 18 years of experience as a journalist. He is the Ghana correspondent for AFP and Thompson Reuters Foundation (Context). He strings for VOA and a contributor for The Africa Report. His bylines are in several international outlets including Al Jazeera English, The Guardian (UK), The ...
Akan
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+6
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+9
Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 100%
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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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Mbongeni Mguni is a journalist with 16 years experience in business, economy and financial reporting, with 14 years of these spent at the level of senior reporter and above. I have worked and been published in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana with the last having been my home since 2004. ...
English
Ndebele
Tswana
+1
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+5
Finance
Technology
Natural Disasters
+3
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Mary Mundeya is a journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Ubale Musa is a journalist based in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.
Hausa
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Politics
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 11
Job Success Rate 100%
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JOEL OMOTTO is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. I have 10 years’ experience in print, TV and radio reporting, feature writing and research, combined with a university degree. I can report on location, do live TV and radio links as well as edit and layout newspaper pages, having worked as a sub-...
English
Swahili
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+15
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Bill Otieno is a Broadcast Specialist, Entrepreneur, Founder & Managing Director of InfoNile Communications Ltd (ICL).
English
Swahili
Corporate Content
Technology
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Yeshiel Panchia is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Afrikaans
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Documentaries
Photography
+3
Current Affairs
Natural Disasters
War Reporter
+6
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Matthias Raynal is a freelance journalist based in Tunis, Tunisia. Correspondant of the French Radio RTL in Tunisia. He writes also for French newspapers and websites.
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Breaking News
Fact Checking
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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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Ashley is an award-winning journalist and audio producer based in Ukraine. An experienced reporter, editor and producer (field & studio), she has more than a decade of journalism experience and has previously worked for Voice of America and NPR in Washington, D.C. Since becoming a freelance ...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+9
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+7
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