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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 Kate Bartlett. 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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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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Pedro Carvalho is a Photographer and Cinematographer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Portuguese
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Documentaries
Photography
+2
Fact Checking
Usually Responds Seldom
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Jamil Chade is a journalist based in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2011 and in 2013, he was elected as the best Brazilian foreign correspondent, a prize given by the media organization Comuniquese. In 2015, he was chosen as one of the 40 most influential journalists in Brazil. Since 2000, Chade ...
English
French
Portuguese
+1
Content Writing
Fact Checking
Business
Arts & Books
Cultural
+3
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William Clowes is a journalist based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He has written for Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Quartz Africa, Roads & Kingdoms, Slate Magazine, African Arguments, Mail & Guardian, and various other publications. He is also Voice of America's radio correspondent ...
English
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+9
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+1
Jobs Completed 74
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within a day
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Frida Dahmani is a journalist based in Tunis, Tunisia. Biologiste de formation, Frida Dahmani a effectué l’essentiel de son parcours dans les domaines de la communication et de l’édition avant d’intégrer, en 2008 le groupe Jeune Afrique en tant que correspondante du groupe à Tunis. A ce titre, ...
French
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Arts & Books
Breaking News
Fact Checking
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MQONDISI DUBE is a journalist based in Gaborone, South-East, Botswana.
English
Ndebele
Tswana
+1
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
Feature Stories
+3
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+4
Jobs Completed 372
Job Success Rate 98%
Usually Responds Within an hour
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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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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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Sallu Kamuskay is a Sierra Leonean Freelance Journalist, communication strategist, fixer, blogger, youth organiser, event manager, spokesperson, and public relations expert. His work has been regularly referenced and published by national and international media and public policy institutions. ...
Afrikaans
Documentaries
Fact Checking
Social
Fact Checking
Usually Responds Within a day
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Kwangu Liwewe is a freelance journalist with vast experience working for both Broadcast and Print Media in Southern Africa, West Africa and the United Kingdom including ten years post qualification experience in senior management positions in the private media in Africa. She holds a Diploma in ...
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+6
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 10
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Seldom
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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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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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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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Alessandro is a reporter with a passion for cultural studies and urban ethnography. Born in Torino (Italy), he traveled across Europe, Asia and Africa driven by the interest in religious beliefs and cultural practices. In 2011, he conducted fieldwork research in Uganda. In 2012-13 he ...
English
Italian
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Politics
Current Affairs
Natural Disasters
+9
Jobs Completed 2
Usually Responds Within an hour
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26-time Emmy® Award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and storyteller. Veteran communications professional with over 20 years of experience as a producer and host of various TV and radio shows.
Spanish
Documentaries
Jobs Completed 1
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I'm a journalist. editor and marketing communications professional based in Bengaluru, India. Over the past quarter century, I've written extensively on diverse subjects ranging from air shows to defence expos, parenting to politics, rock stars to religion, and reviewed cars, books and gadgets. But ...
Bengali
English
Hindi
Feature Stories
Corporate Content
Research
+3
Politics
Current Affairs
Arts & Books
+1
Usually Responds Within an hour
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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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