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Reuben Kyama
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). Between 2005 and 2007, Kyama took graduate courses in Erasmus Mundus Masters: Journalism, Media and Globalisation at the University of Aarhus [Denmark], University of Amsterdam [Holland] and the City University, London. At the time, he received the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from the European Union. In 1999, Kyama was a DANIDA Fellow at the Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus, through a Danida Fellowship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark. Reuben is the founder of One World Public Relations, www.oneworld-pr.com, a fastest growing strategic communications firm in East Africa. In July 2010, he provided communications and media consultancy services to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) at the African Union (AU) Summit held in Kampala, Uganda. Prior to founding One World Public Relations, Kyama worked as the Africa Bureau Chief for Hoffman & Hoffman Worldwide, a global Media and Public Relations company based in Washington, D.C. He still continues to serve this position to date. In 2011, Kyama concluded a successful media campaign for the African Capacity Building Foundation. Over the years he has conducted high level media training workshops for many clients, including the UK-based Sight Savers International and the Jesuit Refugee Service. He is currently a Fellow at the Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI) Media Fellowship programme supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies http://www.alimediafellowship.org/ali-media-fellows/class-2/reuben-kyama/
