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Reuben Kyama

Reuben Kyama is a distinguished Kenyan journalist with over 15 years of experience in both broadcast and print media. Based in Nairobi, he has reported on a wide range of topics, with a particular focus on economic and international relations in Africa. His work has been featured in leading media outlets such as The New York Times, Germany’s Deutsche Welle, and the Voice of America (VoA). Kyama's reporting delves into critical issues such as economic growth, youth unemployment, and policy development, often incorporating expert opinions to shed light on the continent's challenges and prospects for sustainable development.

Kyama's academic background includes graduate courses in the Erasmus Mundus Masters: Journalism, Media and Globalisation program at the University of Aarhus, University of Amsterdam, and City University London, supported by an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from the European Union. He also attended the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus as a DANIDA Fellow, courtesy of a fellowship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark. His educational pursuits have significantly contributed to his depth of understanding in his field.

In addition to his journalism career, Kyama is the founder of One World Public Relations, a rapidly expanding strategic communications firm in East Africa. He has provided consultancy services for international organizations, such as the World Health Organization at the African Union Summit in Uganda, and has led media campaigns for entities like the African Capacity Building Foundation. Kyama has also facilitated high-level media training workshops for various clients. Currently, he serves as the Africa Bureau Chief for Hoffman & Hoffman Worldwide and is a Fellow at the Africa Leadership Initiative Media Fellowship program, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, further cementing his role as a leading voice in African media and journalism.

 
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Development Expert Lauds Africa's Continued Economic Growth Reuben Kyama May 27, 2015 3:02 PM NAIROBI, KENYA— Over the past 15 years, many African countries have enjoyed double digit growth rates. Africa as a whole is expected to grow by up to 4.5 percent over the next two years, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Experts say Africa needs as much growth as possible to handle a population bulge of young people who will add to the number of job seekers. Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie is Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a Pan African organization that aims to build human and institutional capacity for good governance and economic development.

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Blaze Damages Nairobi’s International Airport By REUBEN KYAMA and NICOLA CLARKAUG. 7, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya — A huge fire broke out Wednesday and raged for four hours at Nairobi’s international airport on the anniversary of the attacks on the United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, officials and witnesses said, bringing East Africa’s busiest airport to a standstill and turning parts of it into charred ruins. By midafternoon, Michael Kamau, a senior government transportation official, told reporters that the airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, had been partly reopened for domestic and cargo flights, but that international passenger traffic was still suspended. The airport authorities planned to convert another part of the facility to a temporary terminal for international passenger flights, he said.

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Debate Continues Over Uganda Army Role in South Sudan Conflict 29 JANUARY 2014 | BY REUBEN KYAMA | SOURCE: VOICE OF AMERICA Speakers at a Nairobi forum sponsored by the Rift Valley Institute expressed concern for the future of South Sudan following a ceasefire agreement brokered in Addis Ababa late last week. Participants also raised issues concerning the presence of Ugandan forces in the conflict.

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Role reversal as African technology expands in Europe Reuben Kyama with Anca Teodorescu in Bucharest AFP August 13, 2014 Nairobi (AFP) - Africans have long used technology developed abroad, but now a Kenyan cash transfer network which bypasses banks is being adopted in Europe. The M-Pesa mobile money transfer system which allows clients to send cash with their telephones has transformed how business is done in east Africa, and is now spreading to Romania. "From east Africa to eastern Europe, that's quite phenomenal when you think about it," Michael Joseph, who heads Vodafone's Mobile Money business, told AFP in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

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Forests for the future: Kenya's carbon credit scheme When 61-year old Mercy Joshua was young, the vast forests of southeastern Kenya teemed with wildlife, but decades of unchecked deforestation by locals have devastated the land. She watched forests dwindle and rivers dry up across her homeland of Kasigau -- a semi-arid savanna grassland dotted with shrubs, woodland and small rugged hills -- as people cut down the trees to scratch a living by selling them for firewood.

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