Reach top Journalists who cover Africa
Quickly connect with experienced news professionals who cover Africa, ready to cover your story or provide expert reporting. From breaking news to in-depth features, find the talent you need.
View
Africa
paydesk has 234 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 Pompon Beyokobana Awesse and Clea Broadhurst. Use our journalist directory to find an Africa member to work for you.
Journalists Who Cover Africa
Pompon Beyokobana Awesse
Pompon Beyokobana Awesse est un éminent journaliste basé à Kisangani, en République démocratique du Congo, connu pour sa couverture incisive du paysage politique et historique du pays. Son travail se concentre particulièrement sur l'héritage durable de Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, le dirigeant de longue ...
French
Lingala
Swahili
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+12
Politics
Current Affairs
Science & Environment
+15
Usually Responds Within a day
Related Articles
Clea Broadhurst
Clea Broadhurst is a journalist based in Paris, France. **** ****
English
French
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Technology
+5
Related Articles
Romain Chanson
Romain Chanson is a journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Radio - Vidéo - Writing
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Fact Checking
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 25
Job Success Rate 96%
Usually Responds Within a day
Related Articles
Samuel Comé
Samuel Comé is a journalist based in Maputo, Mozambique. With more than five years' experience, he works for the Mozambique News Agency (AIM), focusing on politics, economics and society, with a focus on the written press. He worked as a journalist, producer and presenter at Plenaria TV. He is ...
Portuguese
English
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
News Gathering
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+6
Usually Responds Within a few minutes
Related Articles
Bill Corcoran
Top Rated
Bill Corcoran is a journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has worked across Sub-Saharan Africa for the past 11 years providing breaking news and analysis from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Liberia, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia to name but a few countries. Bill is currently the ...
English
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+7
Current Affairs
Fact Checking
Related Articles
Saibal Dasgupta
Saibal Dasgupta is a journalist based in Beijing, China.
English
Hindi
Urdu
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
+10
Business
Finance
Politics
+5
Jobs Completed 3
Usually Responds Within a few weeks
Related Articles
Mqondisi Dube
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
Related Articles
Paul Ejime
Paul Ejime is a Global Affairs Analyst. A widely traveled journalist, former War Correspondent and author, he is an independent Consultant on Communications and Media development and Governance Issues, such as peace and security and elections.
French
Journalism
Current Affairs
Related Articles
Jane Flanagan
Top Rated
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
Related Articles
Eden Harris
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
Related Articles
Kim Harrisberg
Kim Harrisberg is a multimedia journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She won the Vodacom Online Journalist of the Year award in 2015 for her multimedia storytelling piece on domestic worker's salaries in South Africa. She is skilled in journalistic writing, videography, audio editing ...
Afrikaans
English
Hebrew
+1
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+11
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+5
Related Articles
Fred Harter
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
Related Articles
Mohamadou Houmfa
MOHAMADOU HOUMFA is a french-speaking journalist based in Washington, United States of America.
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Content Writing
+4
Current Affairs
Health & Fitness
Medical
+1
Jobs Completed 40
Job Success Rate 98%
Related Articles
Joy Idollo
Joy Idollo is a highly skilled videographer with a passion for capturing compelling visuals that tell powerful stories. With years of experience in cinematography, editing, and storytelling, Joy specializes in creating high-quality content that brings narratives to life, whether in documentaries, ...
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Video Rushes
Investigative Reporting
Breaking News
Related Articles
Moki Edwin Kindzeka
Moki Edwin Kindzeka is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. In addition to his work for VOA, DW, AP and other western media, Moki Edwin Kindzeka is a local TV, radio and online reporter in Yaounde. In the past year, he has written a series of reports on key social issues at home, as well as ...
English
French
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Vox Pop
+7
Business
Politics
Current Affairs
+4
Jobs Completed 268
Job Success Rate 97%
Usually Responds Within an hour
Related Articles
Ruth Maclean
I am the Guardian's West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar. Previously I was The Times's correspondent in South Africa and Mexico. I can make audio and video for broadcast or the web to a very high standard. I also shoot my own photographs. I have an extensive knowledge of the region and good ...
English
Spanish
Video Package (Web / Broadcast)
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
+14
Fact Checking
Jobs Completed 5
Usually Responds Within a day
Related Articles
Terry Madyauta
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
Related Articles
Estelle Maussion
Former AFP and RFI correspondent in Luanda, Angola. Currently based in Paris. Interested in Angola, Mozambique and Africa + economics.
English
French
Portuguese
Feature Stories
Content Writing
Corporate Content
+6
Fact Checking
Related Articles
Kent Mensah
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%
Related Articles
Jeffrey Moyo
Jeffrey Moyo is a journalist based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
English
Ndebele
Shona
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
+7
Politics
Current Affairs
Natural Disasters
+6
Jobs Completed 49
Job Success Rate 100%
Usually Responds Seldom
Related Articles
Shafi Musaddique
Shafi Musaddique is a journalist based in London, United Kingdom. Currently freelance business reporter for the Independent. Bylines also in Prospect Magazine, Huffington Post in 2017. Previously a journalist at the BBC and the Economist, starting out as a reporter for local newspapers in London.
Bengali
English
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
Feature Stories
Content Writing
+5
Business
Finance
Politics
+6
Jobs Completed 4
Related Articles
Ray Mwareya
I am a freelance journalist for Thomson Reuters, New Arab Media, and Remedy Health New York and a member of the US State Department Foreign Press Association. I cover technology, public health, economics, climate change, food security, migration and climate change topics. I have specialist ...
English
Audio package (Radio / Podcast)
Interview (Video / Broadcast)
News Gathering
+9
Business
Finance
Politics
+14
Jobs Completed 7
Job Success Rate 88%
Usually Responds Within a few hours
Related Articles
Venâncio Rodrigues
Venâncio Rodrigues has been a VOA correspondent journalist since 1996. He has covered major political and military events. He did several reports during the civil war in Angola, until 2002. He participated in several workshops and professional training in Angola and the United States of America
Portuguese
Journalism
Breaking News
Jobs Completed 151
Job Success Rate 100%
Related Articles
Yun Sun
Yun Sun is a think tank scholar.
English
360 Videography
Research
Jobs Completed 33
Job Success Rate 97%
Related Articles
Darren Taylor
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
Related Articles