An experienced, enthusiastic and reliable journalist with broad expertise in international relations and African affairs. I am a Kenyan journalist with a wealth of practical experience covering Africa for leading media organisations, including the New York Times, Voice of America and Japan's leading English-language Kyodo news agency. I studied journalism at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus, Denmark and the City University, London, as well as the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.