News Larry Madowo exits BBC, heads to CNN as Nairobi correspondentJournalist Larry Madowo. PHOTO | NMGBy HILLARY KIMUYUMore by this AuthorKenyan journalist Larry Madowo has left the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and taken up a new position at the US-owned Cable News Network (CNN) as the Nairobi correspondent. The announcement was made on Thursday by Deborah Rayner, Senior Vice President of International Newsgathering and Managing Editor, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, for CNN International. He then moved to BBC, initially as the Africa business editor, before taking a year-long sabbatical in 2018 to study at the Columbia University, in New York. The CNN assignment marks a return to Nairobi for the scribe, who started his broadcasting career at KTN at the age of 20.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 13, 2021 11:09 UTC