Larry Madowo Dumps BBC, Moves To CNN As Correspondent For Nairobi
Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo has left the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and taken up a new position at the USA-owned Cable News Network (CNN) as the Nairobi-based 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.
Madowo has enjoyed a significant growth in his journalism career since joining Kenya Television Network (KTN) as an intern about a decade ago.
He then moved to BBC initially as the Africa business editor before taking a year-long sabbatical in 2018 toย study at the Columbia University, in New York.
After completing his studies, Madowo opted not to take up his job in Africa and has been serving as the BBCโs North America Correspondent in Washington, D.C.
In this role, he covered major stories in the USA including the Covid-19 outbreak, 2020 presidential elections, protests that followed the death of George Floyd.
While in the US, Madowo also served as a fill-in anchor for the networkโs flagship BBC World News America show that airs globally and on PBS stations across the United States.
The CNN assignment marks a return to Nairobi for the Kenyan-born Madowo, who started his broadcasting career at Kenya Television Network at the age of 20.
โFrom enterprise reporting in Ethiopiaโs Tigray region to investigations into oil drilling in Namibiaโs Kavango Basin, via a range of cultural and business stories across dedicated programming, Africa has never been more visible on CNNโs multiple platforms,โ Rayner added in the statement.
โLarry is an experienced journalist whose expertise across politics, business, entertainment, and hard news stories will play into our diverse coverage of East Africa and beyond.โ
Madowo adds that he had enjoyed reporting from the U.S. and around the world, but itโs a real privilege to return to covering Africa at such a critical time in Kenya and around the continent.
โI have long admired CNN Internationalโs award-winning coverage, and Iโm honored to be joining such a talented team. I look forward to sharing the full spectrum of life in one of the most dynamic parts of the world with CNNโs global audiences,โ he said.
Madowo has previously served as the BBC Africa Business Editor.
Before joining the BBC he worked for NTV Kenya and CNBC Africa, where he anchored the business channelโs daily market shows Open Exchange, Power Lunch, and Closing Bell in Johannesburg.
Named a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2020, Madowo has a bachelorโs degree in Communication from Daystar University in Kenya as well as a masterโs in Business and Economics Journalism from Columbia University in New York, where he was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow.
Byย Hillary Kimuyu
Source-https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/
Larry Madowo Dumps BBC, Moves To CNN As Correspondent For Nairobi