Larry Madowo

Larry Madowo
Madowo in 2023
Born
Larry Madowo

(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 37)[1]
NationalityKenyan
EducationColumbia University (MA)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
Known forJournalism
Websitewww.larrymadowo.co.ke

Larry Madowo (born 14 July 1987) is a CNN International Correspondent and host of the African Voices Changemakers and Playmakers series. He was previously a North America Correspondent for the BBC and also anchored breaking news and presented BBC World News America from Washington, DC. He was a 2019-20 Knight-Bagehot Fellow in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University[2] in New York and the BBC Africa Business Editor until 2019.[3] He is a reporter, broadcaster, writer and news anchor whose range includes business, technology, current affairs, politics and popular culture. His work has been featured on major global outlets including the BBC, CNN International, the Washington Post, and the Guardian.

Madowo started his career in Nairobi as a Trainee Reporter at KTN and then as a Business Anchor at NTV Kenya where he worked twice, he later anchored and reported business and financial news at CNBC Africa before returning to NTV. He resigned from the station in March 2018 to join the BBC. He hosted The Larry Madowo Show[4] on Nation FM from August 2014 until June 2016 and wrote a weekly column in the Daily Nation every week named #FrontRow[5] from 5 August 2014 until 8 February 2018. In Kenya, he is best known for hosting a popular Friday night show called #TheTrend[6] on NTV Kenya[7][8] from December 2012 until 30 June 2017.

  1. ^ "Larry Madowo celebrated his birthday". Nairobi Gossips. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Columbia Announces 2019–2020 Knight-Bagehot Fellows | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ Madowo, Larry (24 May 2019). "Is Facebook undermining democracy in Africa?". Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Larry Madowo". Retrieved 14 March 2017 – via Facebook.
  5. ^ "LARRY MADOWO". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. ^ "The Trend". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Larry Madowo – Who's Who in Kenya". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Larry Madowo Back on NTV". Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.