Amara Okonkwo
Lagos · Politics / West Africa governance
Covers Nigerian federal politics and ECOWAS diplomacy; two decades tracking elections and legislative fights from Lagos.
Correspondents
AB24’s digital desk draws on a continental bench built over two decades of field reporting. Every news byline carries a name and a bureau. Opinion columnists are listed separately and labelled Opinion. We were always on the ground — these are the people filing for the homepage.
Thabo Molefe
Johannesburg · Business / markets & mining
Southern Africa markets correspondent; mining, listings and rand-sensitive trade flows from Johannesburg.
Amina Yusuf
Nairobi · Tech / fintech & digital policy
East Africa technology reporter; fintech licensing, payments rails and startup regulation across the Nairobi corridor.
Yasmine El-Sayed
Cairo · Politics / North Africa & Red Sea
Cairo bureau; Maghreb and Egyptian politics, Suez/Red Sea trade and North African diplomacy.
Kwame Mensah
Accra · Business / trade & logistics
West Africa trade correspondent; ports, customs unions and coastal freight corridors from Accra.
Fatou Diallo
Dakar · Security / Sahel & Francophone West
Sahel security and Francophone West Africa politics; reports from Dakar with travel into the corridor.
Lemlem Bekele
Addis Ababa · Politics / AU & Horn
African Union and Horn of Africa diplomacy; Addis-based coverage of summits, mediation and regional conflict.
Naledi van Wyk
Cape Town · Climate & Energy / power & industry
Energy transition and industrial power; Cape Town bureau covering generation, storage and grid reliability.
Chinedu Eze
Lagos · Climate & Energy / oil, gas & renewables
Energy correspondent for West Africa; hydrocarbons, gas flaring debates and utility reform from Lagos.
Wanjiku Kamau
Nairobi · Culture / arts & ideas
East African culture desk; literature, film and heritage stories with a pan-African brief.
Sipho Dlamini
Johannesburg · Sport / football & AFCON
Southern Africa sport; football, AFCON cycles and the business of the game.
Rania Benali
Cairo · Business / North Africa industry
Cairo business desk; industrial policy, energy manufacturing and Maghreb investment.
Ibrahim Touré
Dakar · Climate / agriculture & Sahel livelihoods
Climate and food systems across the Sahel; drought, farmers and adaptation finance. Files with the security desk on displacement when livelihoods collapse.
Zanele Nkosi
Johannesburg · Opinion / political economy
Columnist on Southern African and continental political economy. Pieces are always labelled Opinion and kept separate from news.
Publisher
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