39 Facts About Larry Madowo

Larry Madowo was born on 14 July 1987 and is a CNN International Correspondent and host of the African Voices Changemakers and Playmakers series.

Larry Madowo was previously a North America Correspondent for the BBC and anchored breaking news and presented BBC World News America from Washington, DC.

Larry Madowo is a reporter, broadcaster, writer and news anchor whose range includes business, technology, current affairs, politics and popular culture.

Larry Madowo's work has been featured on major global outlets including the BBC, CNN International, the Washington Post, and the Guardian.

Larry Madowo resigned from the station in March 2018 to join the BBC.

Larry Madowo grew up in various parts of Kenya, including Siaya, Kisumu and Nairobi.

Larry Madowo attended Usingo and Karapul primary schools and St Gabriel's Seminary for secondary education.

Larry Madowo had intended to train as a catholic priest, but by the time he finished high school this had changed.

In 2006, Larry Madowo enrolled for a Communication degree at Daystar University in Nairobi.

In 2007, Larry Madowo interned for a vernacular radio station Bahasha FM reading news in English.

Larry Madowo eventually dropped out of college a year and a half down his degree to take up a job at Kenya Television Network, one of Africa's oldest private television networks.

Larry Madowo became one of the household names in Kenya and after 3 years, he left KTN for NTV, where he was a business anchor and reporter.

Larry Madowo's stay at CNBC Africa only lasted 8 months and in December 2012, he went back to NTV as the technology editor and news anchor.

Larry Madowo returned to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree from Daystar University in June 2014.

Larry Madowo terminated his column and became a Contributing Columnist for the Washington Post's Global Opinions page.

On 11 April 2018, it was announced that Larry Madowo was joining BBC News Africa as Business Editor.

Larry Madowo led a team of business journalists based in Nairobi, London, Lagos, Dakar and Johannesburg.

Larry Madowo has appeared across BBC World TV, BBC World Service Radio, BBC News channel in the UK, bbc.

On 29 July 2019, Larry Madowo said he was taking a sabbatical from the BBC for his fellowship at Columbia Journalism School.

Larry Madowo graduated from Columbia with a Master of Arts in Business and Economics Journalism on 20 May 2020.

Larry Madowo briefly contributed to the Guardian US and the BBC.

Larry Madowo marked his return to the BBC in a new role as a North America Correspondent in the summer of 2020 with a report from a Coronavirus Unit in Houston, Texas.

Larry Madowo reported across the United States primarily for BBC World News and the BBC World Service.

Larry Madowo has filed reports from North Dakota, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Louisiana, as well as South and North Carolina, among others.

Larry Madowo has interviewed some of the world's most prominent people including presidents, world-famous artists, global CEOs and Sophia the Robot.

Larry Madowo was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in March 2020.

Larry Madowo was nominated as a One Young World Journalist of the Year in June 2020.

Larry Madowo has twice been named among the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African magazine.

Larry Madowo was again cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2020.

Larry Madowo became the first black person to deliver the Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture at Canada's Carleton University in December 2020.

Larry Madowo has referenced his work as a foreign correspondent in the United States in interviews by the New Yorker and NPR.

In May 2021, Larry Madowo was appointed as CNN's Nairobi correspondent.

Larry Madowo self identifies as a Christian, although he is quoted as saying that there is probably no God, suggesting that he holds agnostic views.

Larry Madowo has spoken out about racism while writing about his experience as a black man in the United States.

Larry Madowo became a vocal defender of press freedom in Africa after a run-in with the Kenyan government in 2018 forced him to seek shelter in a safe house.

Larry Madowo has said that many other African journalists face greater dangers from their government, including threats to their lives.

Larry Madowo is known to be very active on social media and has a combined following of over 4 million people across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Larry Madowo's sister Liz Madowo, a graduate of Moi University, is a stylist and fashion blogger.

Larry Madowo is a regular moderator and speaker at media, technology and business conferences around the world.