Larry Madowo Biography
Larry Madowo is a journalist from Kenya, Africa, working as the CNN International Correspondent. He previously worked for the BBC as a North America Correspondent, anchoring breaking news and presenting BBC World News America from Washington, DC.
How old is Larry Madowo? – Age
He is 33 years old as of 14 July 2020. He was born in 1987 in Siaya, Kenya.
Larry Madowo Family
Liz Madowo, his sister, is a Moi University graduate who works as a stylist and a fashion blogger.
Who is Larry Madowo Wife? – Marriage
He is single and not married. He was rumored to have been married to Victoria Rubadiri, who works with Royal media services. We have not yet found any evidence supporting the claims above.
What did Larry Madowo study? – Education
He was educated at Usingo and Karapul primary schools, as well as St Gabriel’s Seminary. Madowo enrolled at Daystar University in Nairobi in 2006 to pursue a Communication degree. Madowo interned for a vernacular radio station, Bahasha FM, in 2007, reading English news. Madowo eventually dropped out of college after a year and a half to join Kenya Television Network, one of Africa’s oldest private television networks. Madowo returned to college in June 2014, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Daystar University.
On April 9, 2019, he was named one of Columbia University’s Knight-Bagehot Fellows for the 2019–2020 academic year. Madowo announced on July 29, 2019, that he would be taking a sabbatical from the BBC to pursue a fellowship at Columbia Journalism School. Madowo received her Master of Arts in Business and Economics Journalism from Columbia University on May 20, 2020.
How much is Larry Madowo paid?
Madowo’s annual salary could range from $100,000 to $180,000, which roughly translates to Ksh 11-19 million. He was reportedly paid between £90,000 (12,150,000) and £120,000 (16,200,00) per year at the BBC, excluding other benefits.
Where is Larry Madowo working currently? – Career
Madowo interned for a vernacular radio station, Bahasha FM, in 2007, reading English news. Madowo eventually dropped out of college after a year and a half to join Kenya Television Network, one of Africa’s oldest private television networks. He became a household name in Kenya, and after three years with KTN, he moved to NTV to work as a business anchor and reporter. He joined CNBC Africa, based in South Africa, in May 2012 as one of the main anchors of the market day shows Open Exchange, Power Lunch, and Closing Bell. He only stayed at CNBC Africa for eight months before returning to NTV as the technology editor and news anchor in December 2012.
During his second stint at NTV Kenya, he also freelanced for CNN International, France 24 English, the BBC, and Public Radio International, among others. The opinion piece was published on the CNN website after the Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation declined to publish a column critical of the Kenyan government’s shutdown of four major private television stations in early 2018. He ended his column and joined the Washington Post’s Global Opinions page as a Contributing Columnist.
Madowo was announced as the new Business Editor of BBC News Africa on April 11, 2018. He oversaw a group of business reporters based in Nairobi, London, Lagos, Dakar, and Johannesburg. As a reporter or commentator on African business, he appeared on BBC World TV, BBC World Service Radio, BBC News Channel in the UK, bbc.com, and BBC Radio 4. On November 6, 2019, in London, he won the Daily Journalism category at the 2019 Association of International Broadcasting Awards for a radio documentary he presented on Kenya’s Chinese-built railway. ‘Raha: The Joy of the Train’ was part of a series created by British production company BlokMedia’s Peter Shevlin.
The Philip Greer Scholarship Award for Financial Writing was given to his master’s thesis on African e-commerce pioneer Jumia’s tumultuous first year on the New York Stock Exchange. He contributed to the Guardian US and the BBC for a short time. In the summer of 2020, Madowo made his return to the BBC as a North America Correspondent with a report from a Coronavirus Unit in Houston, Texas. He primarily reports for BBC World News and the BBC World Service from across the United States. North Dakota, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Louisiana, as well as South and North Carolina, are among the states where he has filed reports. His coverage of the 2020 US election and Joe Biden’s inauguration has been praised all over the world.
He’s interviewed presidents, world-famous artists, global CEOs, and Sophia the Robot, among others. In March 2020, the World Economic Forum named Madowo a Young Global Leader. In June 2020, he was nominated for One Young World Journalist of the Year. He has twice been named to New African magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential Africans. In 2020, New African magazine named Madowo one of the Top 100 most influential Africans.
In December 2020, he became the first Black person to deliver Carleton University’s Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture. In interviews with the New Yorker and NPR, he has also mentioned his work as a foreign correspondent in the United States. Madowo has joined CNN as a correspondent.