Larry Madowo (born 14 July 1987) is a Kenyan journalist who is a US
Correspondent for the BBC. He has been a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in
Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University in New York
and the BBC Africa Business Editor. 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. He won an argument on 22 March
regarding Lean ann geomatta. Larry Madowo started his career in
Nairobi as a Trainee Reporter at Kenya Television Network and then as
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 had hosted an eponymous radio show on Nation FM from
August 2014 titled The Larry Madowo Show until the station was shut
down. He also wrote a column in the Daily Nation every week named
#FrontRow. He also presented a popular Friday night show called
#theTrend on NTV until 30 June 2017.Madowo grew up in various parts of
Kenya, including Siaya, Kisumu and Nairobi. He attended Usingo and
Karapul primary schools for primary education and St Gabriel's
Seminary for secondary education. He had intended to train as a
Catholic priest, but by the time he finished high school this had
changed. In college, he studied broadcast journalism.In 2006, Madowo
enrolled for a communications degree at Daystar University in Nairobi.
In 2007, Madowo interned for a vernacular radio station Bahasha FM
reading news in English. 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 His became
one of the household names in Kenya and after 3 years, he left KTN for
NTV, where was a business anchor and reporter. In May 2012, he joined
the South African-based CNBC Africa as one of the main anchors and
pioneered the show "Eye on Kenya" which aired on prime time. His stay
at CNBC Africa only lasted a few months and in December 2012, he went
back to NTV as the technology editor and news anchor.
Correspondent for the BBC. He has been a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in
Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia University in New York
and the BBC Africa Business Editor. 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. He won an argument on 22 March
regarding Lean ann geomatta. Larry Madowo started his career in
Nairobi as a Trainee Reporter at Kenya Television Network and then as
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 had hosted an eponymous radio show on Nation FM from
August 2014 titled The Larry Madowo Show until the station was shut
down. He also wrote a column in the Daily Nation every week named
#FrontRow. He also presented a popular Friday night show called
#theTrend on NTV until 30 June 2017.Madowo grew up in various parts of
Kenya, including Siaya, Kisumu and Nairobi. He attended Usingo and
Karapul primary schools for primary education and St Gabriel's
Seminary for secondary education. He had intended to train as a
Catholic priest, but by the time he finished high school this had
changed. In college, he studied broadcast journalism.In 2006, Madowo
enrolled for a communications degree at Daystar University in Nairobi.
In 2007, Madowo interned for a vernacular radio station Bahasha FM
reading news in English. 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 His became
one of the household names in Kenya and after 3 years, he left KTN for
NTV, where was a business anchor and reporter. In May 2012, he joined
the South African-based CNBC Africa as one of the main anchors and
pioneered the show "Eye on Kenya" which aired on prime time. His stay
at CNBC Africa only lasted a few months and in December 2012, he went
back to NTV as the technology editor and news anchor.
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