Kemo Cham

Kemo Cham is an award-winning journalist based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He has worked as a journalist in four countries in West Africa – Gambia, Senegal, Mali and now Sierra Leone. He is co-founder and editor of ManoReporters, an online digital platform in Freetown, Sierra Leone which focuses on the four Mano River Union countries, including Guinea, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire. He also contributes as freelancer to several international media outlets, including the Nation Media Group of Kenya (NMG), The Associated Press and the German News Agency, dpa. A Gambian by nationality, Cham started his career in Gambia, where he attended the University of the Gambia from 2003 to 2007 and then worked at the defunct Daily Observer newspaper from 2007 to 2009. Between 2009 and 2011, he lived and work in Senegal and Mali, before relocating to Sierra Leone where he has lived since then. Cham is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and coordinator of two science and health-based journalism networks – the Kombra Media Network and the Health Reporters Network Sierra Leone. He is also a member of the Internews Health Journalism Network.