BIO

I am an independent journalist and filmmaker. I write, shoot and produce for a wide range of international media – I have worked with outlets including the BBC, the Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Huffington Post, CNN, Channel 4, Sky News and National Geographic.

My work ranges from covering breaking news events – such as the ouster of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya – to producing long-form, multi-platform investigations.

Most recently, I directed a milestone, fast-turnaround documentary ‘Africa: The Battle for the Ballot Box’ for the BBC about South Africa’s pivotal 2024 democratic moment – thirty years on since the end of apartheid – which also explores democratic trends across the African continent. I shot, produced and directed ‘Breaking the Silence: Abortion Rights in Kenya’ for BBC Africa Eye, openDemocracy and True Vision, for which presenter Linda Ngari won the Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist at the Amnesty Media Awards and the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. As a writer, my long read on the team in Botswana who first sequenced the Omicron COVID variant won ‘Feature of the Year’ at the 2022 British Association of Science Writers Awards.

I was Edit Producer and Archive Producer on ‘9/11: Inside the President’s War Room’, a landmark BBC/AppleTV+ feature documentary that marked the 20th anniversary of the attacks (Bafta winner, Editing: Factual; Bafta nominee, Single Documentary; Best Specialist Factual Programme, Broadcast Awards; Best Documentary, Rose D'Or and more). I shot, produced and directed 'Gamblers Like Me' for BBC Africa Eye, which looks at the dark side of sports betting across Africa (Best Documentary nominee, British Sports Journalism Awards). I was also part of the BAFTA-winning team which made 'My Son the Jihadi', named Best Single Documentary in 2016, and I am Executive Producer/Co-Producer of the ground-breaking feature film 'Cook Off', the first Zimbabwean production to be acquired by Netflix.

I have extensive experience working across sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in the Middle East and North Africa. I run a production company in Nairobi that provides location support across the continent, working with talented and experienced local teams – recent clients include the BBC, Channel 4, Red Bull, Seven Network Australia and CBS 60 Minutes.

I served on the board of the Foreign Correspondents' Association of East Africa for three years, including two years as Chair (2016-2018). I was also an elected Board member of the Frontline Freelance Register (2020-2022). I am an IWMF Fellow, a 2017 Marshall Memorial Fellow, and a member of Women Photograph and the Video Consortium. In 2023, I was invited to join BAFTA through its Connect scheme.

I am used to operating in challenging environments and have a Level 4 BTEC in Surviving Hostile Regions – I have also completed emergency medical training through RISC. I am an experienced moderator and commentator, and regularly work in French.

I previously worked for the International Crisis Group at their Brussels headquarters and for the humanitarian news service IRIN (now The New Humanitarian).