Career timelines · KE
Larry Madowo: a career across African and international newsrooms
Selected milestones in Larry Madowo’s reporting, training and move to CNN.
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Career timelines
Stories with a longer life. Explore the data, follow the sequence and read the evidence.
Starting with Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
Career timelines · KE
Wangari Maathai: science, the Green Belt Movement and public service
A timeline of Maathai’s academic career, environmental organising and public roles.
Career timelines · NG
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: from Nigeria’s finance ministry to the WTO
A timeline of ministerial service, vaccine-governance work and leadership of the World Trade Organization.
Career timelines · NG
Wole Soyinka: theatre, books and the Nobel Prize
A timeline of Soyinka’s theatre companies, selected books and the 1986 Nobel award.
Career timelines · ZA
Nelson Mandela: law, political leadership and the presidency
A timeline from the ANC Youth League and legal practice to democratic government and later public work.
Career timelines · ZA
Trevor Noah Career Overview
Trevor Noah is a comedian, writer, producer and host.