About | jamesjwan

AboutMe

I'm a journalist and award-winning editor focusing on Africa. I am the Editor of African Arguments. I was previously Acting Editor of African Business magazine and Senior Editor of Think Africa Press.

I have written for the likes of AlJazeera, BBC, IRIN and the Guardian. (I'm apparently one the leading journalists on aid and development.) I was associate producer on the AlJazeera investigative documentary Uganda's Health Pyramid and a contributor to the book Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century (Routledge).I con

I am a fellow of Wits University China-Africa Reporting Project. In 2013, I was shortlisted for the Guardian's International Development Journalism Competition. I have Chinese blood, Mauritian heritage, and British sensibilities. I sometimes work with /The Rules.

You can reach me on editor@africanarguments.com and follow me on twitter @jamesjwan.