Simon Mkina

INTERNATIONAL RJF GRANTEE

Simon Mkina is an award-winning Tanzanian investigative journalist, editor, columnist, and media trainer with 26 years of experience.

He has been freelancing for various national and international media outlets and is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), for which he contributed to the Mauritius Leaks.

He also documented the working conditions of East African truck drivers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in a collaborative photo-report published by the Mail & Guardian in South Africa.

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