Ayodeji Michael Adeboboye is a Nigerian Independent and freelance journalist whose works have been published in Asia and United States of America publications. I am a newspaper and magazine editor and publisher. Former Editor in Chief, National Watch Magazine, a monthly publication in Lagos State Nigeria by Positive Prints. Adeboboye is a citizen of Ondo State, Nigeria. He is a conceptualist and very compassionate about the welfare of African journalists and ethics of the journalism profession. He is the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Congress of African Journalists (CAJ), a registered pan-African organisation of journalists with headquarters in Nigeria.
Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, novelist, poet, translator and journalist from Egypt. Author of more than 40 books of poetry, novels, biographies, criticism, children’s literature and translations. His travels to 33 countries have been published in books and dozens of literary periodicals. He works as the editor-in-chief of the Silk Road Literature Series in Egypt and as the editor-in-chief of the Korean Arabic-language portal the AsiaN. He is the winner of Manhae Grand Prize in Literature , The Republic of Korea , 2014, Arab Journalism Award in Culture , UAE , 2015, The Gold Medal in LIFFT Eurasian Literary Festival, Istanbul, 2021 and Sawiris Cultural Award. Children Literature, 2023.
Ajong Mbapndah L is a creative media professional with strong leadership and management skills, knowledge of Sub Sahara Africa, and hands-on experience in media editing, writing, and interviewing high profile personalities from Presidents, Prime Minister, Ambassadors, and numerous diplomatic, political, business personalities, and more. He is Founder and Managing Editor of Pan African Visions, a leading publication on African perspectives with operational base from the Washington, DC metro area and a growing network of over twenty journalists spread across Africa. He over sees the running of the news site www.panafricanvisions.com, and the monthly Pan African Visions magazine. He has been accredited with the Washington Foreign Press Center over the years. Some of the high-profile events he has covered include the USA-African Leaders Summit in 2014, and 2022, the Democratic Party convention of 2016 in Philadelphia, numerous editions of the US-Africa Business Summits and more. Ajong has had stints running a parliamentary office, working with diverse newspapers in Cameroon, and making African themed contributions to a number of international publications. He served as a reviewer of the Africa Integrity Indicators, Global Integrity, for Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Chad, DRC, 2013-2014. Ajong also served as a Mandela Washington Foundation Reader in 2016, 2017, and 2019.Most recently, he was a Judge on the 2021 African Business Heroes Prize Competition, the flagship philanthropic program of the Jack Ma Foundation spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurs. He holds Bachelor’s Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Universities in Cameroon, and a Master’s Degree in mass communication from the Virginia Commonwealth University in USA.
A Ghanaian International Journalist
