Siyabonga Africa

I'm Siya Africa, a former journalist and writer now social media thinker and photographer. By trade I have worked as writer, photographer, videographer and blogger for a number of publications and websites. I feel as though this has made me a jack of all trades but my true passion is the future of news media internationally and locally in South Africa.

Academically I began my career at the University of Pretoria where I majored in international relations and public management. I received the 2007 Aggrey Klaaste bursary to study a journalism honors degree at Stellenbosch University. And in 2009 I received a Ford Foundation fellowship to study a masters degree in new media production and design at Indiana University.

Currently I am immersed in my own personal projects including a news consumption diet and many other interactive experiences in news production and consumption.