He lived and worked on the continent for more than 30 years, reporting from all but six of the African Union’s 53 member states. During a long career with Reuters he was based in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and was also posted to France, Iran, Italy, Mexico and Romania. He was Africa Bureau Chief based in Johannesburg and in 2012 joined Business Day, South Africa’s leading business daily, as its first Africa Editor.