Jeff Koinange

Included among the more significant stories Koinange has covered for CNN in Africa were the crisis in Darfur, the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone and the famine in Niger, for which Koinange won an Emmy award.[4]

Most recently, in early 2007, Koinange was reprimanded by the government of Nigeria for his coverage[5] of the Movement for the Emanicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). In his report, Koinange accompanied masked MEND guerillas to a camp where they were holding a number of Filipino hostages. The Nigerian government said that the report was "staged", a charge CNN denies.[6]

Koinange has also covered news outside of Africa, including extensive reporting on the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina crisis as well as the Iraq War.[7]

On 29 May 2007, CNN announced that Koinange was no longer employed by the network.[8]

Seven months after leaving CNN, Koinange was hired as a news anchor by a new Kenyan TV station, K24, which started doing test runs in Nairobi in December 2007. He was the host of Capital Talk Show. He now hosts 'Jeff Koinange Live', a talk show aired on Citizen TV Kenya, part of Royal Media Services.[9]

Through My African Eyes is a biography that talks of Jeff’s life, school days and career climb to be one of Africa’s most recognised journalist. It was published in 2014 by the Footprints Press Kenya. Despite being a public figure, Jeff has kept a lot of his personal life under cover and this book serves as a window into his life.

Jeff has been very instrumental in giving back to the community in different ways. In 2017, he began an initiative to develop and stock a library in the Kibra slums where students from the neighbourhood are expected to gain access to reading material. He has also done notable speaking engagements like the Journalism In Africa forum organised by a community organisation called Fatuma’s Voice in 2016.