BBC Senior Africa Correspondent and Deputy to the Africa Editor
Anne SOY is the BBC Senior Africa Correspondent and Deputy to the Africa Editor based in Nairobi. As the Africa Health Correspondent in 2015, she focused on Ebola outbreak coverage. Ms Soy reports across the continent for BBC global and UK domestic TV and radio programmes as well as digital platforms. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Information Sciences (Media Studies option) from Moi University in Kenya, where she also pursued a Master of Public Health and Epidemiology. Ms Soy began her career at the Kenya Television Network in 2005 where she specialized in health reporting. She is the recipient of several nominations for awards for her reporting, including the Amnesty Awards 2018, the British Journalism Awards 2017, the British Journalism Awards 2017 and the Creative Diversity Network Awards 2014.