FISAYO SOYOMBO

About Me:

Education & Training

A graduate from the University of Ibadan, was pioneer editor of TheCable between April 2014 and January 2017. He currently edits one of Nigeria’s leading online platform. An opinion contributor to Al Jazeera, his writings has been translated into German, French and Arabic.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Onelife Initiative for Human Development. For his brand of investigative journalism, Soyombo’s most recent honours include: Winner, Maritime Economy category, African Media Initiative awards, Kenya (December 2016); Winner, Online category, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, Nigeria (December 2016); Winner, Nigerian Investigative Reporter of the Year, Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (December 2016); Winner, Hans Verploeg Newcomer of the Year category, Free Press Awards, Netherlands (October 2016) and several others.