About Shem
Shem Oirere is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi. For more than a decade he has covered Africa's construction, chemicals, energy, water and agriculture sectors for international publications.
His reporting follows the money and the machinery: who wins the contract, who finances the refinery, why the railway stalls, and what a harvest means for the millers and importers who depend on it.
Before going freelance he worked at Kenya's national newspapers, including the Daily Nation, Kenya Times and People Daily, as a correspondent, business reporter and sub-editor.
At a glance
- Based: Nairobi, Kenya
- Covers: construction, energy and refining, grain and agriculture, rail, buildings
- Writes for: World Grain (Africa correspondent), ENR, Elevator World, International Railway Journal, SeafoodSource; formerly contributing editor at Hydrocarbon Processing
- Training: higher degree in journalism, London School of Journalism
- Member: Association of Business Executives
Commission a story or write to shem@shemoirere.com.
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