Anwarali Versi, professionally known as Anver Versi, is a

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-born journalist who is editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazine, based in London."Anver Versi, Editor-In-Chief of New African, Interviews His Highness The Aga Khan – 'A Man For All Seasons'"
''Barakah'', 23 September 2019. He began his journalistic career in Nairobi, before moving to England, where he eventually worked for several UK-based pan-African publications,"Anver Versi , Editor ''African Business'' and ''African Banker'' magazines"
Oracle. including ''

African Business ''African Business'' is an African business magazine published by London-based IC Publications. The current editor is David Thomas. History and profile ''African Business'' was first published in January 1982. Anver Versi was the first editor of ...

'' and ''African Banker''."Anver Versi, Editor of African Business Magazine"
''ReConnect Africa''."Anver Versi, former Editor, African Business"
''African Business'', 23 January 2015. Other newspapers and journals for which he has written include ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', the ''

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'' and the ''

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''."Anver Versi"
at Brand Africa.

Biography

Born in

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, Kenya, Versi started his education at the Aga Khan School,

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, and read Political Science, Economics, and English at the

University of Nairobi The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; ) is a college, collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest List of universities and colleges in Kenya, university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dat ...

. He would go on to further studies in the UK at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

and

King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...

. Versi began his career as a journalist working with the

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of newspapers in Nairobi, before moving to London in 1983, where he was a sub-editor for ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' and the ''

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'', and was also employed by UK-based African magazines such as ''Africa Journal'' and ''Drum'' (West Africa). Working for more than 30 years with

IC Publications ''IC Publications'' is a publishing house founded in 1957 in Paris by Afif Ben Yedder. Its headquarters are now based in London Farringdon. The Group's magazines are read by 2.6 million people in over 100 countries. In English, IC publishes '' ...

, he was the founding editor of ''African Banker'' magazine, and in 1994 became editor of ''

'' and as of 2018 is editor-in-chief of ''

'' magazine (where he was formerly deputy editor from 1983 to 1994).

Selected bibliography

* ''Football in Africa'', Collins, 1986, * ''Search for Africa's Political Identity'', Macmillan

References

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