User:Elvismboya

Elvis Mboya is a 29-year-old prominent journalist in Southern Africa.

For barely three years as the Entertainment, Arts and Culture editor for the Namibia’s weekly tabloid, Informanté, He is credited for shaping the now thriving industry in Namibia.

As a multiple PMR Africa Golden Arrow Award winner, and the second most read newspaper in Namibia, Informanté is a widely respected national news media with over 280 000 copies distributed free countrywide, and on the internet.

Mboya's tenure at Informanté has yielded many fruits. The paper’s Entertainment, Arts and Culture pages, where he is the sole reporter, for the first time ever, won nominations for the Namibia Media Awards 2007, Sanlam NBC Music Awards 2007/08, and Namibia Music Awards 2008 respectively.

In the same vein, due to his immense contribution in the Entertainment, Arts and Culture industry in the country, he was nominated to present Music Awards at the Namibia Music Awards 2008 and Sanlam NBC Music Awards 2008.

In addition, his work has appeared in the following medium: Communication Initiative Network, Sanlam Limited Johannesburg, Periodicos (Argentina and Latin America), Stock House (USA/Canada), Namibian News, NamibiaHipHop.com, AllAfrica.com and Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) periodicals, Hoadadi Africa, BusinessCommunity.com among others. He also worked at the Kenya High Commission, Windhoek –Communication Desk.

He is currently pursuing Journalism and Newswriting at the London School of Journalism.

He lives in Windhoek.