Frenny Jowi has worked across different genres of journalism for 12 years including being a reporter, producer and editor in television, radio and digital.  Currently Frenny is an Editor affiliated with the International Centre for Journalists and The BBC World Service. Previously, she worked at the BBC in London and taught journalism and PR at the Aga Khan Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi.  She’s worked as a media and journalism consultant with many international organisations such as Transparency International, Hivos East Africa and One World Media among others.

She was nominated Kenyan Reporter of the Year 2014 at the Annual Excellence Awards in Journalism Kenya.

Prior to freelance work, Frenny had a 4 –year successful career at one of the world’s leading international broadcasters, the BBC. While working for the BBC both in Kenya and the United Kingdom, she led several productions including pioneering digital content for younger audiences in Africa and news coverage of president Obama’s historic visit to Africa in 2015.

Frenny is  also the co- founder and curator of Kenya Media Week, an annual journalism summit that promotes free press and the professional development of journalists.  The program has now been adopted in Uganda as Uganda Media Week and runs under the auspices of a Dutch media NGO, Media Focus on Africa.

She has also served as a jury member on two international journalism awards by One World Media and the World Association of News Publishers in 2023.