Anver Versi, Editor, African Business

Anver Versi was born in Nairobi and educated in Kenya and the UK. He worked with Nation Group of newspapers as a journalist and editor and also with the legendary Mohamed Amin of Camerapix.

In the UK , he worked with several broadsheet newspapers before joining the pan-African press, first with Africa Journal than New African published by IC publications. He also edited Drum West Africa, the London Arts Council's Artrage magazine and Entre Nous for the World Health Organization. He was founder-editor of New African Life magazine devoted to the arts and culture. He was commissioned by Collins to write the first book on African soccer which became a best seller.

He is currently the editor of the largest selling African business and economics journal, African Business. Under his editorship, circulation has soared and the publication won the prestigious Diageo African Business Reporting Award in 2005. Versi scooped the Diageo Best Journalist Award.

Versi contributed regularly to a variety of publications in Africa, Europe and the US, including the Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and the Chicago Tribune. He has a busy speaking programme, participating in conferences, seminars and lecture tours on African subjects.