Larry Madowo (born 14 July 1987) is a CNN International Correspondent and host of the African Voices Changemakers and Playmakers series.

[3] He is a reporter, broadcaster, writer and news anchor whose range includes business, technology, current affairs, politics and popular culture.

His work has been featured on major global outlets including the BBC, CNN International, the Washington Post, and the Guardian.

In May 2012, he joined the South African-based CNBC Africa as one of the main anchors of market day shows Open Exchange, Power Lunch and Closing Bell.

[10] His stay at CNBC Africa only lasted 8 months and in December 2012, he went back to NTV as the technology editor and news anchor.

A radio documentary Madowo presented[23] on the Chinese-built railway in Kenya won the Daily Journalism (Single Report) category[24] at the 2019 Association of International Broadcasting Awards on 6 November 2019 in London.

His master's thesis on African e-commerce pioneer Jumia's tumultuous first year on the New York Stock Exchange[28] won the Philip Greer Scholarship Award for Financial Writing.

[30] Madowo marked his return to the BBC in a new role as a North America Correspondent in the summer of 2020 with a report from a Coronavirus Unit in Houston, Texas.

[34] He has interviewed some of the world's most prominent people including presidents,[35] world-famous artists,[36] global CEOs[37] and Sophia the Robot.

[42] He became the first black person to deliver the Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture[43] at Canada's Carleton University in December 2020.

[51] Madowo became a vocal defender of press freedom in Africa after a run-in with the Kenyan government in 2018 forced him to seek shelter in a safe house.