Nicolas Beau (born 2 June 1952) is a French journalist and writer.
Beau completed secondary education at l'école Saint-Martin de France, in Pontoise, run by Father Dabosville, a representative of open catholicism; He graduated from IEP Paris in 1973.
He worked for Quotidien du Médecin, Le Monde, Libération, Agence CAPA, Le Nouvel Économiste, L'Expansion and as an investigative journalist with Canard enchaîné.
[1] He was also editor-in-chief of the satirical website Bakchich.
[4] Afterwards he created Mondafrique, a website covering French-speaking Africa (the Maghreb and West Africa).