Beatrice Karanja

Associate Director

Beatrice is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Portland’s Nairobi office, which coordinates our Africa-focused work.
She joined Portland in October 2009 with 15 years experience of designing and running communications campaigns in Africa, including work for UNICEF, Oxfam GB and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation on key issues affecting communities on the continent.
Since joining Portland, Beatrice has worked on managing media for two high-profile visits to Kenya by Kofi Annan, as well as working with regional and local media contacts on placement of key op-eds around the Darfur Crisis and the Copenhagen Climate Change conference.
Beatrice spent five years covering East, Central and Horn of Africa for the BBC and Reuters as a TV and radio producer, covering major news stories.
Beatrice has travelled extensively throughout the continent building up a strong network of contacts within the media, international non-governmental organisations and civil society.
Beatrice read Communications at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.