Leanne de Bassompierre is the Business Editor of The Africa Report and a veteran broadcast journalist with over two decades of experience covering the continent’s economic and political landscape. A former foreign correspondent for Bloomberg and France 24, she has reported on major stories ranging from presidential elections to the intricacies of the mining and cocoa sectors. With deep regional expertise, particularly in West Africa and her native South Africa, where she was deputy editor for Eyewitness News and news anchor on Cape Talk, Leanne is a sought-after moderator and media consultant. At this year's Mining Indaba, she leverages her unique background in business reporting and strategic communications to lead high-level dialogues on capital deployment, policy alignment, and the future of African extractives.
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