Dr. Marcel Mbamalu is the Editor-in-Chief of Prime Business Africa, a publication of Newstide Publications Limited. He is a versatile, Bloomberg-trained, Reuters-certified journalist with deep knowledge of the print and digital media space in Nigeria. Prime Business Africa or PBA is a multimedia news platform that focuses on socio-economic and development issues in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Dr Mbamalu possess bespoke skills in writing and editing, and have a raving flare for the English Language. With over 17 years of hands-on journalism experience, after a stint in teaching and electronic media, Dr Mbamalu had risen through the ranks as Business Correspondent for The Guardian on Sunday, headed the Business and News Desks for the title for approximately four years apiece, before assuming duties as the Group News Editor of The Guardian a position he held for another six years before leaving The Guardian in March 2021 to found Newstide Publications Limited.
Until his exit, he was overseeing the daily newsroom operations of The Guardian, managing reporters across Nigeria’s 36 states and Abuja in matters of news/features content creation and administration.
Dr Mbamalu is also a media researcher and his research articles has been published in internationally indexed journals, in cluding SAGE OPEN in 2020 and 2021. One of his latest research works focused on Renewable Energy Communication Issues (2020) as well as the Media and the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021).
Dr Mbamalu holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; a Master of Science degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos and a PhD in Journalism from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
He also acquired certificate in Business and Economic Reporting from the Pan Atlantic University Lagos and the Bloomberg Media Africa Initiative between 2008 and 2016.
Dr Mbamalu currently works at Prime Business Africa as Editor-in- Chief, an online newspaper he founded in June 2021.