Background
Koinange was born in Kenya and worked with Kenya"s first independent television channel KTN Kenya Television Network.
Koinange was born in Kenya and worked with Kenya"s first independent television channel KTN Kenya Television Network.
He attended Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York between 1987–1989 and graduated with an Associate"s degree.
He previously served as the Africa correspondent for Cable News Network and Cable News Network International from 2001 to 2007, and later as chief reporter at television station K24 from 2007 to December 2012. Before joining KTN, he served as the Chief Anchor, Africa for Arise Television Limited based in Johannesburg
He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from New York University. Prior to joining Cable News Network, Koinange worked for Reuters Television from 1995 to 2001, covering Africa and serving as their chief producer from 1999 to 2001.
He also worked as a producer at National Broadcasting Company News in 1994 and also worked for American Broadcasting Company News earlier in his career from 1991 to 1992.
Seven months after leaving Cable News Network, Koinange was hired as a news anchor by a new Kenyan television station, K24, which started doing test runs in Nairobi in December 2007. He was the host of Capital Talk Show.
He now hosts "Jeff Koinange Live", a talk show aired on the Kenya Television Network (KTN). Most recently, in early 2007, Koinange was reprimanded by the government of Nigeria for his coverage of the Movement for the Emanicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
In his report, Koinange accompanied masked MEND guerillas to a camp where they were holding a number of Filipino hostages.
The Nigerian government said that the report was "staged", a charge Cable News Network denies. Koinange has also covered news outside of Africa, including extensive reporting on the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina crisis as well as the Iraq War. On May 29, 2007, Cable News Network announced that Koinange was no longer employed by the network.
He had apparently been caught up with a sex scandal that Cable News Network did not want to become associated with.