Maher Mezahi is an African football journalist that has been covering the sport on the continent for over a decade for various media outlets including Al Jazeera English, The Athletic, The Guardian, ESPN FC and more. He has covered five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and several African Champions League finals. Presently, he is a contributing editor at Africa Is a Country, and also hosts the African Five-a-Side podcast. He has produced and presented football documentaries for Vice Sports, Copa 90, FIFA+ and BBC. Mezahi lives and works in Algiers, Algeria and has been based there since 2016.
