# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samba-yonga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:13:58.293Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samba-yonga"
name: "Samba Yonga"
slug: "samba-yonga"
description: "Samba Yonga is a Zambian transnational communications expert, cultural curator, and media innovator with over 15 years of experience shaping narratives across Africa and internationally. She is the Managing Partner of Ku-Atenga Media and Co-Founder of the Women's History Museum of Zambia. Known for her work as editorial director of The Big Issue Zambia, she has contributed to several regional and international publications and has been recognised for her leadership in cultural diplomacy and communication strategy. In 2017, she was named one of Destiny magazine’s \"Power of 40\" most influential women in Africa."
tagline: "Zambian journalist and media consultant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samba_Yonga_Portrait_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1990"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.48
  momentum:             15.76923076923077
  historical:           4.802016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Kuwaha"
    handle:    "Kuwaha"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sambayonga/"
    handle:    "sambayonga"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Yonga"
    title: "Samba Yonga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Yonga"
    title: "Samba Yonga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Yonga"
    title: "Samba Yonga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Yonga"
    title: "Samba Yonga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_Yonga"
    title: "Samba Yonga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43177818"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump