Massimo Zaurrini

Director in charge of Internationalia


Born in 1973, Massimo Zaurrini started working as a journalist at the age of 19, during university. His passion has always been that of Foreign Affairs, starting with coverage of Latin America for the Italian and international media from Mexico City, where he lived until 2000. Returning to Italy, he was a junior researcher and analyst at the Center. Military of Strategic Studies (Cemiss). and then, from 2002 to 2012, he worked for an international press agency, dealing mainly with Africa. He collaborates with various Italian and international media, both as a journalist and as a columnist and commentator. In 2012 he founded Internationalia Srl, the only Italian publishing house entirely dedicated to providing information on Africa. With its products (InfoAfrica newspaper, Africa e Affari monthly and Africa Rivista bimonthly), Internationalia leads to Italian institutions (MAECI, Bank of Italy, CDP, Sace, ICE, etc ...), to the academic world, to the Business Community and to common readers punctual political and economic information on what is happening in Africa. With Internationalia it also offers academic and business training services dedicated to the African continent. Since 2015 he has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Center for Relations with Africa (CRA) of the Italian Geographic Society (SGI). With Infinito Edizioni he has published two books dedicated to Africa: Savané. Soldiers in Ivory Coast (2006) and La Radio e il Machete. The role of the media in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda (2012). With Gianfranco Belgrano, he is working on a new book “Africa: the continent of the future”. Massimo Zaurrini is currently Managing Director of InfoAfrica (information and consultancy service dedicated to economic and political developments in Africa) and Africa e Affari (monthly dedicated to African economics and politics).

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