 Sharife has been the Southern Africa correspondent for "The Africa Report" magazine, assistant Africa editor of "Capitalism, Nature, Socialism", and co-author of "Tax Us If You Can (Africa)".She was a visiting scholar at the Center for Civil Society (CCS) (2011) based in South Africa, fellow at the World Policy Institute, and coordinated the Africa branch of the European Union-funded Environmental Trade and Liabilities (EJOLT) project.She works with the Africa desk of Investigative Dashboard and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).