When a Kenyan candidate speaks at a Washington organization like the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) or the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the public event is just the ...

Due to the rapid advancements in AI technology, the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) formed a technical taskforce in October 2023 to develop the Media Handbook for Reporting on Artificial Intelligence in ...

Uganda is approaching one of the most precarious political transitions in its post-independence history. The likely trajectory is not democratic consolidation but the slow institutionalization of a ...

Something important is happening across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa. Wars that appear local are drawing in actors from increasingly far away. Ports built for commerce acquire military uses.

Last October, two weeks before Baba died, I was returning to Nairobi after a two-year hiatus. The last time I was home was during the first-year memorial of my sister, Nyangi, who was now the ...

In the weeks leading up to the storming of the Kenyan parliament in June 2024, I noticed a unique element in the type of people who attended the protests; they polled much younger, more enthusiastic, ...

“So CBC is designed for short-term training of workers. In Europe, it is used among refugee and immigrant communities who need to be integrated into the community as fast as possible with skills they ...

As church and state grow increasingly intertwined, many Gen Zs see faith being used as a tool of political power rather than a source of truth, compassion, and accountability. The Elephant in ...

The conversation around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creative industries is often filled with hype and speculation. Is it a tool for liberation or a threat to livelihoods? Chief Nyamweya, ...

The political violence that characterized Linda Mwananchi’s forceful entry into Homa Bay and earned the county online mimetic mockery and nicknames such as Afgoonistan or Yemen didn’t begin in either ...

Oftentimes, mass acts of violent rebellion primarily driven by youths are viewed as counterproductive and nihilistic. But it is important to note that this isn’t always the case, as three major ...

In Uganda, censorship is a reality, and in fact, a governance necessity. Once those governing us came to the realization that they cannot give the population what it needs, either because they don’t ...