Written by Evy Kariuki Artistic and media spaces have, for a long time, been overlooked and their significance has been diminished. This has devalued and decentered the art and media space, leading people to forget how essential it is in life, especially for youth who are increasingly making it a lifestyle rather than […]
Written by Kayla Makena Another Path, Not a Lesser One. Growing up in Kenya, many of us were taught that education is everything and that success looks a certain way. Education meant books, good grades and big careers like lawyers, doctors, and engineers. If you said any of these, the family smiled […]
Written Jermaine Magethe Whenever a worrying online trend goes viral, or a tragic story involving a child online hits the headlines, the reaction is familiar: ban children from social media. All this just to show the public that leaders are doing something to protect the young. But, bans are just a short […]
Kenyans love to condemn gender-based violence…but… as long as it’s happening on a screen. When it happens outside our gate at 4 a.m…, suddenly everyone becomes a philosopher of “minding your business.” We chant “protect women,” but we whisper “usiingilie” when it matters. And that hypocrisy is killing women long before the perpetrators do. […]
Written by Alice Njoki Ghana’s government has taken a significant step by making the use of local languages compulsory as the main medium of instruction in early basic education. Announced on October 24, 2025, by Ghana’s Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu, this policy requires teachers to instruct children from Kindergarten to Primary Three, […]
The other day during the Africa Children Summit 2025, I found myself in a breakout session listening to children from Malawi. I thought they will be sharing about their school experiences , stories, I assumed, of books, subjects and maybe friendships or playtime. But what I heard was different. It wasn’t about learning. It […]
As we fight with the, not so shocking reality of over a billion meals wasted daily while millions go hungry, it’s time to acknowledge a critical factor in this crisis: the role of parents in shaping our and their children’s attitudes towards food and waste. Households worldwide wasted over 1 billion meals each day in […]