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The Dickens Olewe podcast
Dickens Olewe is a Kenyan journalist currently working for the BBC in London. He was a 2015 John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University. The fellowship focusses on innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership in journalism. He was the founding digital content manager at the Star newspap...
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61 episodiWhat is journalism for?
As I prepare to step back from frontline reporting, I wanted to share this conversation I had with my friend Frenny Jowi about journalism and why I be...
Presentation: Will Solo journalists save the news?
The Africa Journalism and Media Summit is an annual congregation of stakeholders from the media, academia, government, civil society and business orga...
Episode 4/4: The way forward
Discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at Aga Khan Univers...
Episode 3/4: What’s impacting the quality of journalism in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Quality journalism is positively related to innovation – meaning that media houses that invest in quality journalism seem to be more innovative and vi...
Episode 2/4: Business models and navigating crises
Media houses were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic, with only about 50% having broken even or made a profit in 2019.
The pandemic...
Episode 1/4: The state of the news media in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Listen to this discussion focussed on a comprehensive research about media viability in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania by the Media Innovation Centre at A...
Natasha Kimani - Research and Media Program Lead Africa No Filter
The latest report by Africa No Filter investigates news and content about business in Africa and the impact of perceptions about Africa as a business...
Democracy & Media series: Episode 10 - Dube Divine - CEO The Citizen Bulletin
Dube Divine CEO is the CEO of The Citizen Bulletin
He's an alumnus of the JSK Fellowship at Stanford University.
Relevant links: https://...
Democracy & Media series. Episode 9: Sipho Kings - Editorial Director at The Continent
Sipho Kings is the Editorial Director at The Continent
Twitter:@SiphoKings
@thecontinent_
Democracy & Media series. Episode 8: Laura Miti - Executive Director Alliance for Community Action
Democracy & Media series. Episode 8: Laura Miti - Executive Director Alliance for Community Action by Dickens Olewe
Democracy & Media series: Episode 7 - Odanga Madung - Mozilla fellow
Odanga Madung is a Mozilla Fellow, he is the co-founder of Odipo Dev, a data Consultancy in Nairobi. He researches the impact the internet in having i...
Democracy & Media series: Episode 6 - Lamin Cham - Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper
Editor of The Gambia's Standard newspaper
Relevant links: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45917294
Democracy & Media series: Episode 5 - Moudwe Daga - PhD Soas University
Moudwe Daga is researching Recognition Theory/Frantz Fanon & Race in IR Theory/Statehood in Central Africa/Chad at SOAS University of London
Democracy & Media series: Episode 4 - Sekou Owino - Head of Legal NMG
Sekou Owino is the Head of Legal & Training at Nation Media Group Limited in Kenya
Relevant links:
Judiciary and informed citizenry the v...
Democracy & Media series. Episode 3: Joseph Asunka - CEO Afrobarometer
Joseph Asunka is the CEO of Afrobarometer, starting his term from April 2021.
Twitter: @joeasunka
Relevant links: Democracy in Africa: De...
Democracy & Media series. Episode 2: Roselyn Akombe - UNDP Africa
Dr. Roselyn Akombe is the Governance and Peacebuilding Regional Coordinator at UNDP's Regional Service Centre for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, wit...
Democracy & Media series. Episode 1: Moky Makura -Executive Director of Africa No Filter
Moky Makura is the Executive Director of Africa No Filter. She was born in Nigeria, educated in England and has lived in London, Johannesburg and Lago...
Kennedy Wandera - Reporting Covid & launching foreign press association
Chair, FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, AFRICA
“Fake News” and Cyber-Propaganda in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dominant narratives about the contemporary problem of “fake news” and cyber-propaganda have focused on how its evolution and manifestation has been cl...
'Travelling While Black' a conversation with Nanjala Nyabola
'Travelling While Black' with Nanjala Nyabola. A conversation hosted by
Housmans bookshop
Africa's lows and highs in 2020 & the promise of the new year
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also been some d...
Interview: Covering Africa Constructively
I was interviewed as part of Constructive Institute's 24-hours Future of Journalism Conference.
Africa Rising? Africa Hopeless? No, Africa Bein...
Nelson Kwaje: Defy Hate Now - South Sudan
Nelson is the Director of Programmes at #DefyHateNow. More about him here https://defyhatenow.org/our-team/#kenya
Akinyi Ochieng: Towards An Anti-Racist Workplace
Akinyi Ochieng is a writer and marketer working in the tech and financial services industries. She is based in New York. More here www.akinyiochieng.c...
Dr Richard Ayah: Public Health in times of Covid-19
Dr Richard Ayah: Public Health in times of Covid-19 by Dickens Olewe
Simon Allison - Mail & Guardian South Africa: Reporting Covid-19 & publishing on WhatsApp
Simon Allison - Mail & Guardian South Africa: Reporting Covid-19 & publishing on WhatsApp by Dickens Olewe
Verah Okeyo & Esther Nakkazi: Reporting Covid-19 in Kenya and Uganda
Verah Okeyo & Esther Nakkazi: Reporting Covid-19 in Kenya and Uganda by Dickens Olewe
Alphonce Shiundu- Africa Check: Coronavirus and misinformation in Africa
"#Africa🌍has more than 600 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in 34 countries, compared with 147 cases one week ago. While Africa can learn from the experie...
Lydia Matata - Independent Filmmaker, writer and journalist - Kenya
Lydia Matata is a Kenyan filmmaker and independent journalist.
Frenny Jowi - Journalist & Media consultant - Kenya
She’s a multimedia journalist and trainer who spent four years with the BBC and currently is a media consultant. She has been nominated for 3 Annual J...
Odanga Madung - Data journalist at OdipoDev - Kenya
Odanga Madung - Data journalist at OdipoDev - Kenya by Dickens Olewe
Guest appearance - China in Africa podcast
Ambassador Wu recently sat down with BBC journalist Dickens Olewe for an interview at the embassy in Nairobi. During the interview, they discussed som...
Special podcast episode: Nanjira Sambuli -World Wide Web Foundation
Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist and musician. She is currently the Digital Equality Advocacy Manag...
Special podcast episode: Ory Okolloh and Nanjala Nyabola
So a couple of weeks ago I tried to bring together three of my favourite Kenyans for a special podcast episode. Well, I managed to get two - Ory Okoll...
Mutuma Mathiu - Group Editorial Director - Nation Media Group in Kenya
I reached out to Mutuma to discuss this article. Though they gang up against it, Kenyan media will thrive https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Kenya...
Asha Mwilu - Special Projects Editor at Citizen TV in Kenya
Journalist, documentary filmmaker, speaker, and media innovator. Asha is
the Special Projects Editor at Kenya's leading broadcaster; Citizen Tel...
Interview with China's ambassador to Kenya
China is Kenya's biggest trading partner but the East African country has been borrowing a lot from the Asian giant to fund its infrastructure project...
Bonus Episode: Too Early For Birds -Tom Mboya Edition
Bonus Episode: Too Early For Birds -Tom Mboya Edition by Dickens Olewe
Dickens Olewe - Panel at Global Defence of Media Freedom conference in London
An expert discussion that addresses the importance of media and communication to development, the roots of the media crisis in developing countries an...
Loic Forget - La Sentinelle in Mauritius - Drone journalism, business model, press freedom
Loic Forget - La Sentinelle in Mauritius - Drone journalism, business model, press freedom by Dickens Olewe