Digital Strategist/Media Innovator; President @TAEFeditors; Executive Director @ea_editors; Board @NewHumanitarian; 5th President of @KenyaEditors (2018-2023)
Joined November 2008
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Jun 10
Trust as Currency: Journalism and the Value of Sincerity in the Age of AI asiandispatch.net/trust-as-c…
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Jun 4
UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search theguardian.com/business/202…
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Jun 3
RightsCon: ‘Diplomatic sensitivities’, digital rights in Africa (Part 2) dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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Jun 2
It’s a great opportunity to highlight quality journalism and get resources to report impactful stories. Enter now! @RealAWiM @MorningLiveSABC @SAEditorsForum @UNICEFInnocenti @otienoc
Jun 2
2 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER‼️
Journalists across Africa, the countdown is almost over.
The Isu Elihle Awards 2026 celebrate journalism that shines a light on children's issues with integrity, dignity, and care.
If you have a story idea that can inform, inspire, and create positive change, now is the time to submit your entry and join a growing movement for ethical reporting across the continent.
⏳ Entries close THURSDAY , 4 June 2026 at 23:59 CAT.
Submit your story ideas : ow.ly/mHJz50Z568Z
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May 30
This Daily Maverick piece on the collapse of #RightsCon Zambia is a sobering reminder that Africa’s digital future depends on open civic space. When global conversations on rights and technology are disrupted, the signal sent goes far beyond one event. #RightsCon #DigitalRights
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May 30
Grateful to see Daily Maverick interrogate wider implications of the collapse for media freedom, civil society and digital rights. We must safeguard spaces for open dialogue if Africa is to lead in shaping an inclusive digital future. #MediaFreedom #CivicSpace #InternetGovernance
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As the #ACHPR87OS closes, one message is clear: Africa’s defence of free expression, media freedom and civic space must now fully include digital rights. Online or offline, the right to speak, publish, organise and hold power to account must be protected. #ACHPR #DigitalRights
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As #ACHPR87OS draws to a close, TAEF is building alliances and structures to ensure that freedom of media in Africa is just not about good bytes, but concrete and substantial actions that accrue real benefits to journalists” - TAEF President @OtienoC
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[PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS] Various Special Mechanisms of the Commission engagement with the delegation of Kenya 🇰🇪 following the presentation of its Periodic Report at the #ACHPR87OS.
ICYMI: Watch here: youtube.com/live/F728YlcAO9A…
#StateReporting #AfricanCharter
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May 18
Kenya report currently drawing responses at #ACHPR87OS
Following the presentation of the State Report by the Republic of Kenya, the #ACHPR87OS has now moved into the interactive dialogue segment, featuring questions and observations from the Country Rapporteur Hon. Solomon Dersso and the various Special Mechanisms of the Commission.
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May 10
It’s critical that African media voices are heard at the highest levels of human rights dialogue. Proud to see @TAEFeditors pushing Resolutions 630 & 631 forward in Banjul. Press freedom and digital accountability go hand in hand. 👏
📢 TAEF heads to the 87th Ordinary Session of the @The_ACHPR!
📍 11 – 20 May 2026 in Banjul, The Gambia. Our focus:
🔹State of press freedom
🔹ACHPR Resolutions 630 & 631 on digital accountability
🔹Safeguards against theft of journalistic work by big tech.
#ACHPR #PressFreedom
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Constant vigilance
May 5
In session : Quick fire Voices for Media Freedom .
@CODE_DigiEthics @SAEditorsForum @PressCouncil_SA @Taefeditors @_FreeExpression
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African media boycott Lusaka events after RightsCon fallout | Daily Nation nation.africa/kenya/news/afr…
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May 7
African agency matters!
May 6
Difficult to top the succinctness of The Africa Editors Forum's comment about the cancellation of RightsCon in Lusaka due to China pressuring/bullying Zambia.
"Africa does not need governments that host the world with one hand and silence it with the other."
impact.sn/TAEF-condemns-the-…
@ForumTaef @otienoc
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May 7
Thank you @GabrielMariya for the leadership, and for such a poignant message at the opening of the fourth @africamediaconv #AMC4
May 6
Thank you, #AfricaMediaConvention, for shaping the future of media in #Africa!
From vision to action with @UNESCO & @_AfricanUnion:
• Africa-led digital governance
• Safety of journalists
• Tackling disinformation
• Human-rights approach to #AI
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May 6
Ted Turner, CNN founder who pioneered cable TV news, dies at 87 | CNN cnn.com/2026/05/06/us/ted-tu…
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May 5
Today in Lusaka, I concluded my term as Chair of @africamediaconv Steering Committee. This chapter ends with two milestones: adoption of AMC governance charter and approval that AMC Secretariat be housed within the AUC. The work of strengthening Africa’s media future continues
Lusaka hosts the 4th annual Africa Media Convention this week in celebration of @UNESCO's World Press Freedom Day. This edition, themed 'Shaping a Future at Peace: Towards Safe, Sustainable, and Trusted Journalism,' focuses on building a resilient and independent media ecosystem for Africa's future. #WPFD2026 #AfricaMediaConvention
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