I am a Kenyan Journalist, Social Researcher and Media Lecturer. The founder of Diaspora Radio, an online media platform dedicated to: “changing African narratives using a transnational perspective.” https://www.diasporardio.org. In 2019, Diaspora Radio was adapted as a Civil Society Project for the Brandenburg University of Technology- Cottbus (BTU), Intercultural Studies Chair. I hold a doctorate of philosophy (Dr.rer.phil) with a focus on Media , Migration and Development from the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU- Germany). I have a European Union Erasmus Mundus Tripartite Masters in Human Rights Practice - EMHRP-MA
(Roehampton-United Kingdom), (Gothenburg-Sweden) and (Tromso-Norway) Universities. A Communication - Sociology BA degree from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Journalism from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC). I have worked as a Senior Broadcast Journalist in East Africa, specifically,
Kenya (Radio Waumini), Rwanda (Contact FM Radio) and Uganda (Uganda Radio Network), where I also served as a Gender Focal Person for the URN, European Union (EU) led Democratic Government Facility (DGF) project . Internationally, I have contributed articles to Mkenya Ujerumani - a Diasporic Media outlet for Kenyans in Germany and We Will Lead Africa Journal for African innovators based in the USA. I
have published academic papers and presented in international conferences (Tampere (Finland), Berkerly, Princeton, John Hopkins Maryland (USA), UN Center - New York, Tangaza (Kenya), Bonn, Goethe-Frankfurt and Cottbus (Germany). I have also been a Session Chair and Guest in International Conferences ( RAIS, KAAD). I was the Principal Investigator for Daystar University-Kenya Film Commission Research (August, 2020). I am an Alumni of the Katholischer Akademischer Auslander Dienst
(KAAD) -The Catholic Academic Exchange Services (Germany), where I served as the Speaker to its African Parliament. Currently, I sit on the KAAD Scholarship Selection Committee of Kenya. I also serve as the Editorial Secretary to the KAAD, Society of East Africa ( KASEA - Alumni Body). I held the position of Vice Chair to the Europe Chapter of the Diaspora Youth Council (DYC) - of the Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA). I am a Fellow of the African Good Governance Network (AGGN), a DAAD project and served as its Vice Chair between 2017-2018. I received the 2019 African Women in Europe (AWE) Media Award and the 2018 BTU Women Empowerment Award. In 2020, together with partners, founded the Nairobi based Communication Content Network (CCN) , a forum that aims to create linkages between academia and media practice. In CCN, I bring a wealth of knowledge in social research, conferencing, media training and practice.
