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Welcome to another episode of the MoJo Futures podcast. Our guest this week is Dickson Ojakol from Banda community. Disckson tells us about his experience as a mobile journalist and how he has used it to advocate for change in Banda community. Dickson, despite facing challenges, the worst among them being
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Mobile Journalism Africa in partnership with Mobile Film Festival Africa wishes to announce that the deadline for the call for films to Mobile Film Festival Africa has been extended to July 7, 2020. The ongoing call encourages those who reside in Africa to submit One 1-minute film shot on mobile and
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As cases of coronavirus continue to rise, the government has been urging citizens to take the directives issued seriously to ease the fight against the pandemic. However, it has been business as usual in some areas, especially the informal settlements, where people find themselves in dilemma. It is not out
Read MoreThe youth in Dandora have been for six years now, under an umbrella body dubbed Dandora Transformation League (DTL), transforming neglected public spaces. This transformation is driven by the need to change the mind-sets of the youths in and out of Dandora. Known for its gigantic mountain of a dumpsite and
Read MoreWhile many have seen a man in deplorable state filmed in Wangige, Potash Charles Matathia, a co-script writer of the 2012 film "Nairobi Half Life" sees in himself a man on the path of reclaiming his place. Our interview with the once renowned writer, whose video a couple of days
Read MoreWe met him during the United Nations Development Program Consultative forum. Stephen Muchiri, is an innovator who has developed an auto Alco blow that will detect and monitor drunk driving. “The device will give the drunk driver a warning of five minutes to park the car. If the driver fails to
Read MoreMoi University administration has finally realized that students’ stay away from campus for long is not good, God knows for what. The students have been asked to sign some document that reminds one of the ‘return to work’ formula that teachers normally beg to sign after the government has frustrated
Read MoreMobile Journalism Africa in partnership with CDI Gadgets on 4th September, 2019 trained mobile film makers on behalf of Kenya Film Commission at CITAM Valley Road Church. The workshop which was dubbed ‘Post Mobile Phone Film Competition Workshop’, came after the Mobile Film Competition that was finalized at a dinner
Read MoreWilson Cheruiyot Tanui, a village elder of Chumaiyot which has 400 residents, blamed the confusion on the government. “We bought the lands from the Maasai. Before we did that, it was government officials who helped us inspect the lands and approve as fit for purchase. The government through its National Lands
Read MoreBy half past three, Richard Kirinyet, a resident of Sierra Leone was demolishing the second wall of his house. Bitterness was written all over his face. Tears began to well his eyes when he recalled how he was evicted during the first phase before the police took over his piece
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