About Africa InSight
A 12-year journey
Africa Insight grew from a small, Kenya-based news and communications-focused company registered in 2012 to the largest single provider of original pan-African TV shows for Kwese TV, a multi-billion dollar Multichoice competitor started by Strive Masiyiwa. Our shows, like BAQE (African basketball), Ball'n Africa, Xtreme Outdoors Africa and SHiFT Africa screened on multiple TV channels and airlines. SABC, CGTN and many others subscribed to our news agency offering, Africa Today (2013-2018).
In 2019, we downscaled and refocused. In 2021 we returned to our news roots with bird story agency, and have since grown our content strategy, news gathering and communications capacity. Through bird and together with the Thomson Foundation, EDC and others, we are also training a new generation of African content creators to help build an exciting - and responsible - content environment.
Connecting a Continent
We started Africa InSight to become part of a thriving African media ecosystem... with dreams of connecting a continent.
We're committed to that dream.
Here, you'll find details of our current team as well as our alumni and the many, many people who have interned or worked with us since we first opened our doors in 2013.
Photo: Some of the AIC Crew, outside our Nairobi offices in 2014
Our story has been one of constant learning, very hard work, and loads of fun.
From our base in Nairobi we have covered the continent and today we are largely cloud-based, with team members scattered far and wide, working virtually to achieve our goals.