Posts by Nelly Rupande

The African animation industry has slowly been gaining traction and recognition not just within the continent but globally as well. For a long time, when the subject of African animation came up, we mostly would think back to animal cartoons in a jungle and of course featuring the classic king of the jungle tale.  Things are…

 This year’s theme for the Day of the African child is “accelerating the implementation of Agenda 2040 for an Africa fit for children” It has been a little over a year since we first hit the Kenyan airwaves. We were and still are doing something that has never been done before here in Kenya. Being…

While the edutainment industry continues to grow and gain momentum in Kenya and Africa at large, it still grapples with a number of challenges. Among them, the lack of access and affordability in low income households. Kenya has a little over 20 million children under the age of 14 years. These are young minds with great…

‘There is virtue in work and there is a virtue in rest. Use both, overlook none.’ Alan Cohen In the recent past we have adopted a culture that glorifies a life that is characterized by very late nights and extremely early mornings. While working hard and being productive are all good traits, they should not…

At one point or another we have suffered the effects of incivility at work, some of us have had it so rough to a point where we chose to resign for the sake of our mental health.  Kindness is not a very common practice in the corporate world. For the most part, it is associated…

The events that have taken place in the past one year have made us rethink our way of living and the sustainability as well as flexibility of systems that we have created over the years. The pandemic saw schools here in Kenya close for over 10months; a move that the entire country was not prepared…