Fostering An Africa That Is Fit For Children.
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…
Read MoreHow Is Akili Network Bridging The Socio-Economic Gap In Edutainment?
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…
Read MoreHow To Identify A Burn-Out And What To Do Next
‘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…
Read MoreHow We Keep Our Creative Juices Flowing At Akili Network!
Have you ever been in a situation at work where you were constantly demotivated and uninspired to get anything done? Did it get to a point where work began to feel boring and mundane, whereby exciting activities like content creation that gave you joy before now just felt meh! And tasks that would normally take…
Read MoreKindness At Work: Why It Matters
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…
Read MoreThe Future Of Edutainment
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…
Read MoreWhy You Should Advertise on Akili Kids!
Akili Kids! Approach to Programming During School Break
The school holidays offer a good reason to cosy up with family to enjoy holiday favourites on TV. This April holiday, our plan was to make this school break the most memorable for our kids by positioning Akili Kids! as the only channel that they could possibly engage with and leave feeling like they had…
Read MoreN*GEN Comes to Akili Kids!
Akili Network, creators of Akili Kids!, Kenya’s first and only dedicated free-to-air children’s TV channel, and Peripheral Vision International, an award-winning media NGO, have signed a partnership deal to bring N*GEN, a new children’s program produced in East Africa. N*GEN promotes a culture of curiosity, discovery and fun for 7 to 12-year-old children. Peripheral…
Read MoreA First in Kenya, TV Content For Deaf Children
With young sign language interpreters, Akili Kids! brings Kenya’s most loved animated series to Deaf children for the first time. Akili Network is proud to present ‘Our Time to Sign’, an initiative to make a portion of the content on Akili Kids! accessible to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Launched on September…
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