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We’ve just released a research into Kenya’s Creator Economy. Here's what the data says about who's actually making money, which platforms are paying off, and where the big opportunity still lies

August 10th, 2026, marks one year until Kenya's highly anticipated 2027 general election. In partnership with @AmnestyKenya, we have been documenting data on protests, which arguably is the biggest shaper of next year's election. For the full report: freedomindex.odipodev.com
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We've just published research into Kenya's Creator Economy. Here's what the data says about who's actually making money, which platforms are paying off, and where the big opportunity still lies.

We are releasing the latest Femicide Report today, marking the third consecutive year of publishing this data. We’ve combed through 10 years of court and media records to document more than 1,060 women killed, assess how the justice system has responded, and build Kenya’s most comprehensive observatory on femicide.

Between 2016 and 2025, at least 1,069 women were killed, including 102 deaths in 2025 alone. Most victims were women aged 18 to 35, killed by husbands, boyfriends, or other family members, most often at home. The methods, stabbing, strangulation, and blunt force, point to intimate, face to face violence.

Justice remains slow and uneven. Case timelines vary sharply by county, often taking four to seven years to conclude. When convictions occur, husbands receive the shortest sentences on average. Overall, sentencing lengths continue to decline, and fewer than 10% of cases filed since 2016 have reached judgment.

At the same time, violence is evolving, with digital platforms increasingly used to groom and exploit women, while cultural norms continue to shield perpetrators.

Counting the Cost: A Decade of Femicide in Kenya is a collaborative project by Odipo Dev, @AfUncensored, and @Africa_DataHub

Here's the data...

Last year, Kenyans marched in the streets declaring themselves tribeless hoping to break the generational curse of tribalism. But a year later, the data tells a harder truth: we’ve grown even more tribal online.

Teaming up with @TribelessYouth, we analyzed over 6 million X posts from January 2024 to October 2025. The findings reveal a stark contrast between that aspiration and the persistence of the old disease of tribalism.

Here’s what we found 🧵👇