Odanga Madung - Data journalist at OdipoDev - Kenya by Dickens Olewe

Ambassador Wu recently sat down with BBC journalist Dickens Olewe for an interview at the embassy in Nairobi. During the interview, they discussed some of the most sensitive issues that confront the China-Kenya relationship today.

Dickens joins Eric to provide a bit of background on how he was able to secure the interview and what he thought of Ambassador Wu’s responses to questions about transparency, racism and whether China is engaging in predatory lending in Africa.

Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst, advocacy strategist and musician. She is currently the Digital Equality Advocacy Manager at the World Wide Web Foundation.

So a couple of weeks ago I tried to bring together three of my favourite Kenyans for a special podcast episode. Well, I managed to get two - Ory Okolloh, a well known commentator on matters Kenya, and Nanjala Nyabola, writer and political analyst. We talked about activism, tech, politics, the media in Africa and much more. It's a really good listen. I also managed to speak to Nanjira Sambuli - my other favourite Kenyan - so watch out for that episode as well.

I reached out to Mutuma to discuss this article. Though they gang up against it, Kenyan media will thrive https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Kenyan-media-will-thrive/440808-5324026-g3p0w8/index.html

Journalist, documentary filmmaker, speaker, and media innovator. Asha is

the Special Projects Editor at Kenya's leading broadcaster; Citizen Television. More about her https://www.ashamwilu.com/

China is Kenya's biggest trading partner but the East African country has been borrowing a lot from the Asian giant to fund its infrastructure projects, this has created a lot of concern that Kenya is borrowing beyond its means. I asked China's Ambassador to Kenya, Wu Peng about the funding for the second phase of the Standard Gauge Railway - China's largest funded project in the country- whose viability is being questioned. The interview also covers debt trap diplomacy, funding for the Lamu coal power plant, trade imbalance and more.

Bonus Episode: Too Early For Birds -Tom Mboya Edition by Dickens Olewe

An expert discussion that addresses the importance of media and communication to development, the roots of the media crisis in developing countries and the impacts on media and society at a country level in the Global South.

Chair: Julie Posetti - Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Speakers:

Dickens Olewe, BBC journalist - JSK Journalism Fellow Stanford University

Mira Milosevic, Director, Global Forum For Media Development

Thomas Hughes, Executive Director, ARTICLE 19

Gwen Lister, Founding Editor, The Namibian

Loic Forget - La Sentinelle in Mauritius - Drone journalism, business model, press freedom by Dickens Olewe