About BAKE

As part of our mandate, we train bloggers — from new bloggers on how to start, to refresher workshops for experienced creators. We also train on social media and blogging for outside organisations.

We have carried out over 30 trainings in Nairobi covering basics of blogging, advanced blogging, social media tools, monetisation, law and the internet, and online security. We have also held introductory trainings in Nyeri, Kisumu, Bungoma, Makueni, Nakuru, Mombasa, Machakos, and Kiambu counties.

We plan to expand to Kilifi, Eldoret, Embu, Baringo, Kakamega and more — all aimed at enabling youth to create content and build a livelihood through their blogs.

To improve representation outside Nairobi and within tertiary institutions, BAKE has set up regional chapters across Kenya as well as in universities.

Chapters are formed in conjunction with the BAKE national office and local bloggers in each region. They operate independently but with supervision from the national office.

We currently have the Kisumu regional chapter and two university chapters — Daystar University and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT).

We recognise exceptional bloggers through the BAKE Awards — rewarding those who post regularly, produce quality content, and show creativity and innovation.

We have successfully held the awards for over six years since 2012. The inaugural edition had 14 categories; by the 6th edition in 2017 this had grown to 23. Voting takes place on the BAKE Awards site.

iFreedoms Kenya promotes human rights and media rights online through documentation of threats, events, legislation, and important cases — as well as public interest litigation, policy intervention, advocacy, and training.

The programme amplifies citizen journalists on freedom of expression, uses art and culture to promote internet rights (artivism), and documents threats to access, privacy, and security across East Africa. ifree.co.ke

Kenya Monitor is a citizen journalism platform reporting on important stories from all counties in Kenya through bloggers and online content creators.

Born from the realisation that mainstream media doesn't cover all stories — especially human interest — it leverages the growth of internet users and citizen journalists capturing events in real time through mobile phones.

Kenya Monitor accepts stories, images, audio, and video from the public, which are verified and edited before publishing. monitor.co.ke