Brenda Wambui

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Brenda Wambui
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Wambui in 2018
Alma mater Strathmore University
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)political journalist, blogger, podcaster and feminist activist
Websitewww.brendawambui.com

Brenda Wambui is a Kenyan political journalist, blogger, podcaster and feminist activist. She is the co-founder and former CEO of the online media organization Brainstorm Africa and hosted the International Women's Media Foundation funded news podcast Otherwise?

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Education

Wambui studied a bachelors degree at Strathmore University in Kenya. She is studying towards an MSc in Public Policy and Administration at the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom. [1]

Career

Wambui published the weekly blog Brainstorm, [1] [2] with Michael Onsando, which won best political blog at the 2014 Kenyan Blog Awards. [3] She founded the quarterly online feminist journal When Women Speak. [3]

The International Women's Media Foundation's Fund for Women Journalists funded Wambui's weekly current affairs and political podcast Otherwise? [4] She also provided coverage for the 2017 Kenyan general election for the BBC's Kenya Election Watch podcast. [5]

Wambui has served as an advisor at FRIDA's Young Feminist Fund. [1] She founded the online media organization Brainstorm Africa [4] and was CEO between 2013 and 2018. She has been interviewed by Business Daily Africa on the decline of social media advertising revenue in Kenya. [6]

In 2021, Wambui wrote a chapter for the book Pioneers, Rebels and a Few Villains: 150 Years of Journalism in Eastern Africa, which was edited by Charles Onyango-Obbo. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Brenda Wambui". GeDIA Network, Gender-Just Digital Innovation in Africa. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Le Guen, Laila (16 July 2013). "The Beautiful "Country" of Africa". Global Voices. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 Akaki, Lulu (28 May 2014). "When Women Speak; redefining feminism in Kenya". Hapa Kenya. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Brenda Wambui". International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Africa highlights: Thursday 22 June 2017 as it happened". BBC News. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kenyan social media sites fail to secure numbers for adverts". Business Daily. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Maina, Kevin (6 November 2021). "East Africa: 150 Years of Journalism in East Africa - Pioneers Tell Their Tales". Daily Nation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025– via allAfrica.com.
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