At 18, Kenyans already know their mobile money matters
By the time they are 18 years old, almost a third of Kenyans already have a mobile money account in their name. But how and…
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A quiet revolution at Well Told Story
After seven years of exciting work as a division of Well Told Story, our consulting team is entering a period of transformative growth. Since 2009,…
Discussing youth radicalisation and migration with African experts
Last month our Head of Media, Julian Macharia, & Senior Technical Advisor, Everlyn Kemunto, were invited by the Hanns Seidel Foundation to attend a round-table discussion in Brussels…
After Action Reviews: the power of the ‘feedback loop’
My favourite kind of meeting is an ‘after action review’. It’s that meeting when you get the team back together again, once the dust has…
‘EMERGENCY SEX’: How Kenyan boys rank their relationships
Cate and Symo have been together for a few months. So far, their relationship has been great and Symo thinks he may have found ‘The One’.…
CAN WE SEE NEW NORMS FORM? New tech means we can not only watch the process but also understand and influence it
Of late, DJB, the main character in Shujaaz Kenya, has been leading a lot of conversations around relationships, sex and protection – and this seems…
SHUJAAZ SOCIAL MEDIA TOP TIPS: how we keep the conversation alive
At Shujaaz, we believe that social media can be used to create social change. Our Theory of Change is that collective discussion leads to collective belief,…
SMS SURVEYS: how we learned to boost our response rate
The average response rate to an SMS survey in both marketing and social research sectors is between 15 and 20%. At Well Told Story we…
Charlie Goes to Rio
When journalist Placid Berci from Brazil’s TV Globo visited Kenya in search of news-worthy sport stories it wasn’t long until he heard about Shujaaz. While Shujaaz is not normally associated strongly with…
BOYS WILL BE BOYS…our intern learns some uncomfortable truths
TRAVEL NOTES: WOTE AND NAIVASHA Have you ever wished for something since you were little and it finally came to happen? Well that is me…
HUSTLES, NETWORKS & KENYA’S LAST MILE: how young entrepreneurs now bring Shujaaz right to the people
Sammy Murimi’s kiosk is his hustle. His hustle is art – he’s a sign writer, a painter for hire, and a boda-boda motorcycle taxi rider…
PLAYER FIRST: true stories from Tanzania
Winnie Nyato, Shujaaz Tz Research Coordinator reads a Shujaaz fan True Story at the Shujaaz360 event in Dar es Salaam, on June 22 The…
#Shujaaz360 shows resourcefulness of Tanzanian youth
Shujaaz Tanzania producer Lucky Komba takes Press questions at the #shujaaz360 launch in Dar es Salaam Half of young people aged 15-24 say they…
Tanzanian youth: There may be money in agriculture, but there is no dignity
In our most recent post on Tanzanian youth we discussed the central role that money plays in the motivations of young people. But it is…
Money matters in Tanzania, yet mobile matters more
When you don’t have much money, you’ve got to make it go further. In Tanzania, half of young people say they don’t have enough…
GROUNDTRUTH: Religious tolerance among young Kenyans in Nairobi and Mombasa – a serious comic
Well Told Story conducted a GroundTruth research study for the Hanns Seidel Foundation, who tasked us to investigate religious intolerance in Mombasa and Nairobi…