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Doreen Wainainah
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Managing Editor, PesaCheck
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Health & Agriculture.Science
business, finances
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By Alphonce Shiundu Verified, Doreen Wainainah Verified| Daily Nation Verified As Kenya hurtles towards the next general election on August 9, 2022, there is growing concern about the proliferation of digital influence operations polluting the electoral information ecosystem. The worry comes against the backdrop of multiple digital investigations into social media platforms that revealed that politicians in Kenya had found a way to hire hordes of jobless young people with an online following to manipulate the algorithms to sway public opinion.
By Doreen Wainainah Verified| Business Daily Africa Verified CompaniesNigerian firm buys tech incubator iHubThursday September 26 2019The iHub was founded in 2010 by Erik Hersman. FILE PHOTO | NMG By DOREEN WAINAINAHMore by this Author SummaryThis is the second change of ownership for iHub which was in 2017 acquired by venture capital firm BSP Fund LLC. Kenyan technology incubator iHub has been acquired by a Nigerian tech innovation centre CcHub for an undisclosed sum.
By Alphonce Shiundu Verified, Doreen Wainainah Verified| Daily Nation Verified As Kenya hurtles towards the next general election on August 9, 2022, there is growing concern about the proliferation of digital influence operations polluting the electoral information ecosystem. The worry comes against the backdrop of multiple digital investigations into social media platforms that revealed that politicians in Kenya had found a way to hire hordes of jobless young people with an online following to manipulate the algorithms to sway public opinion.
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PesaCheck
Citizens need accurate information to make sound decisions. PesaCheck is Africa’s largest indigenous fact-checking organisation, debunking misleading claims and deciphering the often confusing numbers quoted by public figures in 16 African countries.
Kenya, Kenya
+254 727 588456
Founded: 2016