Episode Details

This week we're talking to Joan Musenya about life in Kenya as a young person - from mobile money, to data protection, to government surveillance.

Joan is a member of the Kenyan Community Advisory Team (K-CAT) helping to steer the Digital Health and Rights Project.

Links

- Digital Health and Rights Project report: https://digitalhealthandrights.com/resource-library/report-paying-the-costs-of-connection/

- Find more from Joan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-musenya/

- PI's low cost tech work: https://www.privacyinternational.org/campaigns/privacy-shouldnt-be-luxury

- More about shame based debt collection in Kenya: https://biznakenya.com/digital-lenders-kenya-debt-collection-warning/

- More about what to do if you're experiencing harassment from debt collectors in Kenya: https://dealfish.co.ke/2025/03/mobile-loan-recovery-harassment-in.html

- More about the history of M-Pesa: https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianstadler/2024/06/11/m-pesa-why-the-worlds-first-large-mobile-payment-platform-keeps-on-winning/

- CNN apology to Kenya: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/121633/Latest%20News/cnn-boss-apologizes-to-kenya-over-terrorism-slur

- PI's work on sim card registration: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration