Grants & Funding
2022: Research Grant, Melon Foundation and Scholars at Risk (SAR), to investigate Academic Freedom in Kenya and Zimbabwe. USD 8000. [Awarded together with Dr. Last Alfandika, Great Zimbabwe University]
2022: Research Grant, by University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Climate or Consumption? Youth Aspiration, Anxiety and Activism in Kenya and South Africa. ZAR 300,000. [Awarded Jointly with Prof. Mehita Iqani, Stellenbosch University].
2022 : Research Grant, by Africa No Filter (ANF) and Meta. The State of Immersion: Exploring the Utility of VR, AR, and XR in (Re)creating African Image. USD 5000. [Awarded jointly with, Associate Prof. Lusike Mukhongo, Western Michigan University, USA and Assistant Prof. David K. Cheruiyot, University of Groningen, Netherlands]
2022: Research Grant, Regis University. Dynamics of Media Literacy in Kenya. USD5000 [Awarded jointly with Prof. Meghan Sobel Cohen, Regis University, United States
2022: Research Grant, Bringing Research Home: British Institute for East Africa (BIEA) Dissemination Grant. Disseminating PhD findings. GBP 2,500.
2020: Research Grant: Digital Identity Research Fellowship 2020 . USD 2000. Omidyar Network in collaboration with Centre for African Affairs and Conflict Research (CAACOR. Research title: Silicon Savannah or Digitizing Marginalization? A critical Analysis of Kenya’s Government Digitization Projects)
2018: Research Grant, by Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research – For the African Digital Humanities Project. ZAR R20,000. NVIVO Training; Towards Digitization of Qualitative Research
2017: Fieldwork Research Grant for Doctoral studies by Institut Francais de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA-French Institute for Research in Africa – Nairobi. Euros 1000
2016: PhD Proposal Development Research Grant (2016): Next-Generation of Social Science Research Fellowship in Africa, a program of Social Science Research Council. USD3000