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Ideas that get seen
Guides and results on AI video and image marketing for Kenyan businesses.
Ideas & vision
The return of the local: why AI could make advertising more African, not less
The fear is that AI will flatten culture into one global style. In African advertising, the opposite could happen, if African businesses use these tools on their own terms.
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno
Ideas & vision
From jua kali to global brand: a thought experiment
What would it take for a small Kenyan workshop to become a brand known far beyond Kenya? Less than it once did, and the ingredients are mostly not technology.
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno
Ideas & vision
When ads speak Africa's two thousand languages
Africa has more than two thousand languages, and most advertising uses a handful. AI could change that, if the languages are treated with the respect they deserve.
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno
Ideas & vision
The new apprenticeship: AI tools and Africa's informal sector
Africa's informal sector has always learned by apprenticeship. AI tools could become a new kind of master, if they are designed for how informal businesses actually work.
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno
Ideas & vision
The village as a market: AI video and the rural economy
Most AI conversations happen in cities. But much of Africa's economy is rural, and rural businesses may have the most to gain from tools that help them be seen.
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno
Ideas & vision
Africa 2035: when every business has a film studio in its pocket
A thought experiment: what happens to African commerce when making a professional video ad costs about as much as a cup of tea, and takes a few minutes?
19 Oct 2026 · Chrisphine Otieno