Lilian Kamola Kaivilu

2019 Fellow from Kenya

Lilian Kaivilu is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Nairobi. She is founder and editor of Impacthub Media, a solutions journalism media platform that is committed to telling the stories of people who have made positive changes in Africa. Through Impacthub Media, Lilian has trained girls from informal settlements in Kenya on how to make an impact in their communities through solutions journalism. Lilian previously worked as a writing consultant for the World Bank Group, a reporter for the Global Press Journal, a features writer for People Daily Newspaper-Kenya, a subeditor for Shrend Publishers and Supplies, and an editor for Bridge International Academies. She is also vice president at the Africa Media Network on Health. Lilian is a Bloomberg Media Initiative Fellow, a Safaricom Business Journalism Fellow, and a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow. She graduated with a degree in Journalism from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication and a degree in Linguistics, Media, and Communication from Moi University. She has also completed training in Digital Capacity Building from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

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