Africa Check — Kenya Office
Source Passport
KE-M-00001-2
Issued and maintained by MJRC
- Legal name
- Africa Check Foundation
- Country
- Kenya
- Type
- Online news
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Alphonce Shiundu (Country manager, Kenya, and regional lead, Eastern Africa)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- 29 March 2025
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
3 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence not disclosed
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix on record, not yet checked
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- Owners not disclosed
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Needs update: last verified on 29 March 2025. Details may have changed since.
Who is it?
Origin
Partly verified
- Brand names
- Not disclosed
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address Pending check
- Ikigai Brookside, The Piano, 171 Brookside Drive, P.O. Box 1222-00606, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
- Public contact email Pending check
- kenya@africacheck.org
3 sources
- Africa Check, 'How we are funded', last updated 7 Jul 2026, read 2026-10-19 (Africa Check Trust, non-profit trust in South Africa, reg. IT000728/2015(C); registered in Kenya as Africa Check Foundation; UK Community Interest Company 08119885 controlled by the trust since 2019; offices in Nigeria and Senegal; funded mainly by grants from foundations and trusts, International Press Institute sole funder at the 2012 launch; aim that no donor has controlling influence)
- Africa Check, 'Who we are', read 2026-10-19 (founded 2012 in South Africa; offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos; Alphonce Shiundu, Country manager Kenya and regional lead Eastern Africa; Makinia Juma, Kenya deputy editor; executive director Noko Makgato; social accounts)
- Africa Check, 'Get in touch', read 2026-10-19 (general email info@africacheck.org; Kenya office kenya@africacheck.org, Ikigai Brookside, The Piano, 171 Brookside Drive, P.O. Box 1222-00606, Westlands, Nairobi)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence
- Not disclosed
- Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- Africa Check Trust (Africa Check), non-profit trust, South Africa, reg. IT000728/2015(C)
2 sources
- Africa Check, 'How we are funded', last updated 7 Jul 2026, read 2026-10-19 (Africa Check Trust, non-profit trust in South Africa, reg. IT000728/2015(C); registered in Kenya as Africa Check Foundation; UK Community Interest Company 08119885 controlled by the trust since 2019; offices in Nigeria and Senegal; funded mainly by grants from foundations and trusts, International Press Institute sole funder at the 2012 launch; aim that no donor has controlling influence)
- Africa Check, 'Who we are', read 2026-10-19 (founded 2012 in South Africa; offices in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos; Alphonce Shiundu, Country manager Kenya and regional lead Eastern Africa; Makinia Juma, Kenya deputy editor; executive director Noko Makgato; social accounts)
Who pays?
Money
Not yet verified
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders Pending check
Funder Type Note International Press Institute Other sole funder at the 2012 launch (historical) Foundations and trusts (not named on the page) Foundation main source of income
Where does it appear?
Channels
Partly verified
- Official websites Verified
- Official social accounts Pending check
Platform Link Facebook facebook.com/AfricaCheck X twitter.com/africacheck Instagram instagram.com/africacheck TikTok tiktok.com/@africacheck
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 October 2026 | Updated from research database (Origin, Control, Money, Channels) |
| 1 | 19 October 2026 | First published |
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