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The popular TV show that's changing farming in Kenya
It's lively, fun and intensely practical: For more than a decade, the pioneering TV series Shamba Shape Up has …
Pimp My Farm
A reality TV show in Kenya not only changes the crops of participating farmers, but also the lives of …
Edutainment Model Shakes Up—and “Shapes Up”—International Development Communications
As part of the WomenConnect Challenge (WCC) grant we were able to further integrate gender, financial, and digital inclusion …
The Mediae Company -2023 Q1 Newsletter
As we begin a new year, we remain firmly committed to our mission of creating, designing and producing media …
The Mediae Company - 2022 Quarterly Newsletter (Third)
This has been a very exciting quarter for us as we continue to expand into new territories with our …
Zambia's first farming reality TV show launched by national broadcaster
The combined impacts of climate change, rising populations, scarce resources, and growing demand for food are undermining economic development …
Mediae Company Ltd Shamba Shape Up: the farm make-over show
Millions of farmers in low-resource settings could benefit from information about farming techniques that will help them improve yields, …
The Mediae Company - Quarterly Newsletter (Second)
An overview of what we’ve got planned for the second quarter of 2022
The Mediae Company - Quarterly Newsletter (First)
An overview of what we’ve got planned for the first quarter of 2022
Mediae takes season two of Mpeke Town into Uganda on Bukedde TV in English and Luganda – Changing farmers’ lives through edutainment
Edutainment pioneer Mediae has created several reality formats to address issues experienced by farmers in a number of East …
Watch: Communication is key in creating equitable food systems
Who’s missing at dinner: Bringing farmers into the conversation on food systems through inclusive communication platforms, was set up …
PlantVillage team lauded for projects to protect food supply amid COVID, locusts
Praise for the PlantVillage App which has been launched to help farmers diagnose crop dieases andmonitor pests
Meet our farmers
80% of the population in lower-income countries rely on food grown by smallholder farmers. In Kenya, agriculture is the …
Kalasha lifetime achievement award
David Campbell lifetime achievement award at Kalasha award 2020
Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
Join us for the fourth episode of our Join us for the fourth episode of our #digital discussion series …
Reality tv show puts Kenyan farmers in focus
Patricia Gichinga leads production on 'Shamba Shape-Up', an agricultural reality makeover on smallholder farms in Kenya and Tanzania. The …
In Kenya, the gardener gets an answer from Whatsapp, which now also collects information about rainfall
The new game aims to help farmers adapt to the increasingly irregular rainfall in Kenya
Guess the rain: Kenya gamifies climate change to help farmers
Kenya is gamifying climate change - challenging farmers to guess the rain in a bid to reach a remote …
Kenya Reality Show Encourages Young People to Become Farmers
In Kenya, many young people from rural areas are migrating to cities in search of new opportunities. Many of …
Africa reality show draws youth to farming
Former reality show contestant Leah Wangari shows cabbages at an agricultural training farm in Limuru, near the capital Nairobi, …
Correction: Kenya-Reality Show-Farming story
An unusual new reality TV show, backed by the U.S. government, trains contestants from Kenya and Tanzania and gives …
BBC World News: Africa's Population Explosion
TV documentary on 26th Aug 2017, includes ICRISAT's research on smart food in Kenya.
World Women Banking
How a Popular TV Show Shifted Social Norms Around Women’s Banking Habits in Kenya.
The East AfricanMagazine TV show to promote farming as ‘cool’ for youth
Four young farmers, two each from Kenya and Tanzania, are part of the first agriculture reality TV show, Don't …
Makutano Junction: A Village Soap Opera for Kenyan TV
Makutano Junction is an ‘edutainment’ soap opera made for local TV stations in Kenya and other East African countries. …
Mediae makes farming tips irresistible for Kenyan farmers
TV company makes reality show called Shamba Shape Up along the lines of The Archers for an east African …