Kontext Media Initiative · Kampala, Uganda
An ecosystem of African stories, voices and vision.
A broadcast studio, a newsroom and a classroom under one roof. We produce African journalism in English and Luganda, rent the facility that makes it, and train the people who will make the next one.
What Kontext does
Three arms, one building. Each one pays for the others.
Broadcast studio
A room where an idea becomes a programme
A fully equipped audio-visual studio with professional recording equipment and immersive green-screen capability. Podcasts, interviews, commercials and video productions, for creators, brands and organisations.
Digital newsroom
Reporting that holds its ground
News, features and interviews published on our YouTube and TikTok channels in English and Luganda — African perspectives on the questions that decide how people live.
Kontext Media Academy
Training the next newsroom
Practical skills, ethical grounding and creative confidence for aspiring and working journalists and creators — taught in the studio, on real productions.
Recent work
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43 Years In Power And Still Going. This is Paul Biya
Cameroon became independent in 1960. Since then it has had two presidents. Paul Biya has been the second one since 6 November…
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What Rwanda Enforces That Uganda Only Announces
On the IMF’s 2026 figures, Uganda’s GDP per capita is $1,476 and Rwanda’s is $1,198. So why does Kigali collect its rubbish,…
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Tanzania Swore In A Vice President Before The Old One Left
His resignation letter said 4 September. The Attorney-General told Parliament he stopped being Vice President on 26 August.
Where we publish
Two languages, because half the audience is not reading English
Every story is made for the platform it lands on and the language its audience thinks in. The same reporting, cut for YouTube and for TikTok, in English and in Luganda.
English
Kontext Africa
Long-form reporting on power and accountability across the continent, plus interviews and features.
Luganda
Kontext mu Luganda
The same stories, reported for the audience they are about, in the language spoken at home.
Reach
Five months old, and already in front of millions
We started publishing in April 2026. These are the figures a sponsor, a commissioning editor or a partner should judge us on — and the date they were counted.
8.88M+
Combined views
Across our YouTube and TikTok channels, English and Luganda.
100K+
Subscribers and followers
The audience that comes back for the next one, not a one-off spike.
Apr 2026
Publishing since
Everything above was built in the first five months of operation.
Figures as at 30 August 2026, combined across YouTube and TikTok. Platform-by-platform breakdown, audience geography and watch time available on request.
Kontext Media Academy
We met talented storytellers with no room to practise. So we built one.
The Academy trains aspiring and working journalists and content creators in the same studio where our own programmes are made — practical skills, ethical grounding, and the creative confidence to work in a media industry that changes every quarter.
Book the studio
Professional production, without building a studio first
Creators, brands and organisations use our floor for podcasts, interviews, commercials and video productions. Come with a script, leave with a finished piece — or bring your own crew and use the room.
- Floor
- Immersive green-screen cyclorama, lit for keying
- Audio
- Professional recording setup for podcasts and interviews
- Formats
- Podcasts · interviews · commercials · video production
- Support
- Camera, lighting and post-production available
Follow the work
New episodes, as they land
Subscribe on YouTube, or get one email when something substantial publishes. No newsletter for its own sake.
Story tips
Something we should be looking at
How to reach us, what we do with what you send, and what we can and cannot promise about your name.
Partnerships
Commission, co-produce, or train with us
An audience of 100K+ across YouTube and TikTok, and a studio that can make the thing as well as carry it.