Naipanoi Lepapa

2023 AI ACCOUNTABILITY FELLOW

Naipanoi Lepapa is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Lepapa covers human rights, gender, health technology, the environment, and climate change. She specializes in open-source intelligence and cross-border investigations.

She was named Kenya's Journalist of the Year by the Media Council of Kenya at the 2022 Annual Journalism Excellence Awards. 

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