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Media & Podcasts

A collection of podcast conversations, broadcast interviews, press features, and media coverage on Kathleen Siminyu’s work in African language AI, digital equity, and community building.

Podcasts & Radio Appearances

Practical AI: African Language NLP and Kiswahili Voice Datasets

The Changelog Network (Episode 167)
Kathleen joins Chris Benson and Daniel Whitenack to discuss the creation of open voice datasets for low-resourced African languages, the mechanics of Kiswahili speech recognition, and building language tools that serve real communities in agriculture and finance.
Listen to Episode 167 on Changelog

IRL: Online Life is Real Life — "Lend Me Your Voice"

Mozilla Foundation (Season 7, Episode 4)
Examining why voice technologies fail non-Western accents and indigenous languages, and how the Kiswahili Common Voice community in Kenya and East Africa is building an open, accent-inclusive dataset.
Watch / Listen on YouTube

Worldbeat with George Collins

Left Ungagged Radio
An in-depth exploration of voice AI, digital representation, and technological sovereignty across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Listen at Left Ungagged

Radio Kaya: Mahojiano Maalum ya Kiswahili

Radio Kaya News Broadcast
Mahojiano maalum kuhusu maendeleo ya kiteknolojia, Akili Mnemba (Artificial Intelligence), na umuhimu wa kutumia lugha ya Kiswahili katika mifumo ya kidijitali.
Tazama / Sikiliza Video ya Mahojiano

Press Features & In-Depth Profiles

  • The Star Kenya (2024): Three Kenyans Honoured for Contribution to AI Development — Covering international recognition for contributions to global AI governance and African language tech. (Read Article)
  • HapaKenya (2022): Kathleen Siminyu on What It Takes to Become a Data Scientist — In-depth interview on career transitions, self-learning, and community empowerment. (Read Article)
  • FemmeHub (2022): A Kiswahili Machine Learning Fellow on the Need for Internet Access and Linguistic Equity — Exploring how digital exclusion compounds linguistic bias. (Read Article)
  • Montreal AI Ethics Institute (2021): How Kathleen Siminyu Created Kenya’s Go-To Space for Women in Machine Learning — Tracing the origins of Nairobi WiMLDS. (Read Article)
  • AI4D Africa (2020): Meet Kathleen Siminyu: One of Africa’s Next-Generation AI Leaders — Profiling the launch of the African Language Fellowship program. (Read Article)
  • MIT Science Policy Review (2022): Expert Perspective on African Technology Policy and AI Governance. (Read Article)

Media Inquiries

For press interviews, podcast invitations, or expert commentary on African AI policy and language technologies, please email kathleensiminyu@gmail.com.