As part of our mandate, we train bloggers. We train new bloggers on how to blog and we have refresher workshops for older experienced bloggers that help them to blog better. We also train outsiders on social media and blogging.

We have carried out over 30 trainings with bloggers in Nairobi in different areas ranging from the basics of blogging, advanced blogging, use of social media tools, how to make money online, law and the internet as well as online security. We have had introductory trainings in Nyeri, Kisumu, Bungoma, Makueni, Nakuru, Mombasa, Machakos and Kiambu counties.

We also plan to cover other counties such as Kilifi, Eldoret, Embu, Baringo, Kakamega among others. All these trainings are aimed at encouraging youth to create content in their different areas of interest and enable them to be able to make a living through their blogs.

To improve representation outside of Nairobi and in tertiary institutions, BAKE decided to set up regional chapters in Kenya as well as in various institutions of higher learning.

The BAKE chapters are formed in conjunction with the BAKE national office and local bloggers in the respective regions. The chapters operate independently but with supervision from the National office.

We already have one regional chapter which is Kisumu and two University chapters in Daystar University and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DeKUT).

We recognize the efforts of exceptional bloggers through the BAKE Awards. The awards seek to reward bloggers that post on a regular basis, have great and useful content, are creative and innovative. These awards represent BAKE's efforts in the promotion of quality content creation.

We have successfully held the awards for 6 years running since 2012. The inaugural BAKE Awards had 14 categories. The categories have increased every year and the 6th edition which was the held in May 2017 had 23 categories of blogs to award. Voting for the blogs is done on the BAKE Awards site.

iFreedoms Kenya, is a program that promotes human rights and media rights online in Kenya. It does so through documentation of important occurrences (threats, events, legislation, important cases) online and on our annual report, public interest litigation, policy intervention, advocacy and training.

iFreedoms Kenya amplifies the voices of citizen journalists on freedom of expression and engagement, utilize art and culture to promote internet rights (artivism) and continue to document threats to access, privacy and security online in East Africa. ifree.co.ke

Kenya Monitor is a citizen journalism website whose main aim is to report on important stories from all the counties in Kenya through use of bloggers and other online content creators.

There was a realization that mainstream media does not necessarily cover all stories especially those of human interest. The growth of the number of internet users in Kenya has also spurred the rise of citizen journalists who are able to capture events as they happen through their mobile phones.

Kenya Monitor is accepting stories, images, audio and video footage from the public which will then be verified and edited by a team of editors and then published. monitor.co.ke