Well Told Story is a communications research and production company active in Kenya and Tanzania and based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is best known as the producer of the multimedia youth communications platform Shujaaz.
Well Told Story has received several international media awards for innovation in multimedia storytelling including two International Emmy Awards in 2012The Hollywood Reporter. , The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, 1 April 2012. Retrieved on 10 August 2014. and 2014Harrison, Chris. , "The Star", Nairobi, 11 June 2014. Retrieved on 10 August 2014. and a One World Media Award in 2011One World Media. . for Shujaaz, as well as an International Emmy Award NominationInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The International Emmy Awards, Cannes, April 2013. Retrieved on 10 August 2014. and a One World Media AwardOne World Media. . in 2013 for "JongoLove", a story told in Kenya across FM radio, YouTube, SMS and Facebook.
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Article in Kenya's The Star newspaper Shujaaz youth engagement wins Emmy The International Emmy Awards Partner organisation Twaweza partner programme Article in The Economist: Kenya and Charles Dickens Article on the UK's Department for International Development website Artcicle in The New Republic website Kenyan Comic Book Transforming Education Article in The Guardian Kenya's youth encouraged to aspire by DJB and the Shujaaz.fm comic book