About Fica News
Fica News is a bilingual (English and Chinese) news service reporting daily from Nairobi on Kenya, Africa and China–Africa relations. Every story has an English and a Chinese version that state the same facts and figures; AI helps draft and translate them, and an editor reviews every story before it goes out (see our editorial policy).
Who we are
Fica News is owned and run by Fica Vision Ltd, a Nairobi documentary and film studio with a long record of filming in Kenya and East Africa. Fica News is registered with the Media Council of Kenya (registration No. MCKMH1808) and follows its Code of Conduct for the Practice of Journalism.
Editor: Fengyan Du. Every story is approved by the editor before it is published.
What we cover
- Kenya: politics, the economy, society and daily life.
- China–Africa: trade, infrastructure and people-to-people ties between China and Kenya, and Africa.
- Chinese in Africa: the Chinese community, Chinese companies and embassy advice.
- Africa (Chinese edition only): the big stories from the rest of the continent, and events involving Chinese nationals or firms.
- Business and tech: markets, investment, the business climate, fintech and telecoms, and policies that affect people working in East Africa.
- Education and science: Kenya's schools, exams and policy; research news and explainers.
- Culture, travel and sports: art, film, music and heritage with a guide to arts and culture events in Nairobi and East Africa; travel and the tourism trade; Kenyan and East African sport.
How we work
How we report, which sources we rely on and how we use AI tools are set out in our editorial policy; what we do when we get something wrong is in our corrections policy.
Contact
- Newsroom: [email protected]
- News tips: send us a tip (you can stay anonymous)
- Corrections and complaints: email [email protected] with “Correction” in the subject
- Company: Fica Vision Ltd
- Address: Jacaranda House, No. 22 Kuja Road, off Marula Lane, Karen, Nairobi, Kenya