Kutunga Information

Kutunga is Mtoto News' flagship innovation and capacity-building programme designed to ensure that the next generation of digital products for children are safe, rights-based, and developmentally appropriate. The Challenge Across Africa and the Global South, children are entering digital spaces faster than systems are being built to protect, include, and empower them. While technology races ahead, the expertise to design child-centered digital experiences lags behind—putting millions of young users at risk. Our Solution Kutunga responds to this critical gap by training and supporting software engineers, designers, educators, and youth-facing organizations to create technology that is: ✅ Child-centered ✅ Privacy-preserving ✅ Ethically designed ✅ Grounded in safeguarding and participation ✅ Aligned with UNCRC General Comment No. 25 and Safety-by-Design principles Our Approach We combine practical AI and digital skills with child development, online protection, and participatory design frameworks—ensuring children are not treated as passive users, but as rights-holders and contributors. Through creative labs, toolkits, mentoring, and sandboxed product development, we equip innovators with the knowledge and tools to build responsibly. Our Impact Kutunga is shaping an ecosystem where innovation does not come at the cost of children's dignity, wellbeing, or safety. We're creating a generation of tech professionals who understand that child-centered design isn't optional it's essential. From Africa, For the World We are building the infrastructure for child-safe digital futures,rooted in Global South contexts, informed by lived realities, and designed for global impact.