Stories from the Hearth

Interview With:

Okong’o Kinyanjui

Founder and Executive Director, Queer African Network
🌍 Nairobi, Kenya

In this interview, meet Okong’o Kinyanjui, Founder and Executive Director of the Queer African Network, as he shares how wellbeing inspires welldoing in his work to support the queer Pan-African community. Okong’o joined the first regional Hearth Summit in Nairobi to discover intergenerational wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion.

The Queer African Network is the only social and professional mobile application currently in existence that is built by and for LGBT+ people of African heritage to safely form meaningful connections, access opportunities, fundraise, and find life-saving information. QAN currently serves 2000+ members from 18+ countries. Our goal is to be the most secure primary mobile application used for resource sharing and mobilization on LGBT + needs across the African continent.

Watch the interview below. Please be advised this interview features references to trauma, suicide, and self-harm.