Build Child centric solution for children
Understanding Childhood & Child Development
Objectives
- To explore childhood across cultural, historical, and technological contexts.
- To analyse theories of child development and their application today.
- To understand the significance of play and learning in child development.
Emerging Trends in Digital Safety
Objectives
- To identify new and emerging trends in digital safety for children.
- To analyse the implications of emerging technologies on child safety.
- To develop strategies for proactive digital safety measures.
AI & Children in the Global South
objectives
- To explore the impact of AI on children’s safety.
- To identify and analyse AI regulations and ethical considerations related to children.
- To design AI solutions and tools tailored to the needs of children in the Global South
Designing for Children
Objectives
- To introduce human-centred, child-centred, and safety-by-design approaches.
- To develop best practices in designing safe and engaging technology for children.
- To integrate participatory design processes involving children.
Cultural Sensitivity and Contextual Design
Objectives
- To understand the importance of cultural sensitivity in designing for children.
- To learn how to adapt technology to different cultural contexts.
- To promote inclusivity in design practices.
Working with Children
objectives
- To promote meaningful engagement with children.
- To differentiate between tokenism and meaningful participation.
- To highlight the importance of safeguarding.
Data Privacy, Protection, and Ethical Use of Children’s Information
Objectives
- To understand global and regional data protection laws related to children.
- To explore ethical considerations in handling children’s data.
- To analyse the role of privacy in safeguarding children’s digital rights.
Self-Care & Mental Wellbeing - Taking Care of Ourselves (Wounded soldiers wound others)
Objectives
- To recognise the emotional challenges of working with children.
- To foster self-care strategies for professionals.
- To prevent burnout and compassion fatigue.
Training we offer
Why choose us
At Kutunga Design Academy & Innovation Lab, we don’t just empowe, we transform. Our work is rooted in Africa‑led, child‑centred design, ensuring that every solution we build directly advances children’s rights, safety, and wellbeing in the ever evolving digital age. Choosing Kutunga means being part of a movement that is reshaping technology with equity, cultural sensitivity, and ethical governance at its core.
Our training programs have empowered innovators to design child‑centric tech solutions that are already influencing policy, safeguarding pathways, and community practices across Africa.
Our facilitators include leading voices in child rights, digital safety, and AIfro. From global researchers to African practitioners who understand the realities on the ground.
We integrate ecological child development theory, data governance, and Ubuntu‑centred design principles, ensuring that solutions are not only technically sound but socially transformative.
Kutunga is embedded in international networks while remaining firmly anchored in African contexts. This dual positioning gives our partners credibility with funders and policymakers, while ensuring solutions truly serve children here.
We challenge extractive models and champion ethical, rights‑based data practices, so that African children’s information is protected and benefits flow back to their communities.
Transparency, equity, inclusion, and accountability are not slogans, they are the standards we live by. Our work is guided by the TERANGA principles of rights‑based design, agency, and nurturing wellbeing.
Choosing Kutunga means choosing impact, integrity, and innovation — technology designed by humans, for humans, with children at the centre.
Dr. Kruakae Pothong
Visiting Research Fellow, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Prof Elvis Fokala
Associate Professor, Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria (UP)
Ms. Polina Lulu
Founder, Researcher & Child-Centric Design Expert, Young & Wonderful
Prof. Usang Maria Assim
Associate Professor of Law, Department of Public Law and Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Dr. Siva Mathiyazhagan
Research Assistant Professor & SAFE Lab Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania
Mr. John Zoltner
Founder, AI4SocialImpact
Ms. Jennifer Kaberi
CTO & Co-Founder, Kutunga Founder, Mtoto News
Dr. Roseline Olumbe
Head of the Institute of Child Development, Daystar University
Ms. Caroline Makumbe
CEO & Co-Founder, Kutunga Design Academy & Innovation Lab