Emily Wanja, Docubox

Emily Wanja uses storytelling to drive social change. She is an award-winning Impact producer, running the East Africa impact campaign dubbed ‘We Can Fight Climate Change’ for the feature documentary ‘ Thank you for the Rain’ in conjunction with Docubox (East Africa Documentary Film Fund) and Ground Volume Internatioanal. She works with Government agencies, Private stakeholders, Civil Society and Communities, using film as a tool for advocacy and social change.

Previously, she was the in-house producer at Docubox (East Africa Documentary film fund). She has worked extensively with young farmers across Kenya through ‘Seeds of Gold’ TV show and the leading newspaper version for youth and agribusiness at Nation Africa Media Group. She has produced TV shows for different networks in Kenya and has worked on international fiction co-productions films. She is a Docsociety, Sundance and Skoll World Forum fellow.