Frida Mwangi
Frida Mwangi is a Kenyan social entrepreneur using the digital economy to widen opportunity for young people and women. In 2020 she founded KaziRemote, a Nairobi-based transcription and captioning studio that serves clients in English, Kiswahili, Arabic, and French. What began as a one-woman freelancing venture has grown into a distributed team of 25 linguists and quality-assurance editors who deliver time-coded transcripts, subtitles, and AI-training datasets to media houses, research firms, and Silicon-Valley start-ups.
Mwangi, a communications graduate of Kenyatta University and former Rev.com top-rated freelancer, channels a share of earnings into KaziRemote Academy, a free eight-week boot camp that teaches audio-typing, caption software, and data-labeling skills. To date the programme has trained 180 participants, 73 percent women, with 60 percent securing paid gigs on global freelance platforms within three months. In 2023 KaziRemote received a Kenya ICT Authority Digital Talent Grant and entered Meta’s Africa Creators Partnerships cohort to pilot voice-to-text services for local-language content.
An Ajira Digital ambassador and Africa Women in Tech Awards finalist (2024), Mwangi speaks at universities about ethical AI, online safety, and the future of work. Her goal is to expand to 100 full-time contractors and launch an accessibility division providing sign-language interpretation for Kenyan broadcasters by 2027, proving remote digital work can power inclusive economic growth.