Yakwetu

Yakwetu, also known as Yakwetu Online Limited, is a privately owned company headquartered in Kenya. Founded in 2019, it employs approximately 20 individuals and functions as a tier 1 media tech buyer, specializing in media and TV services. Meaning "Of Us" and "For Us" in Kiswahili, the company operates as a digital content distribution and retail infrastructure engine focused exclusively on preserving, protecting, and equitably monetizing African creative properties. Yakwetu has been recognized as a global winner of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Global Awards for its approach to intellectual property protection and content distribution. The company is funded primarily through transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) sales, corporate media partnerships, and event management services, with its workforce spanning core software engineering, operations, and licensing divisions.