AMPLIFY

East Africa’s Student News Platform

  • “Not All Heros Wear Capes”

    | Article by Jisu S. | “Not all heroes wear capes”, a popular quotation defining heroes not as benevolent, celestial beings, but individuals who uplift communities through small acts and daily service. Yet, what defines heroism if it is characterised by ordinary acts of kindness; can its magnitude ever truly be measured? The significance of…

  • AI: Friend or Foe

    | Article by Jisu S. | When OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT in late 2022, few anticipated how swiftly it would infiltrate classrooms worldwide. Fast-forward three years, and AI has graduated from curiosity to cornerstone, popping up in study halls from Seoul to Sao Paolo. As students lean on these tools for essay outlines, math solutions and…

  • AI Counsellors: When Support Outweighs Safety

    | Article by Rama I. | Confiding in a friend or loved one about emotions kept hidden can feel daunting, especially when the fear of being judged or misunderstood outweighs the desire to be heard. For some, this makes AI chatbots such as ChatGPT an appealing alternative: a space to express themselves without fear of…

  • When AI Designs Life’s Building Blocks

    | Article by Sophia N. | While the public marvels at chatbots and digital art, AI has been quietly cracking one of biology’s hardest problems: protein structure. Long invisible and stubbornly complex, these molecular forms govern life itself. The future of medicine, it seems, may owe more to code than to laboratory bench. Over the…

  • Teen Vlogging in Highschool

    | Article by Tamanda K. | Lights. Camera. Action. With the sudden surge of teen vloggers, digital media has become a staple of high school life. From filming to editing, documenting to storytelling, teen vlogging extends beyond a passing trend — influencing tangible changes in school life worldwide. The rise of teen creators on YouTube…

  • Purple Protest: South Africa’s Struggle

    | Article by Sofia F. | Purple profile pictures. #GBVShutdown. In November 2025, South African women took to the streets, protesting gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide. What began online as a hashtag soon became a nationwide movement, turning South Africa purple. In late November 2025, a wave of purple swept South African social media, but…

  • The Career Behind the Screen

    | Article by Tamanda K. | From dorm-room experiments to a global nervous system, social media’s rise has been anything but gradual. This article explores the rapid rise of social media giants and how they continue to evolve alongside our increasingly connected society. Not long ago, social media was dismissed as a distraction, a place…