About Arifa

What Is Arifa?

Arifa is an AI-powered news intelligence platform focused on Kenya. It automatically collects publicly available news articles from multiple Kenyan media outlets, then uses AI models to summarize, classify, and surface insights — so you can stay informed without reading every article yourself.

Every AI-generated summary links back to the original article, so you can always verify the source.

How It Works

Arifa monitors 13+ publicly available Kenyan news sources throughout the day. When new articles are published, our system:

  1. Collects the article content from publicly accessible pages.
  2. Processes each article through multiple AI models that generate summaries, detect sentiment, classify topics, and identify key people and organizations.
  3. Delivers the results through a web dashboard, mobile app, daily email briefings, and an AI chat interface.

AI Transparency

We believe in being transparent about what AI can and cannot do:

  • AI makes mistakes. Summaries may omit important details, misclassify sentiment, or misidentify entities. Always check the original source for critical information.
  • AI is not editorial judgment. Arifa does not make editorial decisions about what is newsworthy. The platform processes all available articles from monitored sources.
  • AI-generated content is labeled. All summaries, analyses, and chat responses are clearly identified as AI-generated.
  • Your data stays private. Chat conversations and usage data are not used to train third-party AI models.

Independence Statement

Arifa is an independent platform. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with any of the news organizations whose publicly available content we analyze. We do not claim ownership of original news content — all articles remain the intellectual property of their respective publishers.

Source Coverage

Arifa currently monitors articles from 13+ Kenyan news outlets spanning newspapers, digital-first platforms, and broadcast media. Sources are selected based on public availability and editorial breadth. The specific sources monitored are visible to registered users within the product.

Editorial Disclaimer

Arifa is a technology platform, not a news organization. We do not:

  • Create, edit, or curate original news content.
  • Employ journalists or editors.
  • Make editorial judgments about newsworthiness or accuracy of source articles.
  • Endorse or verify the claims made in source articles.

AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be treated as professional, legal, financial, or medical advice.

Contact

Questions, feedback, or partnership inquiries: hello@arifa.app