Manosphere messiahs: Kenya
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
It started in the West with influencers like Andrew Tate. Now the Manosphere has gone global, with copycats from Africa to Latin America attracting huge audiences and the cash to match. In this investigation, reporter Jacqui Wakefield explores the booming industry in Kenya, where social media algorithms are fuelling a growing gender divide. She meets one of the biggest Kenyan influencers, Andrew Kibe, and his devoted fans and asks, are women paying the price?
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| 0:44.3 | We just stepped outside of the car. |
| 0:46.0 | It's right outside our hotel. |
| 0:47.9 | Key Bay jumped out of the car and immediately, like, all these guys just swamped him. |
| 0:53.6 | I've got no idea if they know he was coming, |
| 0:56.5 | but they're super excited to see he's here. |
| 1:00.5 | We're in Western Kenya, |
| 1:02.3 | with the masculinity influencer, |
| 1:04.4 | former radio host turned content creator, |
| 1:07.2 | Andrew Kiebe. |
| 1:08.7 | He's on a book tour, |
| 1:10.4 | and the words out, he's in town. |
| 1:16.6 | Welcome to the Kenyan Manor Esphere, |
| 1:22.4 | where influences like Andrew Keebe are booming, |
| 1:25.9 | tripling their followers in just a few years. |
| 1:28.7 | Good morning, you're puning. |
| 1:31.0 | This morning. |
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