About
Wafaa Albadry is the founder of Future Kit. She holds an MSc in Cyberpsychology from IADT Dublin (2026, First Class Honours), where her research on generative AI and impostor phenomenon is published in Springer Nature's Governing Artificial Intelligence: Power, Legitimacy, and Democratic Futures. She is a member of the Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Network and teaches AI literacy to international journalist cohorts as ERAI Fellowship faculty.
Cyberpsychologist · Media Leader · AI Transformation Advisor
Cross-border leader · Europe · Middle East · Africa
I help media organisations, corporates, NGOs and leadership teams make AI work for their people.
“AI changes the work. People decide whether it works.”
Speaking & events
Stages across Europe, the Middle East and Africa: four countries in 2025 alone, from Nairobi to London.
Africa Media Forum
Nairobi · Feb 2025 · Keynote
iMEdD Forum
Athens · Keynote
iMEdD Media Forum
Athens · Sept 2025 · Keynote
International Journalism Festival
Perugia · Apr 2025 · Moderator & panellist
Books & published research
Book chapter · Springer Nature
My chapter: “It is not me, it is AI:” Investigating Generative AI as a Potential Novel Trigger of Impostor Phenomenon in Journalists, with a Framework for Testing the Argument across Creative Professions
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Book chapter · Hostwriter / CORRECTIV · 2019
My chapter in this co-authored book, published in English and German and held in media and academic libraries.
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Ai.Human.Story
2025 — Present
An independent publication on the human and geopolitical sides of AI, with a focus on the Global South.
The National News
2024 — 2025 · Abu Dhabi
Led editors, designers and strategists across 15 titles and 350,000+ subscribers. Rebuilt tone, voice and workflows: subscribers up 35%, open rates up 20%, click-through up 15% in six months.
350K+ subscribers
Unbias the News
2021 — 2024 · Berlin, remote
A founding editor of a feminist cross-border newsroom. Set the editorial standards for a network across Africa, MENA and Europe, and directed The Sinking Cities and Syria’s Poisoned Earth.
Deutsche Welle
2013 — 2023 · Berlin
Product creator, producer, op-ed author, investigative reporter and presenter at Germany’s international broadcaster. Created She@Work and co-created Freedom Isn’t Free.
Selected work
Leading multinational teams across Europe, the Middle East and Africa: culturally sensitive, time-critical productions, rigorous fact-checking and risk management.
Innovation · AI · Gamification
An AI-driven bot game inside Telegram and Facebook Messenger, built with DW’s DE:HIVE Game Hub at HTW Berlin. Bot training and world-building, measured against audience data. Platform-native editorial technology before the industry had a name for it.
More engagement with democracy reporting
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Creator · DW Arabic
DW was barely reaching Arabic-speaking women. I conceived, built and led a digital show on women’s economic empowerment, with a team across editorial, marketing, distribution and tech.
Female users up 85% · engagement up 90%
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Award-winning · Cross-border
Six cities, six countries, reported by local journalists in Alexandria, Dhaka, Dublin, Karachi, Lagos and Rotterdam. Climate Journalism Award 2023 (EJC and Google News Initiative). Republished by 33 outlets.
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Cross-border investigation
What a decade of war did to Syria’s soil. Nominated for several prizes, published in English and Arabic, and extended into a podcast documentary with partner outlets.
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The publication · since 2025
My independent publication on the human and geopolitical sides of AI, with a focus on the Global South.
For the Human Thinking series and the newsletter, subscribe there.
Academia
Feminism and gender practices in the MENA region
Intersectionality in media (2020)
Diversity and bias in the media landscape
Awards & recognition
Jury Prep-Comm member, 2021–2024.
European Press Prize
Chair of the Jury, New Voice Award, 2024.
One World Media · 2024
Named among 88 global voices at the intersection of AI and journalism.
Journalism.co.uk · 2025
Emerging Talent, for The Sinking Cities.
EJC · Google News Initiative · 2023
Education & fellowship
Broadcast & television
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Future Kit is the training and advisory practice founded by Wafaa Albadry, built on the research and journalism of Ai.Human.Story.