Welcome.
Jonathan Kalan is an award-winning photographer and journalist specializing in social innovation, technology, entrepreneurship and business in emerging markets. He has traveled to over 44 countries, lived and worked in South Asia and Africa, and collaborated with NGO’s, social enterprises, technology start ups and media companies.
Over the past fews years, has written for the BBC, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera (English) The Boston Globe, Global Post, Huffington Post, Christian Science Monitor, GOOD, Wamda, The Toronto Star and more.
He has photographed for The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian (UK), Financial Times, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Makeshift Magazine, International Federation of the Red Cross, among others.
Jonathan is Nairobi's Sandbox Co-Ambassador, a contributing writer for Wamda, and a Staff Writer for NextBillion.net. He also authors a technology column for BBC Future, called 'Matter of Life and Tech'.
His journalism work and more photography can also be found at