Kimani wa Njogu is the Director of Twaweza Communications Center, Commissioner of the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN), and Chair of the Creative Economy Working Group, a network of organizations engaged in policy and legislative reforms for the development of cultures and languages of Kenya. He is Chair of UUGI, the Gikuyu Language Association and is a Founder Member of the Mutiiri Journal. He has translated Kiswahili poems by Abdilatif Abdalla and Alamin Mazrui into Gikuyu.