In Kenya, an industry dedicated to producing academic work for university students abroad developed, taking advantage of the demand for academic cheating. This activity represented a source of income for many Kenyans connected to the internet.
Teresios Bundi became an example of the unexpected opportunities the internet can provide. Born in a Kenyan agricultural village, he moved to Nairobi in 2011 with the goal of being the first member of his family to enter university.
In the Kenyan capital, a friend introduced Bundi to the possibility of working with academic text writing for foreign university students who sought to fraud their assignments. This activity became his new online job.
The article discusses how the arrival of artificial intelligence affected this academic work industry in Kenya, representing a threat to the businesses that depended on this practice.
