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News and statements
Releases, statements and notes from Rungwell, newest first.
2026
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· People
Thank you, Faith
Faith Odera, who joined our first Nairobi cohort in 2016, has left Rungwell.
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· Recognition
Rungwell receives the Ethical Supply Chain Award
The Linwood Responsible Business Awards named Rungwell the winner in digital services, citing our impact reporting, our wellbeing program and Focus Assurance.
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· Statement
Ethics charter, third edition
The board has adopted a third edition of our charter. Every client must now tell us, in writing, where the data it sends us came from.
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· Statement
An independent review of our wellbeing program
As promised in our impact report, an independent panel will review how the wellbeing program works for labellers in practice. It will report by the end of the year.
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· Impact
Impact Report 2025: Rung by rung
More than 4,100 people since 2016, 2,964 labellers at the end of 2025, 287 promotions, and what we will do differently in 2026.
2025
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· Impact
Four thousand people
With the cohort that began on 27 October, 4,000 people have now worked at Rungwell since 2016.
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· Impact
Impact Report 2024
2,795 labellers at the end of the year, 3,087 people since 2016, and median full-month earnings of 2.2 times the minimum wage in Nairobi.
2024
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· Centre news
Manila centre grows to a second floor
The ninth floor of Valderrama Tower adds 280 workstations, a restricted room, and a cohort of 18 Deaf labellers with sign-language interpreters on staff.
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· Statement
Our ethics charter, second edition
The board has adopted a revised charter: content tiers for sensitive work, every labeller’s right to step away from a project, and the clients and purposes we decline.
2023
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· Product
Rungwell Tasks 4
The fourth version of our labelling app: task cards that show what each task involves before it is accepted, an earnings view, offline mode, and Kiswahili and Filipino interfaces.
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· Product
Focus Assurance comes to Rungwell at Home
A new feature in Rungwell Tasks helps remote labellers keep their attention where they want it, and gives clients confidence in work done away from our centres.
2022
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· Centre news
Nairobi centre opens its fourth floor
Three hundred and twenty new workstations, a quality floor, two rebuilt restricted rooms, a quiet room and a nursing room.
2021
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· People
Joseph Githinji to step back from his executive role
Our co-founder becomes chair of Rungwell Kenya and joins the Rungwell board. Esther Ndirangu is appointed Country Director, Kenya.
2020
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· Centre news
Rungwell at Home: labellers move to working from home
In nine days, 1,104 labellers in Nairobi and Manila moved to working from home. April pay is guaranteed at each labeller’s average.
2019
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· Centre news
Rungwell opens in Manila
Our second delivery centre opens in Cubao, Quezon City, with 120 labellers and Rowena Dimaculangan as Country Director.
2018
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· Centre news
Nairobi centre starts a second shift
An afternoon shift, 140 new labellers and a free ride home for everyone who finishes after nine.
2016
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· Centre news
Rungwell opens its first delivery centre, in Nairobi
Sixty labellers begin work on the third floor of Kilele Court in Kilimani after three weeks of paid training.