The HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies (also known as the HORN Institute) is a non-profit, applied research, and policy think and do tank based in Nairobi, Kenya. Its vision is a progressive Horn of Africa served by informed, evidence-based and problem-solving policy research and analysis. The Institute’s mission is to contribute to informed, objective, definitive research, and analytical inquiry that positively informs the policies of governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations. Among its many research areas, the HORN Institute also focuses on migration and climate change.

Contact details

Website:
https://horninstitute.org/

Address:
Durham Road, Kileleshwa, P.O. Box: 25632– 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Country:
Kenya

Sub-region:
Eastern Africa

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Hassan Khannenje
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): Hassan Khannenje, Ph.D.
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Staff size
2025
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 20
Kenya average
 81
Global average
 88
2024
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 20
2022
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 38
% Female staff
2025
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 50%
Kenya average
 46%
Global average
 50%
2024
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 50%
2022
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 40%
% Female researchers
2025
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 25%
Kenya average
 45%
Global average
 47%
2024
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 40%
2022
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 20%

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 1
Kenya average
 101
Global average
 57
2023
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 3
2021
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 12

Social

Facebook
Likes (2023)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 875
Kenya average
 19,212
Global average
 26,974
Likes (2022)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 830
Likes (2021)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 693
Twitter
Followers (2025)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 3,454
Kenya average
 17,942
Global average
 19,880
Followers (2024)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 3,346
Followers (2022)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 2,657
Subscribers (2025)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 458
Kenya average
 4,403
Global average
 7,432
Followers (2025)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 2,000
Kenya average
 45,728
Global average
 15,918
Followers (2024)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 1,000
Followers (2022)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
 529

Data notes

Last updated: 20/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Information supplied by organisation, Organisation´s website
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