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
80
Global average
87
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
46%
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
98
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
19,102
Global average
26,982
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
17,820
Global average
19,789
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
4,383
Global average
7,405
Followers (2025)
HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies
2,000
Kenya average
44,843
Global average
15,800
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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