Nairobi, May 26 -- Scroll through TikTok on any weekday afternoon, and a new type of teacher appears on your feed. Young educators post outfit-of-the-day videos from school compounds, film "get ready with me" clips before class and share snippets of staffroom dances during breaks. The energy is unmistakable. For a growing number of Gen Z teachers, the classroom and content creation now coexist.

Millie Wacera stands in front of her Grade Four class at a school in Embu County, her phone propped on her desk. At 21, she is not filming a lesson. She is capturing her outfit-a tailored skirt, a neat blouse, and shoes that match perfectly. This is her world now, where teaching and content creation live side by side.

"I started content creation ...