Maker Faire Tshirt Contest… And the Winner Is
The Maker Faire team is happy to announce and reveal the tshirt design that will be showcased during the event on August 27th and 28th in Nairobi Kenya. Our panel of judges were impressed by the quality of the designs and choose a winner and two finalists. Do not forget ...
Revolutionary Film Making: Hot Sun Films
I recently returned from a long journey to Kenya. Along the way I decided to stop over and visit artists, designers and game changers in the Industry. It was ...
Stingo: Keeping Experiments Alive
"Stingo" means "style" but is an out-dated swahili slang word. Yet nothing is out dated with this experimental project of friends and photographer Jim Chuchu. Together with stylists Kepha Maina and Sunny Dolat, Producer, Lucille Kahara and Kangai Mwiti doing make up, ...
The Story of Kakenya
An animation for Vital Voices, an organisation working globally for women's independence. This film tells the childhood story of Kakenya Ntaiya, a Masai woman who negotiated herself out of an arranged marriage and convinced her village to collect money for her to study in the USA. ...
Congratulations to Pumzi
Kenya's first sci-fi film recently won Best Short Film: Wanuri Kahiu for PUMZI at the 2010 Cannes Independent film festival. Congrats. Synopsis A 20 min Sc-Fi film about futuristic ...
Africa’s Creative Resume
Omondi Abudho is a digital photographer from Kenya. His creative and unusual resume has captured the attention of notable blog like the huffington post . Omondi's resume has been featured and called one of the best creative resumes of 2009.We had a chance to ask him ...
Lulu Kitololo
Lulu Kitololo is a storyteller and ideamonger, using any medium necessary. That usually involves design and art direction but also illustration, writing, facilitating workshops, giving talks, and taking full advantage of that beautiful playground called the internet, any chance she gets! Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Lulu studied Communications Design ...
Togetherness Supreme
Continuing our feature on African Academy Movie Award nominated film, we present to you another Kenyan film, Togetherness Supreme. TOGETHERNESS SUPREME is the story of Kamau, an artist, Otieno, a hustler, and ...
Peace Wanted Alive: Kenya at the Crossroads
Nominated for an African Movie Academy Award, this documentary film Peace Wanted Alive: Kenya at the Crossroads is powerful and well made. Director: Judy Kibinge Producers: Peter Kariuki, Judy Kibinge DOP / Cameraman: ...
Makmende
Another great music video by Kenya's Just A Band! The new video features the latest single "Ha-He". It was great fun creating our vapid spoof ...
Digital Revolution
It's buzzing in Nairobi! Tomorrow all changemakers and forerunners come together at 1%EVENT Nairobi (onepercentevent.com) to explore the possibilities of Web and Mobile for Development.
A Look at Tinga Tinga
A few months ago we featured African children animated series Tinga Tinga Tales. Scheduled to go on air in February in the UK, Tinga Tales is ...
iHub Logo Design Contest
This week the Nairobi tech community introduced the iHub, Nairobi's Innovation Hub for the technology community. This space is designed for the growing tech community in Kenya and aims to support and encourage designers, programmers, and entrepreneurs around Africa. There is an open call for designers to participate ...
Feature Artist: Yvonne Muinde
Yvonne Muinde is a painter and matte painter currently residing in Wellington, New Zealand. Her work mainly focuses on the challenge, truth and evolution. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, she begun her career at age ten painting murals on her bedroom wall. Since then she attended the Savannah College ...
