Nairobi is the place to be for art lovers this November as the Kenya Art Fair 2015 returns to the Sarit Centre from 13th -15th November having firmly established itself as the premiere event for the contemporary visual arts. Organized by the region’s leading visual art centre Kuona Trust with partners Text Book Centre and Sarit Centre, the fair aims to nurture, appreciate and recognize excellence in the contemporary arts.
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Jimmy Dludlu for the Next Safaricom Jazz evening in December
South African Jazz Musician Jimmy Dludlu (image courtesy) Last night was the much anticipated evening of Jazz with Nigerian born guitarist Kunle Ayo at the Carnivore grounds. The concert which started a…
Google to showcase Top 100 Kenyan Doodles at a month long Exhibition in Nairobi
The Winning Doodle by Ester Wambui titled ‘Feet of Gold’ School children all across Kenya, from Standard 1 through to secondary school Form 4, participated in the first nationwide Doodle 4 Google…
Bloggers Association of Kenya partners with Grab a Book to increase child literacy
The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has today announced its first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project. The project is to start a library at Shadrack Kimalel school in Ngumo. This project is…
Kenya Television and Film Writers to form a Writers Guild
“Writing Is Easy; You Just Open a Vein and Bleed.” The digital migration of initiated by the Kenyan government through the Communications Commission of Kenya has created a huge demand for local…
Kenya National Theatre to get a 100M facelift from East African Breweries Limited
Kenya National Theatre located on Harry Thuku Road Earlier today, the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta was at a Public private Sector partnership launch between the The Kenya Cultural Center which is under…
Why did Jack Ojiambo leave Capital FM?
(image courtesy of www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk) When I wrote about Jack’s departure from Capital FM last week, I mainly delved on the future for the Capital Jazz Club and the many fans that had…
South African Musician Zahara for 44th Edition of Blankets & Wine
South African Singer, Songwriter and Poet, Zahara The best news I have heard today was that Zahara whom I wrote about over a year ago, will be performing at the next Blankets…
Samsung and Universal Music Group unveil The Kleek; a Pan-African digital music service.
Kleek – the mobile music Streaming application Universal Music Group has teamed with Samsung to launch a pan-African mobile music service entitled the Kleek, which was officially unveiled on 13th March at…
MultiChoice Kenya to generate more local content after acquiring Film Studios Kenya
The first draw in the DSTv Customer Rewards Incentive Program aimed at rewarding loyal active DSTv subscribers was conducted at the Nairobi Incubation Laboratory (Nailab) in partnership with Bloggers Association of Kenya…