{"id":19514,"date":"2025-02-28T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/?p=19514"},"modified":"2025-02-28T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:03:21","slug":"ten-cultural-organizations-selected-to-boost-the-creative-ecosystem-in-nairobi-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/dix-organisations-culturelles-selectionnees-pour-booster-lecosysteme-creatif-dans-le-comte-de-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten cultural organisations selected to boost the creative ecosystem in Nairobi County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/call-for-proposals-to-support-cultural-projects-in-nairobi-county-kenya\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19031\" target=\"_self\">call for proposals<\/a> for cultural projects in Nairobi County, Africalia has selected ten cultural organisations. By supporting their activities, which range from organizing festivals to facilitating the circulation of cultural works and the development of online distribution platforms, Africalia aims to strengthen Kenya\u2019s vibrant cultural landscape. The initiative will boost the visibility of Kenyan artists and their work and foster the development of the creative economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"19517\" src=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9134-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-id=\"19519\" src=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/africalia.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG-20250228-WA0023-edited-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ten laureates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The ten cultural organisations that will benefit from Africalia\u2019s financial support, an initiative that is part of our multi-year programme in Kenya, are at the forefront of promoting creativity in Nairobi. Through this initiative, they will be able to improve their visibility and foster a wider network within the cultural and creative industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ten laureates are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/santuri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Santuri East Africa<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarakasi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sarakasi Trust<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twawezacommunications.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twaweza Communications Center Limited<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/upstage.co.ke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Upstage Limited<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mydocubox.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOCUBOX East African Documentary Film Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceintospace.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dance Into Space Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiptkenya.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/creativespills.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Creative Spills<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptkenya.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Amani People&#039;s Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animationkenya.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Association of Animation Artists Kenya (A3K)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the initiative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya is said to be one of the most crucial (creative) economy hubs in East Africa. The country's creative sector is vibrant and bursting with talent, with a bustling young creative scene. However, despite this potential, the creative sector in Kenya is facing challenges related to limited investments and commercialization of cultural and artistic creations, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africalia seeks to address these challenges by offering financial support to projects that will diversify cultural goods and enhance local distribution capacities, all while strengthening the network of creatives in Nairobi. The initiative will furthermore contribute to extending the accessibility of culture to areas that usually have limited access to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selected organisations will begin implementing their projects between February 2025 and June 2026. We look forward to witnessing the positive impact of these projects on the Kenyan cultural landscape and beyond!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 l&rsquo;issue d&rsquo;un appel \u00e0 propositions de projets culturels dans le Comt\u00e9 de Nairobi, Africalia a s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9 dix organisations culturelles. En soutenant leurs activit\u00e9s, qui vont de l&rsquo;organisation de festivals \u00e0 la facilitation de la circulation d&rsquo;\u0153uvres culturelles en passant par le d\u00e9veloppement de plateformes de distribution en ligne, Africalia vise \u00e0 renforcer le paysage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":19515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"10 laur\u00e9ats pour booster l'\u00e9cosyst\u00e8me cr\u00e9atif \u00e0 Nairobi","_seopress_titles_desc":"%%post_excerpt%%","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1018],"tags":[],"pays":[],"class_list":["post-19514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites-agenda"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19514"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africalia.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=19514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}