Thank you to everyone who came for the many hours of activities, talks, workshops and experiences, and those who made it on multiple days!
📅 9am-5pm on Saturday 11th - Sunday 19th March
📍 Opportunity Factory, Mbagathi Ridge, Karen.
🎟️ KSh100 Adults / KSh50 U-18 & Students for entire weekend, leather wristband from sandstorm included- Tickets on hustlesasa.
🚌 Electric buses for visitors from Karen Stage, by the City Clock opposite Crossroads Mall. (11th, 12th & 19th March)
The open calls invited a curated selection of 50+ physical exhibitors & vendors, 60+ digital exhibitors, and 20+ programmes with partners.
All day - Free Mind Sessions & Safia Abji
Baraza Stage
9am - 12pm - Art Law Kenya
12pm - Mwalimu Nyatiti (performance)
12:15pm - Opening Ceremony
1:00 pm - Lunch break
1:30pm - The Design and Art of Tracing the Wild
2:30pm - Music Interval
2:45pm - Afrika Design - Mugendi M'Rithaa & Adrian Jankowiak
3:15pm - Music Interval
3:30pm - Creative Identity Workshop with New Comma
4:15pm - Music Interval
4:30pm - Careers in Design panel with Thinkplace, New Comma and Hisi Studio.
5:30pm - Music Interval
5:45pm - Sustainable Fashion panel with Free Mind Sessions and David Avido
6:30pm - Close
All day - Free Mind Sessions & Safia Abji
12pm - Mwalimu Nyatiti (performance)
12:15pm - Opening Ceremony
1pm - Lunch break
1:30pm - Emerging Tech And Its Role In Supporting Human Coexistence With Wildlife (Tracing the Wild)
2:30pm - Music Interval
2:45pm - Afrika Design -Kenneth Kanaabi & Adrian Jankowiak
3:15pm - Music Interval
3:30pm - New Comma
4:15pm - Kuiyu (performance)
4:30pm - Goran Hielscher - Creative wellbeing workshop
5:30pm - Performance
5:45pm - Cosplay workshop with Jess Atieno
6:30pm - Close
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
Meet the Physical Exhibitors 2pm- 4.30pm
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
Opportunity Factory Makers meet-up 2pm-4.30pm
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
Digital Exhibitors Show & Tell 1.30-4.30pm
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
Design Students Association Exhibit at UoN Towers
Exhibition Open 10am - 4.30pm
10am-4.30pm : Closing Day - Your last chance to see all the exhibits in place, and the return of some of the vendors from the opening weekend.
3pm : Presenting the Design Intelligence Awards, including finalists from 2022.
1pm-5pm: Nairobi Space Station: Kanairo 2299 Launch Reception
Join us at McMillan Memorial Library on March 19th at 1pm for the official launch date of the Nairobi Space Station: A Wild Future Initiative. This Is An Immersive Storytelling Event Set In the Year 2299 in a Rewilded Nairobi that has become its own wild future, city state.
Kairos Futura will be awarding a 10,000 KSH for the best wild future costume.
Meet by the City Clock opposite Crossroads Mall. Bus will loop and run every 30 mins. In partnership with BasiGo.
We are proud to announce that the Afrika Design podcast was selected under the ‘Shifting Narratives’ program supported by the British Council SSA Arts.
Stories of African culture through design need to be shared more widely from our past, present & future to show how diverse, inclusive and dynamic African design is.
Adrian Jankowiak - Director
Wangui Mwangi - Projects & Partnerships Manager
Naitiemu - Festival Lead
David King'ori - Production Lead
Wambui Mutiga - Marketing Lead
Shirley Kandabu - Crew Lead
Charles Njoroge - Crew Lead