Nairobi | Design Indaba

Babe in arms

Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition. >
No Waste Challenge winner, Leafylife, creates diesel from dirty diapers

Leafylife’s fuel production lowers carbon dioxide emissions by 76% >
From pineapple waste to period products

Nyungu Afrika simultaneously combats period poverty and pollution >
Sunny Dolat is opening up the space for a more nuanced discussion on African fashion

The creative director and cultural producer will be speaking at Design Indaba 2020. >
Kenyan fashion designer Anyango Mpinga on how she uses fashion to inspire change

Mpinga tells us how soap operas, dragonflies and sound waves all came together to create the Anyango Mpinga label. >
Designing kangas that celebrate queer love

Artist and LGBTQ+ activist Kawira Mwirichia is reclaiming the culturally significant garment to celebrate queer love in Kenya. >
Sunny Dolat wants to set a new standard for African fashion

A small island off the coast of West Africa is about to host a truly representative African arts and fashion festival. >
Drawing water out of thin air

How Majik Water tapped a water source that is all around us. >
Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story

Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty. >
Wanuri Kahiu on using film to talk about Africans as joyful and radiant

“I realised that there is more images and more stories of joy than there is of remorse,” Kahiu says of her search for African stories of joy. >
Patricia Kihoro

Artist

Patricia Kihoro is a singer, actress, radio presenter, improv comedian and digital content creator. >
Studio Propolis

architects

Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner. >
Design Indaba 2019 – design activism and creativity takes center stage

This year's speakers include David Droga, architects Dong Ping-Wong and Annabelle Selldorf. and filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu. >
IKEA launches ÖVERALLT collection during Design Indaba Festival

The limited-edition ÖVERALLT collection was launched on 27th February 2019 at the place where it all started – Design Indaba Festival. >
Unscrambling Africa photo project reveals the Africa beyond the slums and safaris

Photographer Mutua Matheka launched his project to show the complex beauty of African cities. >
Wanuri Kahiu

Author • Filmmaker

Film director, producer, and author. >
Pay-as-you-go energy provider delivers power to off-the-grid homes

M-KOPA is considered the world’s leading pay-per-use solar power provider in Africa. >
How a small Kenyan start-up is disrupting the way the internet works

In his Design Indaba 2018 talk, Mark Kamau talks about how Brck plans to give Google and Facebook a run for their money. >
Lyra Aoko uses the colour red as part of a photographic exploration of womanhood

The Nairobi-based artist talks inspiration, collaboration and changing narratives. >
Nairobi’s GoDown Art Centre gets a redesign from Sweden’s White Arkitekter

Scandinavia's largest architecture firm reimagines Kenya’s leading centre for arts and culture. >
Blinky Bill on why he does not want to be restricted to a particular music genre

“I want to make genreless sound – but if you absolutely have to place it, it is a mix of hip-hop, afrobeat and jazz.” >
Sarah Waiswa explores the persecution of those with albinism

Called Stranger In a Familiar Land, her photo series addresses the treatment of those with the condition in Africa. >
Sichangi

DJ • Singer-Songwriter

Producer, instrumentalist, DJ and vocalist. >
Meet the 9 Global Graduates that presented at Design Indaba Conference 2018

These young graduates presented projects that speak to the water crisis, the power of sound, social entrepreneurship and so much more. >

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