🇷🇼 Jean Claude Nsabimana on the Creative Process of Art Direction | ep.9

Nsabimana Jean Claude is a visual artist and a contemporary storyteller. His interests lie in photography, film and video production and design.

As a visual artist he believes one should be the voice for the voiceless. He uses his work as an activism tool. Jean Claude has won the Adobe Design Achievement Award in 2019 for Top Talent in Photography.

He shares his upbringing, how living in 🇰🇪 Kenya and 🇿🇦 South Africa has influenced his life, the importance of storytelling about sustainability and more.

This episode is part 3 of a 5 part series, in partnership with Open Design Afrika festival.

🇳🇬 Benedicta Uweru on Sexual reproductive health | ep.8

Her projects have informed thousands of girls on Menstrual Hygiene and new Menstrual Products.

Benedicta Uweru is the founder @girls4developmentgoals , co-founder of @bennyandfreddylimited, a Supply Chain Pharmacist and Young Leader.

She impacts communities through development projects around Sexual Reproductive Health  (SRHR) with a focus on: Teenage Pregnancy, Menstrual Hygiene, Nutrition, Education and Capacity Development.

Benedicta tells stories from her childhood to how she has gone to inspire so many at such a young age, the value of design to her work and differences between cups and pads.

This episode is part 2 of a 5 part series, in partnership with Open Design Afrika festival.

🇰🇪 Phinoshey on music with an Afrikan mindset | Sun from Kibera album | ep.7

'Sun from Kibera' is the debut album from Phinoshey, a self taught producer, writer, and rapper from Kenya. His musical inspiration pulls from hip-hop, soul, and jazz. Kibera is the largest urban slum in Africa.

We listen to the album with him and hear about the stories and relationships that influenced it, and his plans for the future.

His friend and collaborator Brian Amimo, who helped to arrange the album, joins to give his inputs and stress the importance of classical music.

Phinoshey is also the producer behind the 'Labelled Human' song that was written and recorded during Nairobi Design Week 2020.

🇳🇬 Blessing Akpan on disruptive education | ep.6

Blessing is a Google Certified Educator, Founder of 'The Innovative Child Network' and Ambassador for HundrED.org, and still studying for her Undergraduate degree. She's an inspiration to learners and teachers.

The Innovative Child Network: https://www.ticnetwork.com.ng/

Blessing's LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blessingakpan/

HundrED.org Profile: https://hundred.org/en/users/blessing-akpan

Part 1 of a 5 part series, in partnership with Open Design Afrika festival. Afrika Design was the podcast partner for Open Design Afrika festival 2020.

🇰🇪 Don Adero on having fun in design and research | ep.5

Don learned to appreciate the art of storytelling and photography from his father (2:22).

He has worked as a graphic designer at Nation Media, graduated as part of the first cohort from Nairobi Design Institute (12:45), and is a design researcher at IDEO.org (33:36).

He gives tips to designers (50:15), we discuss his design bookshelf (58:38), interviews that touched him (1:03:06) and how his faith makes him a better designer (1:08:07).

🇬🇭 Daniel Ampofo on the hottest design talent in Ghana | ep.4

On this episode with Daniel Ampofo we discuss local & global design mentors like Chris Do, Ghanaian creative talent, African influence on Beyonce albums, the future of designers in society and much more.

Daniel is the founder of DexArtmosphere and DexGhana, a design education platform and conference, creative director at 93Studios, VP at Hacklab Foundation and a design writer and observer.

Outro 🎶:'Top of the Morning' by Clef and Bandana.

11:00 Mentors 20:00 DexGhana vision 30:45 Long term ambitions, designers earning a seat at the table & those he looks up to 1:01:15 Future plans & Dex conference info

🇰🇪 Three residents on designing your first products | ep.3

Kashyap, Farhia and Grishon took part in ‘The Urban Residency’, organised by Kenya Lighting Industries and Nairobi Design Week to give young designers an opportunity to bring real products to market. They spent 5 days at Kenya Lighting Industries, refined their designs & learned about industrial manufacturing methods: laser cutting, CNC punching and electrostatic powder coating.

Intros: 6:45 Process: 14:47 Learnings: 24:30 Feedback: 43:45 Legacy: 46:29 Outro: 59:45

🇺🇬 Eugene Kavuma on Uganda’s design future | ep.2

Eugene Kavuma is the founder & director of Kampala Design Week.

We caught up during the 2nd KDW at his home in Uganda, discussed the trials and tribulations of starting a design festival, his design travels, collaborations with the British council and NEON Studio and how they turned 100 wooden stalls into an installation for the festival.

He also talks about the $700 bet on his own exhibition, curating Uganda's creatives and more. Find him @kavumae & @kampaladesignweek

🇰🇪 Esther Kute on designing at the world’s biggest footwear manufacturer | ep.1

Esther Kute was the youngest, 1st female & 1st black Product Development Manager at Bata Kenya.

Products she designed sell globally, have featured @NYC fashion week, in Vogue magazine & sell millions in USD.

TOPICS: Face fears, take opportunities, make a change life. Learning from Ann McCreath & Osborne Macharia and much more. 🎵 @Sheylofi

20:00 Being the first in her job at Bata 49:20 Facing your fears 54:00 Advice & experience

Find her on twitter @estherkute