Country Director Kenya @BritishCouncil .. Formally Addis Ababa, Johannesburg & Lake of Stars..
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined June 2008
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📢 Our 2024 Commissioning Round is OPEN. 📌 Apply for funding and support to develop and deliver a creative digital project for online audiences.
This could be a video or audio project, an interactive or immersive experience.
➡️ bit.ly/Comm_Round24
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Research and innovation are at the centre of the 🇬🇧UK-🇰🇪Kenya Strategic Partnership.
Last evening,🇬🇧 High Commissioner @FCDONeilWigan hosted Kenyan researchers and innovators for the launch of the International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF).
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We are hiring! Cadbury Research Fellowship in African Studies, 18 months from Jan '25. Any discipline (arts/ humanities/social sciences) research focus on any region of sub-Saharan Africa @AfricaResearch @AfricaIai @JSAS_Editors @ASANewsOnline @ASAUK_News jobs.ac.uk/job/DHL472/cadbur…
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💸 We've grants of up to £5,000 available right now to support biennales and festivals around the world.
👍 The grants support UK work at an international festival and international work at a UK-based festival.
🔗 Find out more and apply here: design.britishcouncil.org/bl…
ALT Sculpture outside, pointing upwards with a yellow scarf around it. Image credit: Mother Goddess of the Three Realms exhibition, by Wax Atelier, Kilomet 109 and Company Place, London Design Festival 2023.
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Excited to host artists like the versatile @muthoniDQ at our installation.
SampleBar is a inspiring blend of tradition harmony and tech. It's fun, it's powerful, it's #SampleBarKenya #NimeSample #IgniteCultureEA
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Nairobi International Comedy Festival! 4 days of fun and laughter. Don't miss out.
The festival is brought to you by Standup Collective, one of our #IgniteCulture Grant Fund grantees.
Get your tickets Nairobi International Comedy Festival – Standup Collective
@EUinKenya #BCCESSA
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. @FCDOResearch is honoured to partner with @ke_British, @EduMinKenya & @nrfkenya to add food security as the next thematic area of focus for the 🇰🇪#ResearchRepository in addition to Land, Water & Energy. Bold steps in the right direction for research utilisation & impact 📈
The National #ResearchRepository will play a pivotal role in advancing Science, Technology, & Innovation. It will serve as a dynamic platform that increases the dissemination & improves the accessibility of research"
-Dr Beatrice Inyangala, PS,SDHER @Bettymuganda17 @EduMinKenya
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On this special day welcome to the opening of Sabi & Vanessa exhibitions happening today!!
🗓️March 8th, 2024, at 6:00 PM (EAT)
Entrance is free!
Let's honor, the power of creativity, reflections and inclusion of women together.
#tukutaneNafasiArtSpace #ignitecultureEA
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Happy International Women’s Day!🎉
On this auspicious day, the Ignite Culture team would like to shed light on our beneficiaries who have embodied this year’s theme i.e. Investing in Women: Accelerate progress.
#IgniteCultureEA #internationalwomensday #IWD2024
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Happy International Women's Day! 🎉 Delighted to host @CREAWKenya, championing women's rights. We delved into inclusive approaches on empowering women, ensuring everyone is part of the conversation. Thanks to @mikewachira and team for an insightful discussion.
#InspireInclusion
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Introducing Atieno Yarns #CreativeDNA: Kenya 4.0 cohort.
Atieno Yarns, a Kenyan crochet brand, offers distinctive ready-made and personalized pieces, blending tradition with modern style for sought-after crochet fashion.
# BCCESSA #BCArtsSSA #CDNA4.0 #CDNAKenya
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📣New festival grants open for applications. We're inviting festivals across Africa to submit grant proposals for the Festival Connect Fund grants. Whether you're into dance, theatre, film, literature, music and/or multidisciplinary arts, we're all ears! t.ly/pzEYw
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Introducing Nawiri #CreativeDNA: Kenya 4.0 cohort. NAWIRI, a Kenyan fashion brand, empowers African women with stylish and comfortable contemporary clothing that looks and feels great.#BCCESSA #BCArtsSSA #CreativeDNA #Britishcouncil #CreativeDNAKenya
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📣 Join us for an insightful Information Session for our 2025 UK/Kenya Season's Scoping Grant on 20 Feb at 4 pm EAT | 1 pm UK time!
Register: t.ly/prAiU
📆 Grant applications are still open and close on 10 March 2024
#UKKenyaSeason #BCArtsSSA
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Don't miss out on a special showcase event happening during the ongoing @KileleSummit at @moov_bistro on Thursday, 15th February. We will have electrifying performance by Kwame Nafo @FunkButcher, British Council Relationship Manager, SSA, and Nigeria UK-based DJ @kemilijadu 🎧
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Exciting News! Applications for the UK/Kenya Season 2025 Scoping Grants are now open. Explore new connections and collaborations with the UK in the arts and creative industries.
Read more here: t.ly/PjG6J
#UKKenyaSeason
#ConnectionThroughCulture
#BCArtsSSA
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Discovering the musical heritage of the Waata ethnic community as they skillfully incorporate sounds and movements that imitate wild animals.
#IgniteCultureEA
#FieldRecordings
#Waata
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IT’S TIMEEEE… For the very latest IGNITE BUZZ🚨
As we get ready to enter the festive season, we have shared the December edition of the Ignite Culture EA Newsletter with you to read & catch up on all the buzz that took place in the past month. #IgniteCultureEA
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#Nairobi: Opportunity: Open Call for 2025 [#VeniceBiennale] British Pavillion #Exhibition ~ Collaborative Architectural Team from UK & Kenya! Until Jan. 5 2024.
📅: Until January 5, 2024
🔗: Access the call, here - > venicebiennale.britishcounci…
.@British_Design / @ke_British
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Commending @CulturalCentreKE and the Kenya High Commission in London for championing the Kenyan Art exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space in London, themed 'Kenyan Artists: Visions & Possibilities,' and their commitment to supporting young Kenyan visual artists.👏