The O-Farms team is very pleased to announce the in-person event Scaling Up Circular - How to move circular agribusiness from margin to mainstream, which took place on June 16th as part of Mettā Nairobi’s “What’s Next” event series. O-Farms (https://bopinc.org/projects/0-farms-ikea/) is the first African SME accelerator completely focused on circular agribusiness, implemented by Bopinc (https://bopinc.org/)and Village Capital (https://vilcap.com/) and E4Impact (https://www.e4iaccelerator.org/) in Kenya, with support from the IKEA Foundation. At this event, we explored how we can move circular agribusiness from margin to mainstream through an expert panel discussion, a showcase of front-running Kenyan SMEs in the O-Farms Accelerator and a short presentation of research findings from our Scoping the Potential of Circular Agribusiness report series. We invited investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, enterprise support organizations, researchers and other stakeholders to join us in charting the course for making circularity a mainstream approach in East Africa and beyond.
10 Feb 2022
Episode 18: Women In Film
In this episode, we had online discussion powered by Hivos East Africa, with some of the foremost female filmmakers and professionals in Kenya. We delved into their various exploits as they shared what they learned over the years. During this session of Women In Film, we addressed some of the following topics (but not limited to):
A look at the state of the film industry in Kenya – how it is as compared to other markets in Africa, what’s missing in the ecosystem and how we can fill that gap with other key stakeholders.
The barriers/ challenges when it comes to making a film in Kenya.
Kenyan filmmakers, the kinds of stories that we tell, and their impact on society.
The current needs of filmmakers, and the bodies/ organizations trying to address those needs.
Financing the creative arts & local film industry and what needs to be done to attract necessary capital for the sector.
The future - what’s next for local filmmakers and the film industry as a whole.
The speakers included:
Judy Kibinge - Filmmaker, writer, producer & Founder of Docubox.
Toni Kamau - Creative producer, director and founder of "We are not the machine".
Wanjeri Gakuru - Writer, Freelance Journalist, essayist and filmmaker (Lusala).
Sheila Munyiva - Actress and film director.
8 Jul 2021
Episode 17: #Whats Good: Storytelling
I this episode we sat down with 3 storytellers and creative experts who tell stories through a variety of different media. Hear how they use different their different kinds of content to tell meaningful and engaging stories, how they create, what trends they’ve seen in the industry, what they've learned along the way, how tech is changing how they tell stories, the explosion of the content creation industry, and so much more.
The panel was be made up of:
Muthoni Maingi - Head of Digital Strategy at Oxfam International
Trevor "TJ" aka The_Mentalyst - Photographer & Filmmaker
Jacque Njeri - Art Director, at Snake Nation
Dan Aceda - Singer-Songwriter
This podcast was made with support from Hivos East Africa as part of the creative catalyst program.
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