2012 African Creative Economy Conference, Nov. 14-16 2012 @ Dakar – Senegal

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Dates: November 14-16, 2012
Venue: Hotel Ngor Diarama, Dakar, Senegal.

The African Creative Economy conference, an Arterial Network initiative, will be a rare opportunity that will mark the coming together of powerful debates from across the continent coupled with three days of live and rich provocation from pioneering international practitioners and thinkers, and the unprecedented collaboration of arts institutions from 40 African countries.

The conference offers two parallel programmes – one specifically exploring up-to-date research, experiences and debates; the other is a series of practical know-how exchange trainings and workshops.

The conference will be opened by Senegalese Minister for Culture and Tourism, Hon. Youssou N’Dour. The closing gala dinner will feature performances from renowned African artists.

Download the programme: Program pdf

Launch: SocialPro Clubs, Oct 25 2012 @ University of Nairobi, Lower Kabete Campus

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The growth of social media in business and communication in Kenya has necessitated Social Edge Africa to spearhead the formation of social media clubs in universities. The Ministry of Information and Communication, has endorsed the initiative will on Thursday 25th of October 2012 launch SocialPRO clubs and a new campaign to promote responsible & ethical use of Social Media at the UoN; Lower Kabete Campus. The Guest of Honour will be Dr. Bitange Ndemo, other guest speakers include:
Cynthia Nyamai- TV personality
Maryann Michuki- Social Media Manager-Safaricom
Sriram Bharatam-Founder of Kuza Biashara
Doreen Waithera – CEO MSK
Evans Muriu-Wanadamu Initiative
Muthuri Kinyamu- Social Edge Africa
Kennedy Gathu-Lari Smart Villages
Calvin Nyakundi- Discussion on online freedom moderated by Cherrie of KBC.

For more information: http://socialproclubs.wordpress.com/

Seminar: Policing Contemporary Kenya-Trends, Innovations & Projections, Jul. 19 2012 @ BIEA

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Date: July 19, 2012
Venue: British Institute for East Africa (BIEA), Kileleshwa
Time: 8.30am-4pm
Entry: Prior reservation & confirmation [seminars@biea.ac.uk]

Abstract
Discussions on police reforms have been part of the public, official and academic discourses on democratization and change in Kenya for over a decade. Going back to the 1990s, the conduct of the police force has been the subject of numerous policy and academic reviews. Over the years, new actors such as private security agencies have emerged, new subjects of policing have also emerged and ideas on policing of these subjects have also evolved. However, these important changes in policing in Kenya have not received sufficient scholarly attention, leaving practitioners and researchers alike with limited optics with which to view the process of police reforms and security sector reform in general.
The one day workshop will bring together leading researchers on policing and security to share their ongoing research and to take stock of the key theoretical developments in the policing of contemporary Kenya.

The workshop is jointly convened by Mutuma Ruteere – The Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, Nairobi and Ambreena Manji – The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi

Conference: Popular Expression in the Silicon Savanna – Perspectives on the Digitization of Art and Life in Kenya, Jul. 10 2012 @ Goethe

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While it remains to be seen whether the digital revolution will bring Kenyas ‘Vision 2030’ to fruition, digital technologies are clearly transforming the landscape of Kenyan popular culture. In Kenya today, popular music is being produced on computers and consumed on mobile phones; fiction is being published, read, and commented upon in blogs; poetry is being podcast; religious and political slogans are circulating on Twitter.

This conference brings together Kenyan and non-Kenyan scholars, intellectuals, and cultural practitioners for lively presentations and discussions on the ways in which digital technologies are transforming the production, consumption, reception, monetization, and politicization of popular expression in Kenya – all with a view toward developing a better understanding of Kenyan society in the digital age.

Organised by Prof. Mbugua wa-Mungai (Kenyatta University) and Dr. Andrew J. Eisenberg (University of Oxford), with support from the Goethe-Institut Kenya and the ‘Music, Digitisation, Mediation’ Research Programme at the University of Oxford, UK

Date: July 10, 2012
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 10am-4pm
Entry: Free

For more info & programme check G.I. facebook event page

Kenya Museum Society evening Talk: Illuminating Africa, May 15 2012 @ National Museum

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KMS is inviting you for an enlightening an interactive evening talk on – “Illuminating Africa: No Longer the Dark Continent”

With only 15% of the population covered by the grid and considering high cost and unsafe kerosene lighting, solar energy is a solution for safe, affordable, and modern off-grid lighting.

Join us on Tuesday, May 15th 2012, at 7 pm and learn the opportunities of mass-marketing of solar, from an invited panel of four representatives of leading companies.

Moderator: Mr Nana Asamoah-Manu, Country Officer-Kenya,
Lighting Africa Advisory Services,
International Finance Corporation

Where: Nairobi National Museum, Louis Leakey Auditorium
When: Tuesday 15 May 2012, Doors Open 6:45pm, Screening 7pm

Donations:
KMS members: 400, Non Members: 500 & Students: 200
Proceeds fund development of exhibitions at the Nairobi National Museums of Kenya

for more information contact: Dorothy Mkala, Society Secretary – KMS: 0724 255299, 2339158
www.kenyamuseumsociety.org

International Conference on Religious mobility in Eastern Africa, Apr 24-26 2012 @ Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)

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International Conference on Religious mobility in Eastern Africa
Nairobi, 24-26 April 2012 at Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Jubilee Hall Auditorium, Langata Campus

Organised by:
Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA), Nairobi
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement (IHEID), Genève
Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi

Opening at 2 pm on the 24th of April
With the University Champlain, Deputy-Vice Chancellor (Administration) CUEA Rev. Prof. Juvenalis Baitu, Prof. Maurice Amutabi (CUEA) and Prof. Christian Thibon (IFRA) and Dr. Yvan Droz (IHED)

Conference themes:
•       Comparative and Global perspective of religious mobility
•       Social Approach of religious mobility
•       Pluralism and Identities
•       Religions and Politics
Link to the programme: http://ifra-nairobi.net/otherdocs/Programme%20Religious%20Mobility%2024-26%20April%201704%20final.pdf