Event: Best of Italy in Kenya, Nov. 15 2012 @ Inter Continental Hotel

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The Embassy of Italy in Kenya is pleased to inform you that on November 15th a presentation of “Italian Excellence” in various fields of activity will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi from 10 am to 1 p.m.

Date: Thursday 15th November 2012, from 10 am to 1 pm
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi
Presenters: Ambassador Paola Imperiale, Minister Charity Ngilu, Dr. Aly-Khan Satchu and many more.
Presentation: Best of Italy in Kenya Presentation
Entry: confirm your attendance iicnairobi@esteri.it

The country presentation will be divided in different panels moderated by Mr Aly-Khan Satchu.
The event covers 3 main areas:

I Panel – Italian Productive System
II Panel – Italian Cultural Heritage
III Panel – Italian Presence in Kenya

Creative’s Garage Closing Day, Nov. 23 2012 @ Pawa254 Hub

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Creatives Garage is an open day for creatives. Twenty creatives will exhibit their works plus they shall have live performances from several live performers.

Date: November 23, 2012
Venue: PAWA254 Hub
Location: 2nd Floor, Africa Alliance of YMCAs Building, State
Time: 2 pm till late
Entry: Free
Contacts: info@creativesgarage.org [creatives interested in exhibiting]

On the decks will be DJ Kris and he will be kicking it old school

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

Annual Seminar of Observatory of the Great Lakes in Africa, Nov. 29 2012 @ the Institut Catholique de Paris

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IFRA is pleased to invite you to the annual seminar of the Observatory of the Great Lakes in Africa to be held at the Institut Catholique de Paris Thursday, November 29, 2012.

The presentations and discussions will be held in French and English. The seminar will be organized along three axes:

1. The evolution of political regimes in the Great Lakes
2. Challenges of regional integration
3. The current crises in the Great Lakes

The full program is available on the IFRA website

Pawa Salon with Ric Francis, Nov. 8 2012 @Pawa254 Hub

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On November 8, 2012 PAWA254 will host pro-photographer and photojournalist Ric Francis.

Ric Francis is an independent photojournalist who has worked as a staffer with The Bergen Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, and The Associated Press, Los Angeles, California.
Ric voluntarily quit his job with The Associated Press in January 2009. He immediately moved to Lima, Peru which served as his home base as he worked throughout South America.
In May 2012 he relocated to Nairobi, Kenya. Ric’s decision to live abroad is based on his desire to intimately experience and document other cultures.

To see some of his past works, you can visit: http://www.ricfrancis.org/

The salon will start at 4:30-7:00 pm and will be held at PAWA254 hub.

Screening: Bones of Turkana – Unraveling the Mysteries of Human Evolution Introduced by Dr. Richard Leakey, Nov. 14 2012 @ National Museum

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The Kenya Museum Society & Prehistory Club NMK, invite you to Bones Of Turkana – Unravelling the mysteries of Human Evolution Introduced by Dr. Richard Leakey

This is a National Geographic Special film that will show you how Dr Leakey and his team traverse 4 million years of hominid history in search of the characteristics that make us uniquely human, focusing on the latest significant fossil discoveries made in the arid Northern Region of Kenya’s Turkana Basin (the Cradle of Human Life)

Date: Wednesday, 14 November, 2012
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi National Museum
Time: Refreshments 6pm Doors open 6.30 pm.
Contacts: Reservations: 0724 255 299, 2339158 or info@kenyamuseumsociety.org
Donation: Ksh 400 KMS members, Ksh 500 Non-members & Ksh 200 Students [M-Pesa no: 400800, Account no: 6571570019]

Download Bones of Turkana Poster