Kenyan film, Bangarang, is currently streaming on Amazon’s streaming service, Prime Video. Multi-award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and director Robbin Odongo’s film premiered in cinemas across the country in 2021. Bangarang is inspired by actual events from the post-election violence in 2017 in Kisumu that led to the death of the six-month-old Baby Pendo. Otile, a poor ‘bodaboda’ rider is jobless…
Online fashion eCommerce platform Shop Zetu hosted an industry breakfast to bring together a wide range of stakeholders in the fashion industry to discuss how the industry can work together better in support of Kenyans wearing Kenyan. According to a recent study by the British Council, “the Kenyan fashion market has been described as complex, and hard to figure out…
The Edge Merchant Engagement was the first of a series of events curated to interact and engage with Edge Merchant Partners and discuss the opportunities within the Edge App as well as network and engage with other retailers on the platform. It was a great opportunity for like-minded consumer businesses to interact and get to know each other better as…
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture posted a statement to Twitter, announcing that the country’s Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ACRON) has issued a formal ban of using foreign models and voice-over actors in Nigerian media. The move is a major step for the country that appears to want to take back the narrative of representation in the country’s…
Couture Africa Style Awards are an annual award ceremony held in Nairobi, Kenya by Couture Africa Magazine. The purpose of the awards is not only to celebrate the best dressed in the region, but to fuse fashion and lifestyle through style. Couture Africa Style Awards 2021 is the second installation of this celebrated award ceremony, and this time around involved…