We believe African creatives should not just consume tech, they should shape it. Our AI & Tech programme merges art, storytelling, and emerging technologies to make digital tools accessible, ethical, and locally relevant. We explore AI not as a threat, but as a collaborator, co-creator, and amplifier of African imagination.
OUR APPROACH
AI Literacy Labs
We break down AI into language you actually understand, no jargon, no gatekeeping. Through workshops and WhatsApp bots, we teach youth and creatives how to use AI tools for storytelling, design, and music.
Immersive Storytelling through Gaming and XR
We build interactive experiences through gaming and using augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) that blend African history, culture, and fantasy like Nai Hunt, Saidia, Rafiki and Nanga.
Creative AI Tools & Experiments
We test and teach tools like RunwayML, ChatGPT, Boomy, and DALL·E then apply them to real creative projects in gaming, music videos, comics, and podcasts.
AI Ethics & Research
In partnership with orgs like Mozilla, we lead conversations around bias, data colonialism, and algorithmic harm fighting for AI that is inclusive, just, and deeply rooted in African values.
Here are some of our projects:
Brains, Bots & Broomsticks
Understanding AI, AGI, and Physical AI
Nanga
An eco-adventure mobile game where creativity meets climate action, turning e-waste into power and dumpsites into green sanctuaries.
Chat Got Jokes
AI x Creative Value Chains
AI, Chai and the cost of Intelligence
In the times of less common sense and more intellectual intelligence
AI/KE Report 2024
ARTificial Intelligence in Africa: Investigating the impacts of AI on the Creative Community in Kenya
Saidia
An interactive exploration of the diversity and inclusion
The Watch
A film that blurs the lines between reality and technology, exploring surveillance, control, and the cost of digital dependence.
Ongea AI
Exploring the adoption and use of Artificial Intelligence in Africa, with a focus on how Africans, perceive, engage with, and challenge the technology.
This Is Not a Book
A 400-page augmented reality festival-in-a-book, blending art, tech, and storytelling into an immersive creative experience.
Ole Sondeka Vs Bwana Stache
An ARG (Alternate Reality Game) comic book that fuses reality and fiction in a radical narrative where satire bites hard and resistance is woven through story.
Mzalendo
Learning through play to strengthen our collective understanding of how governance, rights, and responsibilities shape everyday life in Kenya.
Adventures of Pendo
An engaging, user-friendly 2D side-scrolling endless runner game that blends fun with purpose.
//Layered Onion
A multi-layered art installation celebrating the intersection of African women, AI, and technology through visual storytelling and immersive design.
That Other Place
An exploration of wonderment, imagination in a parallel world.
ALICE and the Unsettling Side of AI
A film inspired by real-world anxieties around AI dependency and emerging psychological delusions, blurring the line between convenience and control.
Bazuu
A cultural and educational tool connecting communities through play
Janjaruka
A mobile-first civic weapon designed to empower everyday citizens to stay informed, engaged, and protected in the fight against corruption.
Simul8r
A virtual exploration of different cities and spaces, blending movement, memory, and digital discovery.