NGARA CREATIVE HUB
Where creativity meets community
NBST Africa is dedicated to fostering thriving communities across Africa’s cities—rooted in creativity, cultural expression, and collective empowerment.Once a bustling commercial hub, Ngara is now being reimagined as a vibrant creative and cultural district, a home for artists, entrepreneurs, and young innovators shaping Nairobi’s future. Through regenerative urbanism, NBST is demonstrating how climate responsibility and community well-being can exist side by side.
The district is a living model of urban transformation. Within it, organisations such as the Art of Music Foundation (Ghetto Classics) and Inspire Spaces nurture young talent through music, mentorship, and creative opportunity. Together with anchor institutions like Sarakasi Dome, The Living Rooms, and dynamic spaces such as kali.works, Soma Nami Books, and Ngara Cooks, Ngara reflects the authentic spirit and cultural excellence of Nairobi.
From carbon-neutral buildings to locally sourced, clean-energy infrastructure, Ngara is setting new standards for sustainable and inclusive urban development. Its growing visibility, including recent recognition in Condé Nast Traveler’s “Best Places to Go in 2026” underscores a powerful truth: Ngara is more than a neighbourhood; it is a movement transforming how cities imagine their creative futures.
Karen, Nairobi
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Other Collaborators
The Art Club Kenya
Founded in 2021 by Prisca Ojwang’ and Eddie Matu, The Art Club Kenya is a creative hub that curates immersive art-centered events. It aims to bridge art, culture, and community, fostering conversation and collaboration among artists and audiences.
Key People
Prisca Ojwang’ (Co-founder): A multidisciplinary artist and creative entrepreneur. Her work, primarily painting but expanding into sculpture and installation, explores themes of identity, womanhood, and history.
Eddie Matu (Co-founder): A multi-media creative specializing in event curation, photography (including 360°), and video editing. He focuses on crafting immersive experiences that blend art, learning, and community.
Matthew Daintrey-Hall (UK Partner): An author, lecturer, and educator specializing in Film and Media Studies. He lectures at the British Film Institute (BFI) and authored Teaching Men and Film.
Laura Snowling (UK Partner): A Curator and Project Manager in International Engagement at The British Museum, specializing in working with diverse museum collections.
Musa Omusi
Musa Omusi is a designer and multidisciplinary artist renowned for a handcrafted, bold, graphic style. Their work delves into profound themes of memory, identity, connection, transforming zero waste cuts of spray-dyed cotton into evocative art. Through a unique process of using bold graphics, modular design, and layering, they construct immersive installations that leave viewers feeling lifted, elevated, and insightful. Their work has been featured in Munyu: OPEN STUDIO (2024), Nairobi and a collaborative show with TICAH: Generations & Memory (2025) .
Musa also independently runs an art, craft & design studio MADE WITH LOVE that works to bring bold concepts, collaborative work and rooted designs to life through commissions and studio generated work. The studio has worked with both local and international brands like: Kuska fabric, Google Arts & Culture, TED, British Council Kenya as well as many others. In addition, he serves as the artist in residence at, UTU Archivers : a contemporary fashion and object archive that seeks to reflect, document and project his world through spaces, people and culture.
KENYA GREEN BUILDING SOCIETY
Kenya Green Building Society – is a member-based, independent, and non-profit organization committed to reshaping the nation’s-built environment. With a resolute focus on environmental, social and governance as a core responsibility, KGBS is on a mission to transform the built environment, paving the way for a healthier, more efficient, and socio-eco-friendly future.
Purpose and Mission
KGBS was born out of a fervent desire to champion the cause of sustainability and foster a climate-friendly ecosystem.
As a steadfast and established member of the esteemed World Green Building Council, KGBS unites individuals, corporations, and governments on both national and global scales to advocate and strive for the transformation needed to secure a sustainable future.
Website: https://www.kgbs.co.ke/
Sawtooth Creative
Sawtooth Creative is a Nairobi-based immersive experience and design studio. It provides creative solutions for artists using emerging tech and helps brands optimize engagement through Animation, AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), and AI tools.
Key People
Stephen Mburu: A digital artist and immersive experience designer who uses animation, AR, and VR to create dynamic, interactive experiences.
Jabez Mutoria: A creative technologist focused on immersive tech (AR/VR) and interactive visuals, blending code with art to build community-driven digital experiences.
Mwangi Kinuthia (Uzima): A visual artist and Fine Art student specializing in multimedia and animation, focusing on generative AI and AR in visual storytelling.
Lewis Gitari: A Motion Designer specializing in animations, motion graphics, and visual storytelling for digital immersive platforms.
Zahra Abbas (UK, York): A 3D artist specializing in character creation, digital world-building, and visual effects for real-time engines (gaming, film) with a focus on storytelling.
SARAKASI TRUST
Sarakasi Trust is a leading performing arts development organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, with a proven track record of empowering youth through acrobatics, dance, and music. Since our establishment in the year 2001, Sarakasi has remained at the forefront of nurturing creative talent, particularly among underserved and marginalized communities, while promoting the performing arts as a tool for social transformation and economic empowerment.
Sarakasi furthermore aims to develop contemporary choreographic creation and supports the presentation and diffusion of performance work; supports training research and innovation in acrobatics, music, dance and theatre; fosters cultural exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in the arts; and supports the infrastructure for the development of acrobatics, music, dance, etc. Sarakasi aims to promote its objectives in East Africa and beyond and in this way, to further the social, economic and cultural development of society.
