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02/20/2026

What a delicious treat to meet Omer Eltigani at tomorrow’s WHF East Africa, curated by To attend, simply free register via our bio link 🥗 Omer is a London-based chef, food archivist and the author of ‘The Sudanese Kitchen’ (2025), the first Sudanese cookbook in English. His work focuses on the preservation of traditional recipes and food culture as intangible cultural heritage that can easily be lost due to the erasure that has befallen the Sudanese people over the past two years of war. Omer enjoys travel and learning languages, and wishes to continue writing to tell a host of Sudanese stories 🇸🇩❤️

02/20/2026

What a delicious treat to meet Omer Eltigani at tomorrow’s WHF East Africa, curated by To attend, simply free register via our bio link 🥗 Omer is a London-based Sudanese chef, food archivist and the author of ‘The Sudanese Kitchen’ (2025), the first Sudanese cookbook in English. His work focuses on the preservation of traditional recipes and food culture as intangible cultural heritage that can easily be lost due to the erasure that has befallen the Sudanese people over the past two years of war. Omer enjoys travel and learning languages, and wishes to continue writing to tell a host of Sudanese stories 🇸🇩❤️

02/19/2026

Njoki Karu is a singer songwriter, performer and certified Music Therapist (MT-BC). Her music draws you in, tugs on your heart as Njoki weaves her narratives through the soundscapes of Folk, Soul, Gospel and Traditional Kenyan Music, showing that humanity is not a solo experience, but one that is and was meant to be shared ❤️ Listen to her story at the Easy Africa WHF by free registering via our bio link ❤️ An artist of preeminent distinction and recognition within the Kenyan music industry, has gained acclaim over writing songs such as Omba, and putting her own heart-rending twist on old spiritual songs such as Binadamu, and Bwana U Sehemu. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, her music has been featured in critically acclaimed Kenyan films notably ‘Rafiki’, ‘Country Queen’ and ‘This Is Life’. Njoki’s songs draw from themes of love, the journey of life, our own fears and insecurities, freedom and faith in humanity. Her debut album Mwīhoko: Ūtheri wa Ngoro was released in February of 2025.

02/18/2026

Iona McCreath is a designer, researcher and strategist working at the forefront of regenerative fashion and textiles in East Africa. Free register to meet her via our bio link at te next WHF on February 21st 🙏🏼🤍 was the creative director of , a pioneering Kenyan fashion house founded in 1996, for seven years. Her practice bridges design, research and cultural strategy, with a strong emphasis on regenerative practices and sustainability, circularity and heritage preservation. Drawing on her academic background in sociology from the London School of Economics and her time at Central Saint Martin’s, Iona explores the ways fashion can drive social change and economic empowerment. She has collaborated with artisans and textile communities across Africa to create collections that honour tradition while engaging with contemporary global aesthetics. Of note is her production work on the film ‘Temple Road for Yosh*ta 1967’ that won the grand prize at 17 and the chapter she authored “Made in Kenya: A language of being” as part of exhibition and publication ‘Africa’s Fashion Diaspora.’

02/16/2026

Donica Merhazion is an educator, writer, and cultural storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her new book ‘Born at the End of the World’ is a historical fiction novel inspired by her parents’ lived experiences and rooted in East African history, and is being released this week. We will get a special preview at the East Africa Hope Forum on February 21st. FREE register via our bio link! ❤️ teaches at the International School of Kenya, where her work centres on inclusive, trauma-informed learning and on creating environments that prioritise psychological safety, self-reflection and growth. Her practice emphasises the role of story in shaping identity, belonging and historical understanding.

‘Born at the End of the World’ grew from a desire to honour oral storytelling traditions and to explore how understanding our individual and collective histories functions not only as memory but as a living source of resilience, joy and resistance across generations. Donica’s writing and teaching are deeply intertwined. In both spaces, she examines how culture sustains people through disruption and change, and how storytelling can strengthen communities by restoring continuity, dignity and voice. Her work reflects a belief that culture is not a static inheritance, but an active force that allows communities to survive, resist and create meaning forward. Through her writing, classroom practice and public conversations, Donica invites audiences to consider how understanding one’s own identity can serve as a source of strength and imagination, and how storytelling itself can be an act of hope.

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02/16/2026

Donica Merhazion is an educator, writer, and cultural storyteller based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her new book ‘Born at the End of the World’ is being released this week and we will get a special preview at the East Africa Hope Forum on February 21st. FREE register via our bio link! ❤️ teaches at the International School of Kenya, where her work centres on inclusive, trauma-informed learning and on creating environments that prioritise psychological safety, self-reflection and growth. Her practice emphasises the role of story in shaping identity, belonging and historical understanding. She is the author of “Born at the End of the World,” a historical fiction novel inspired by her parents’ lived experiences and rooted in East African history. The novel grew from a desire to honour oral storytelling traditions and to explore how understanding our individual and collective histories functions not only as memory but as a living source of resilience, joy and resistance across generations. Donica’s writing and teaching are deeply intertwined. In both spaces, she examines how culture sustains people through disruption and change, and how storytelling can strengthen communities by restoring continuity, dignity and voice. Her work reflects a belief that culture is not a static inheritance, but an active force that allows communities to survive, resist and create meaning forward. Through her writing, classroom practice and public conversations, Donica invites audiences to consider how understanding one’s own identity can serve as a source of strength and imagination, and how storytelling itself can be an act of hope.

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02/15/2026

Cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa, also known as Gado, was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Meet him at February 21st’s WHF East Africa by free registering via our bio link. is the editorial cartoonist for the Nation Newspapers In Nairobi and the most syndicated political/editorial cartoonist in East and Central Africa. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Buni Media, an independent multi-media company based in Nairobi. Gado is a creator and producer of the weekly satirical puppet show, The XYZ SHOW, since its inception on Citizen TV in 2009. He is a 2007 Prince Claus Laureate and was a winner of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission Award in Journalism in 2005 and 2007. In 2011, he was among twelve leaders to receive a Visionaries Award from the Ford Foundation for their innovative efforts on the frontlines of key social issues.

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02/12/2026

Mwendwa Katungulu’s approach to design can be described as a curious sceptic’s review of the perceptions of Kenyan, African and female identity. We look forward to meeting her at February 21st’s WHF, FREE register via our bio link! 🙏🏼 Nurtured within the creative ambiance of a bass-playing architect father and a plant-loving psychologist mother, Mwendwa’s path to a creative career was not only inevitable but celebrated. Early days spent amid the treasures of her grandmother’s curio shop ignited her curiosity, especially towards the intricate handiwork of Akamba artisans that adorned the shelves. Driven by a yearning for her roots, after studying abroad she returned home, igniting the birth of her fashion brand Fuelled by un-ending curiosity and a commitment to meld innovation and tradition, Mwendwa’s journey has been an investigation—an exploration into the core of human perception within history and culture, meticulously unravelling how these perceptions resonate in the contemporary world. Rooted in environmental consciousness, empathy for humanity, and a profound reverence for Africa’s opulent heritage, Mwendwa‘s insatiable curiosity reframes entrenched notions of African and feminine identities.

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02/12/2026

Mwendwa Katungulu’s approach to design can be described as a curious sceptic’s review of the perceptions of Kenyan, African and female identity. We look forward to meeting her at February 21st’s WHF, FREE register via our bio link! 🙏🏼 Nurtured within the creative ambiance of a bass-playing architect father and a plant-loving psychologist mother, Mwendwa’s path to a creative career was not only inevitable but celebrated. Early days spent amid the treasures of her grandmother’s curio shop ignited her curiosity, especially towards the intricate handiwork of Akamba artisans that adorned the shelves. Driven by a yearning for her roots and inspired by Kenya’s artisans, after studying abroad she returned home, igniting the birth of her fashion brand Fuelled by un-ending curiosity and a commitment to meld innovation and tradition, Mwendwa’s journey has been an investigation—an exploration into the core of human perception within history and culture, meticulously unravelling how these perceptions resonate in the contemporary world. Rooted in environmental consciousness, empathy for humanity, and a profound reverence for Africa’s opulent heritage, Mwendwa‘s insatiable curiosity reframes entrenched notions of African and feminine identities.

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02/07/2026

At the next WHF on February 21st we look forward to meeting Yonas Tadesse, a self-taught photographer and director from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 📸 Free register via our bio link 🙏🏼 focuses on reshaping African narratives and highlighting the continent’s rich history. Since debuting at Addis Foto Fest in 2014, his photographs have appeared in th international media, including The New York Times, TIME, CNN, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, BBC and Vogue Italia. He has collaborated with the United Nations, AFP/Getty Images, WaterAid and GIZ, while also giving back to his community through workshops and mentorship with Addis Foto Fest. His practice is driven by a commitment to portraying unique human experiences through visual storytelling.

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02/04/2026

We’re excited to focus on joy at the next WHF on February 21st, curated by who has brought together an inspiring group of speakers from East Africa 💛 FREE register via our bio link 💛Lilly Bekele-Piper is a multidisciplinary creative, cultural curator and communications strategist working at the intersection of storytelling, justice and joy. Born in Ethiopia with a career spanning Africa and the global diaspora, her work celebrates the traditions and futures of East Africa through visual and digital storytelling, as well as textile and fashion design. As founder of Selam & Hello Media and the Pan-African textile brand Amina, Lilly creates platforms that honor the culture, power and joy of Africa and her diaspora.

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