Kenya's Creative Economy Deserves Data.
The Opportunity
Kenya's creative sector contributes over KES 200 billion to the economy — and there's room to unlock even more with reliable earnings data, a centralized opportunity pipeline, and tools built for how Kenyan creatives actually work. That's the infrastructure we're building.
What We're Building
Three pillars to power Kenya's creative economy with data, opportunities, and strategic infrastructure.
Research & Intelligence
Original data on Kenya's creative sectors — music, film, fashion, visual arts, gaming, and digital content. We'll publish what nobody else measures.
Inaugural report — Q3 2028Opportunity Brokerage
A curated hub of grants, residencies, open calls, and funding — vetted and matched to your discipline. No more missing deadlines.
Launching Q3 2028Policy & Strategy
Evidence-based consulting for government, institutions, and international partners working on the creative economy.
Accepting expressions of interestState of Kenya's Creative Economy 2028
Creatives.KE Inaugural Report
The first comprehensive map of Kenya's creative sectors
We're conducting original research across music, film, fashion, visual arts, gaming, and digital content — mapping earnings, employment, and growth at the county level for the first time.
- Sector-by-sector economic analysis
- Employment and earnings benchmarks
- County-level creative economy mapping
- Policy recommendations for government
- Digital economy deep-dive
Six Sectors. One Mission.
We're mapping the full breadth of Kenya's creative economy.
Music
Streaming, live performance, production, publishing
Film & TV
Production, distribution, animation, VFX
Fashion
Design, manufacturing, export, retail
Visual Arts
Fine art, illustration, gallery, digital art
Gaming
Game dev, esports, mobile gaming
Digital Content
Influencers, podcasting, digital media
Why We Started This
We're a small team of researchers, technologists, and creative economy practitioners who believe Kenya's vibrant creative sector deserves world-class support. With better data, decisions get sharper. With the right connections, funders and creatives find each other. With purpose-built tools, opportunities reach the people who can act on them.
Creatives.KE brings these together: rigorous research, a centralized opportunity pipeline, and tools designed for how Kenya's creative economy actually works.
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