ALL I NEED

Well-known around his community as an early day hip-hop specialist, Siyabonga Metane aka Slikour, quickly found himself collecting, writing then producing music. He didn’t think twice before finding his way on stage and soon launching the online music platform Slikour On Life.

Anietie « AJE » James embraced his childhood passion for cinematography to tell his “own story.” Right when “there was a need for music professional videos” in Nigeria, he created his own production structure involving a wide range of professionals in his creative process.

The name of Onye Ubanatu’s structure, My Passion My Life, sums up his career in photography and cinematography from a camera assistant to an award-winning Nigerian creative entrepreneur, documentary producer and director.

Being a beat maker in Abidjan would be an achievement to many, but this wasn’t enough for Serge Beynaud who decided to try to sing and soon enough created his own record label, a structure that opens the way to younger talents and goes beyond borders.

Two years after completing his studies in Johannesburg, Bulawayo-born artist Sindiso Nyoni dropped his agency work to set up his own graphic studio, completely assume his poster artist pseudonym, R!ot, and reflect the “soul of the city.”

If dance is often perceived as a past time by too many, for Kaffy, it is an art that can change lives, starting by her very own. The dancer became a choreographer, a coach, a “dance-trepreneur” who shares her compelling enthusiasm and passion to many.

Nairobi-based photographer Mutua Matheka created his own production structure to express his vision of photography as “the power of observation” in a life mission: create the first complete photographic portrait of the African city.