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Walid Kilonzi, Joanna Oluoch and Odile Oluoch at their stand during the official announcement of the 2025 grantees of the Hii Stage II and the Digital Creatives Call for Projects [David Gichuru/Standard]
The French Embassy in Nairobi has awarded a grant worth Sh25m to 17 creatives through their Creation Africa programme.
The recipients were nine artists in the field of performance arts dubbed 'Hii Stage II' (This Stage), with each receiving Sh1 million, and eight creatives in the digital arts getting Sh2 million each. The beneficiaries were unveiled at the Alliance Francaise Nairobi.
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