Listen Esther Kamweru is Kenya’s first female managing editor of a newspaper. She describes herself as a longtime journalist who started off as a cub reporter and a trainee sub editor and steadily worked her way to the top. After a very involving career in the industry, she is happy and fulfilled with the accomplishments […]
Listen Elizabeth Omolo is one of the pioneer female radio broadcasters in Kenya. She hosted various programmes at the Voice of Kenya (VoK) English Service, one of independent Kenya’s first radio stations, in the 1970s. She is remembered for her popular shows Hello Children and The Breakfast Club, and also for hosting the famous music […]
Listen Catherine Kasavuli is the founder of Kasavuli Media Group Ltd, a finishing school for broadcasters to help refine their presentation skills. The company also offers etiquette classes to the general public. Kasavuli was previously the Corporate Affairs Manager at Royal Media Services based in Nairobi, a post she took up after retiring from news […]
Listen Arguably the most influential female media personality of our time, Caroline Mutoko cut her teeth on Capital FM’s Rush Hour before exploding to national fame with her hugely popular The Big Breakfast on Kiss 100 FM. Known for speaking her mind even if her opinions are unpopular, Mutoko was appointed Chair of Kenya Tourist […]
Listen Suzanna Owiyo is a multi-award winning musician. She has won the Kora Award and Kisima Award for Most Promising Musician and nominated Best Kenyan Female Artist at Pearl of Africa Music Awards, and has performed before numerous Heads of State, including Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. In December 2001, President Daniel arap Moi, Tanzania’s […]
Listen Suzanne Gachukia is a composer, musician, performer, producer and entrepreneur. She is the owner and Director of Sub-Saharan Limited (formerly Samawati), a company that produces music, films and television shows. The company, which doubles up as a media training institute, has over 300 works in audio and film under its belt in addition to […]
Listen The rarely seen combination of musician and entrepreneur is found in the vivacious Muthoni Ndonga, creator of a hugely successful family-themed picnic event that has launched the careers of many talented artistes. It is not every day that you meet a young woman making waves both in the business world and in the music […]
Listen Pioneer gospel singer Mary Atieno Ominde is living proof that disability is not inability; blind from birth, she became a leading artiste in Kenya’s gospel music arena in the 1980s and 1990s, producing numerous albums that continue to inspire millions. Her first album, Adam na Eva, released in 1982, remained popular for years. As […]
Listen Jennifer Atieno Sanna, or Atisanna, to use her stage name, is Kenya’s first professional female nyatiti player. The nyatiti, an eight-stringed harp, was traditionally played only by men among the Luo. She learned how to play this instrument under the tutelage of accomplished nyatiti players, later training further at the Kenya National Theatre. She […]
Listen Remembered for gracing our television screens as the firm but encouraging Tusker Project Fame Academy’s music teacher, Hellen Mtawali is an accomplished singer, composer, choreographer and lecturer at Daystar University, who uses song to evangelise and to help the less fortunate, and has been instrumental in mentoring Kenya’s next generation of musicians. Hellen Mtawali […]