Catu Diosis is part of the Nyege Nyege crew and a rising international DJ & Producer touring Europe and East Africa. She is based in Uganda.

Gloria is the founder of Kampala Fashionweek and her namesake clothing label.

JOJO ABOT, who was artistic director for EAST17, is a nomadic interdisciplinary artist exploring evolving themes of spirituality, identity and community with SELF as the starting point to collective evolution.

With an exciting, budding career, ABOT has toured with Ms Lauryn hill, played stages like Afropunk, Roots Picnic, Radio City Music Hall, The Apollo, Kennedy Center and more while being the first unsigned artist to perform live for NYC’s Times Square New Year’s Eve concert to over a million people.

An alumni of the New Museum’s incubator program, NEW INC and former resident at National Sawdust, ABOT continues to develop and present her interdisciplinary practice through POWER TO THE GOD WITHIN and other curatorial projects.

Based in Uganda, Martin is one of the rising photographers in the region. He is known for constructing images that appeal to different cultural contexts.

Labdi is a musician from Nairobi, Kenya. She sings Afro-house, neo-hose and Afro-pop music. She has shared the stage with US singer Joss Stone, Kenyan musicians Tetu Shani, Janice Iche, Tha Movement and the Kaya Collective.

Kenya-based Michael Soi is one of the regions most reknowned visual artists. In his work, he tackles current issues in politics, and offers a satirical take on the topics that occupy our public imagination. Soi draws inspiration from contemporary life in Nairobi. His work can be read as a kind photographic diary of Nairobi, offering commentary on social, economic and political trends. He delves into relationships, or what he generally calls the economics of love, the corrupting effects of power, and popular culture within the context of globalization & consumerism.

Danish born Mzungu Kichaa has spent much of his childhood living in Africa - and this is where he has transformed himself into Mzungu Kichaa which means something along the lines of "the crazy white man." Mzungu Kichaa is currently a musical star in East Africa where he broke through in 2009 with the album "Tuko Pamoja" and the hit single "Jitolee" featuring local stars Professor Jay and Mwasiti. In 2010, Mzungu Kichaa became the judge in Bongo Star Search, the Tanzanian equivalent to X-Factor, and in 2012 he released his EP "Hustle".

Maïmouna Jallow is a storyteller and journalist based in Nairobi. She is the director of arts and media company, Positively African and Reimagined Stories. She has performed her adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s acclaimed novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives on several stages from East to West Africa and Europe. She writes for Africasacountry.

She is currently a fellow of the inaugural Ford Foundation Africa #NoFilter initiative, and is the editor and curator of Story Story, Story Come. Her work has been featured on the BBC, Forbes Woman Africa, and The East African, amongst others.

Bankslave is one of the leading graffiti and street-art artists in Kenya and has travelled the world with his work.