Swahili Pot, according to the CS and team at launch is a hub to nurture tech and arts in one space. The idea is to have a space that can support development of tech and arts talent (arts being video production, sarakasi, music and other forms of entertainment that can be consumed digitally). On paper, it's supposed to make Mombasa a hub for development of local content that can be consumed locally and/or exported like Nigerians do with their entertainment industry. Regards, Martin Gicheru Managing Editor Techweez Limited, Office 10 Cathy Flats Lenana Road, PO Box 2252-00606, Nairobi, Kenya Skype ID: martingicheru | Twitter ID:@martingicheru <https://twitter.com/martingicheru> | Telegram: @martingicheru On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Martin,

I don't understand what Swahili pot is all about and the so called convergence of arts and ICT, maybe Ahmed can shed more light?

Regards

On 3/29/16, Martin Gicheru via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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So I was in Diani last week for Connected Kenya. Besides all the great conversations and announcements that happened, there was an event that happened in the sidelines of Connected Kenya. This was at Fort Jesus, same place the SEACOM cable hits the land, and SEACOM offices are.

Guest of honour was Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru alongside other ICT stalwarts. The event was to launch Swahili Pot. If you follow Kenyan Tech you would know of Swahili Box, a tech co-working space located in Mombasa. This is a private entity. The new one is called Swahili Pot.

http://forums.techweez.com/t/swahili-pot-in-mombasa-heres-what-you-should-pr...

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Regards,

Martin Gicheru

Managing Editor Techweez Limited,

Office 10 Cathy Flats Lenana Road, PO Box 2252-00606, Nairobi, Kenya

Skype ID: martingicheru | Twitter ID:@martingicheru <https://twitter.com/martingicheru> | Telegram: @martingicheru

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