SPARK AFRICA LIMITED
(C.136207)
Is a multi-skilled, multi-cultural 21st Century
creative agency providing intergrated communication solutions for marketers.
At Spark Africa we believe that what a brand communicates
is equal to the life line of that brand. Information can design, shape and bend
the mind towards a certain view. At it’s simplest, Communication is a simple
identity. At its most effective, its an intergrated marketing campaign tool
that utilizes all known form of media to communicate yourself and your brand.
At
Spark we follow a phased approach that starts with an in-depth understanding of
our partner’s brand strategy, leading to creative solutions, then execution of
marketing activities to deliver measurable and profitable results.
SPARK AFRICA Limited:
Formed in Kenya during
January 2007, Spark Africa Limited is a multi-media, youth-orientated
authority on African urban culture, fashion, music & entertainment, with
core competence in a mix of branded products & services:
CLIENT:
ACCORD INTERNATIONAL - London UK, Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: January 2007
Job:
EPA Campaign
Job
delivered:
- Website development and management.
- Creating the campaign logo.
- Creating posters, fliers, action cards, pull-up banners and t-shirts.
- Production of posters, fliers, action cards, pull-up banners and t-shirts.
- Photography creative and management and models’ audition.
CLIENT:
Rhumba Kali African Hip Hop - Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Contractual
Period: January 2007 until present
Job:
Editorial on African hip-hop.com
Job
delivered:
- Website editorial and management.
CLIENT:
Both Ends/ Baobab Connection - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contractual
Period: January 2007 until present
Job:
Editorial
Job
delivered:
- Website editorial and management.
- Office management.
- Event management.
- Team management.
- Ideas for competitions.
- Editorial meetings.
- Street team and publicity.
CLIENT:
FECCLAHAH (Fellowship of Christian Councils & Churches in the Great Lakes
& Horn of Africa) - Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: January 2007
Job:
In House Print Production
Job
delivered:
- Creative management of New Year Cards, FECCLAHAH 2007 Yearly Calendar, 2007 yearly planner and annual brochures.
- Production of 5,000 New Year Cards, 10,000 FECCLAHAH 2007 Yearly Calendars, 10,000 2007 yearly planner and 10,000 annual brochures.
CLIENT:
Kenya Human Rights
Commission- Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: January 2007
Job:
World Social Forum, Haki Night (Justice Night), Kasarani Stadium
Job
delivered:
- Booking artists.
- Talent liaison and management.
- Event management.
CLIENT:
BRITISH COUNCIL - Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: January 2007 until present.
Job:
WAPI – Words & Pictures
Job
delivered:
- Booking artists
- Artist liaison.
- Event management.
- Sound management.
- Team coordination.
- Reporting to client.
- PR & Publicity.
- Photography creative and management.
- Sponsorship arrangements (Sprite/ Zain/ Wrigley’s).
- Ideas.
CLIENT:
United Nations Habitat – Kampala,
Uganda
Contractual
Period: February 2007
Job:
United Nations City Great Lakes States Conference
Job
delivered:
- Event management.
- Team coordination.
- Program coordination.
CLIENT:
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM - Johannesburg,
South Africa
Contractual
Period: March 2007
Job:
South African Tourism – Kenyan Consumers Activation
Job
delivered:
- Street banners production.
CLIENT:
BRITISH COUNCIL – Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Contractual
Period: March 2007
Job:
WAPI – Words & Pictures
Job
delivered:
- Artist liaison.
- Event management.
- Sound management.
- Team coordination.
- Reporting to client.
CLIENT:
African Hip Hop Radio - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Contractual
Period: June 2007 until present
Job:
Radio show on African hip-hop
Job
delivered:
- Radio show production and management.
- Studio booking and management.
- Artists booking and management and recording the show and hosting it.
- Photography, set and sound management.
- Facilitation of internet uploads of the show.
CLIENT:
BRITISH COUNCIL – Lagos, Nigeria
Contractual
Period: July 2007
Job:
WAPI – Words & Pictures
Job
delivered:
- Artist liaison.
- Event management.
- Sound management.
- Team coordination.
- Reporting to client.
CLIENT:
WAPI Times Magazine– Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: July 2007 until present
Job:
WAPI Times Monthly Magazine
Job
delivered:
- Editorial/ photography/ interviews/ design/ print/ publishing/ management.
- Sourcing advertising and branding revenue (Sprite/ Zain/ FCC/ Wrigley).
- Quoting, Invoicing and sorting payments from finance managers.
- Updating website content on WAPI Times facebook.
- Editorial and advertising reports.
- Distribution of 10,000 copies across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and Zanzibar.
CLIENT:
Spark Africa & Emerge Films, Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: September 2007
Job:
Dead Prez East African Tour (Ni Wakati)
Job
delivered:
- Artist management and Liaison New York – Nairobi.
- Sourcing sponsorship from Sprite and selling dates to Tanzania.
- Managing the artist itinerary/ breakfast/ lunch/ dinner.
- Work permits/ migration status papers.
- Sorting artists’ per diems and payment.
- Security/ hotel and transportation management.
- Press and publicity management.
CLIENT:
Tribes Magazine, North Carolina, USA
Contractual
Period: October 2007 until present
Job:
Editorial on www.tribesmagazine.com
Job
delivered:
- Editorial management
CLIENT:
Channel O TV/ Republic – Johannesburg,
South Africa
Contractual
Period: January 2008
Job:
Emcee Africa; The Kenyan Leg of the search
for Best African Rapper
Job
delivered:
- Artist coordination, registration, choosing judges and profiling them.
- Coordination with sponsorship from Sprite.
- Managing the South African film crew itinerary.
- Managing film crew’s equipment, transportation and accommodation.
- Logistics, work permits/ migration status papers for film crew.
- Security/ hotel and transportation management.
- Press conference management, TV/radio interviews management.
- Risk assessment and Event management.
- Street team flyers activation at universities, colleges, studios.
- Coordination with client for branding and report management.
CLIENT:
United Nations; Habitat/ City Council of Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: February 2008
Job:
Kenya
Peace Week; National Youth Violence Prevention Week, KICC.
Job
delivered:
- Artist management and Liaison over 30 artists.
- Sorting sponsorship from United Nations Habitat of over USD 50,000.
- Budget management, making payments and logistics management.
- Digital/ web publicity, Press, interviews and publicity management.
- Risk assessment and event management.
- Client coordination and report management.
- Coordinating programmes and schedules.
CLIENT:
US Embassy – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: March 2008
Job:
US/ Kenya
Cultural Exchange with High School Students,
Job
delivered:
- Pitching, formulating and executing the idea.
- Searching and identifying the high school
- Communicating and liaising with the principal.
- Identifying suitable facilitators for poetry and dance sessions.
- Coordinating with client to be available on site.
- Budget and Logistics management.
- Time management/ Event management/ Report management.
CLIENT:
British Council – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: March 2008
Job:
Blak Twang Tour of Kenya
Job
delivered:
- Press, interviews, PR and publicity management.
- Street team publicity/ flyers/ posters.
- Press conference management
- Country and Community tour.
- Production Skill factory session with upcoming producers and poets.
- Itinerary/ Event/ Time/ Security/ Budget/ Transport/ management
CLIENT:
British Council – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: April 2008
Job:
International Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Job
delivered:
- Press, interviews and publicity management; getting the word out there.
- Appointing judges.
- Going through the entries over 1,000 to choose the best 10.
- Conducting the interviews of the best 10 to choose winner.
- Prize giving occasion.
CLIENT:
British Council – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: April 2008
Job:
Business Leadership Forum on Creative Industry, New Stanley Hotel
Job
delivered:
- Chosen as a young upcoming business to be a facilitator together with musician Eric Wainaina and (Intellectual Property Lawyer & Lecturer at the University of Nairobi) Dr. Ben Sihanya.
CLIENT:
CFC Life Assurance Bank – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: April 2008
Job:
CFC Life Assurance Annual Awards, Inter Continental Hotel
Job
delivered:
- Provision of entertainment management for the evening.
- Talent management.
CLIENT:
British Council – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: April 2008
Job:
International Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Job
delivered:
- Press, interviews and publicity management; getting the word out there.
- Appointing judges from the Kenyan music industry.
- Going through the entries over 1,000 to choose the best 10.
- Facilitating availability of best 10.
- Conducting the interviews of the best 10 to choose winner.
- Prize giving to the winner.
- Relaying winner information to press and public.
- Report.
CLIENT:
ADAM Magazine/ EA Publishers, Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: May 2008 until present
Job:
Editorial for Adam magazine
Job
delivered:
- Editorial
CLIENT:
BRITISH COUNCIL – Accra, Ghana
Contractual
Period: May 2008
Job:
WAPI – Words & Pictures
Job
delivered:
- Artist liaison.
- Event management.
- Team coordination.
- Reporting to client.
CLIENT:
Kenya Breweries Limited – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: May 2008
Job:
Pilsner Re-branding Launch
Job
delivered:
- Provision of the evening’s entertainment
- Managing the schedule and talent.
CLIENT:
Sarakasi Trust, Sawa Sawa Festival – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: May 2008
Job:
Sawa Mtaani, the Arboretum Park, Nairobi
Job
delivered:
- Sound/ stage/ venue/ management.
- Artists profiles, liaison and talent management.
CLIENT:
Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Government – Durban, South
Africa
Contractual
Period: June 2008
Job:
ONE CITY;
Global Youth Summit, Durban, South Africa
Job
delivered:
- Liaison of two Kenya winners of youth poetry competition.
- Digital/ web publicity, Press, interviews and publicity management.
- Facilitation of meetings and sessions.
- Coordinating programmes and schedules.
CLIENT:
Slam Africa – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: June 2008 till present
Job:
Slam Africa Kenya;
Spoken Word Championship
Job
delivered:
- Artist Liaison.
- Sound, venue, press, interviews and publicity management.
- Seeking of meetings for sponsors.
- Coordinating with partners in other African countries to spread out.
CLIENT:
Peach Mobile – Johannesburg, South Africa
Contractual
Period: June 2008 till present
Job:
Managing Kenya Mobile Content
Job
delivered:
- Artist Liaison.
- Point of contact.
- Mobile phone content
- Client introduction into Kenya
- Meetings with artists introducing the concept.
- Content ideas.
- Production
- Orientation
- Artist contracts
- Budget and payments
CLIENT:
Mobile Sawa – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: June 2008 till present
Job:
Managing Mobile Sawa Ringtones
Job
delivered:
- Artist Liaison.
- Mobile phone content.
- Point of contact
CLIENT:
Arts Alive – Johannesburg, South Africa
Contractual
Period: July 2008
Job:
International Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Job
delivered:
- Provision of poet for Arts Alive
- Managing press and interviews
- Managing itinerary
- Managing travel, ticketing and payments.
- Liaising between artist and client.
CLIENT:
Story Moja Publishers – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: August 2008
Job:
The Nyama Choma Book Fiesta; Story Telling Fiesta
Job
delivered:
- Sound/ and stage management.
- Digital publicity.
CLIENT:
CFC Stanbic Bank, Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: October 2008
Job:
CFC Stanbic Win out of the Blue TV Infomercial Production Shoot
Job
delivered:
- Project management.
- Filming & editing of infomercial production.
CLIENT:
Scanad Advertising Agency - Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: November 2008 until present.
Job:
Jipange Youth Campaign/ www.gpange.com
Job
delivered:
- Website design management.
- Website editorial.
- Live website updates at the concert launch.
- Website publicity.
- Client updates.
CLIENT:
Kenya Human Rights Commission- Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: November 2008 until present.
Job:
EPA Financial Crisis Campaign
Job
delivered:
- Concept and design management.
- Copyrighting.
CLIENT:
Embassy of Finland – Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: December 2008
Job:
Finnish Independence Day
Job
delivered:
- Sound/ and stage management.
- Talent and artist management.
- Rehearsal management for Finish national anthem.
CLIENT:
Environmental Youth Alliance, Vancouver, Canada
Contractual
Period: January 2009
Job:
Mobile Movement
Job
delivered:
- Music content provision.
- Managing contracts and payments.
CLIENT:
United Nations; Habitat – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: 30th March – 4th April 2009
Job:
Governing Council Week, United Nations Headquarters, Gigiri.
Job
delivered:
- Management of Sustainable Development Slam Workshop
- Logistics for payment of week’s artists and participants.
- Managing artists at the Youth Empowerment Ceremony attend by UN Habitat Director Anna Tibaijuka.
- Liaison with UN Habitat Partners section for MOT. (Messengers of Truth).
- Reporting back to UN Habitat.
CLIENT:
United States Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya
Contractual
Period: 30th April 2009
Job:
Dynamax Tour of Kenya.
Job
delivered:
- Management of music workshop
- Performance
CLIENT:
Channel O TV
Contractual
Period: 6th June 2009
Job:
Emcee Africa 2
Job
delivered:
- Management of media and publicity
- Management of front desk communication.
- Management of artists and event.
CLIENT:
United Nations; Habitat – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: 30th November 2009
Job:
MOT Urban Youth and Arts Summit
UN Headquarters, Gigiri.
Job
delivered:
- Conceptualization
- Management of Whole Event and Logistics
- Inviting delegates and participants
- Managing discussion sessions
- Liaison with UN Habitat Partners section for MOT. (Messengers of Truth).
- Reporting back to UN Habitat.
CLIENT:
Roots International/ US Embassy – Nairobi,
Kenya
Contractual
Period: 17th – 23rd December 2009
Job:
US/ Kenya
Cultural Exchange with US Based Arbaminch Collective,
Job
delivered:
- Media consultancy; interviews on radio and TV.
- Venue coordination.
- Time management/ Event management
CLIENT:
THE PATRICIA SHOW
Contractual
Period: 1st January 2010 -
Job:
Guest Bookings
Job
delivered:
- Guest networking
- Booking international guests
- Reporting
CLIENT:
GOETHE INSTITUT, NAIROBI
Contractual
Period: 20th July 2010
Job:
NAIROBI BERLIN
COLLABORATION
Job
delivered:
- MCing and Hosting event
- Briefing both local and German artists about the event
- Reporting back to client
CLIENT:
ROCK4000/ SONY RECORDS
Contractual
Period: 1st October – December 2010
Job:
AIRTEL ONE 8
Job
delivered:
- Blogging/ Social networking
- Representing the One8 brand at all times and getting the news to other sites and newspapers.
- Reporting back to client
CLIENT:
BLANKETS AND WINE
Contractual
Period: 1st January 2011 -
Job:
Publicity and Bookings
Job delivered:
- Blogging/ Social networking
- Booking international artists
CONTACT SPARK AFRICA FOR BOOKINGS/ IDEAS/ ARTISTS/ MCs.
Call: +254 718328717
