The Gods Must be Crazy is the first film that 24-year-old Daniel Karanja Ng’endo vividly remembers watching. Perhaps it was this film that spearheaded his career in the entertainment industry. This Kenyan filmmaker, who studied Journalism and Communication, believes that he can add uniqueness and creativity to Africa’s video entertainment industry. He draws his inspiration from watching TV programmes such as Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire, as well as the local productions Varshita and Lies that bind.
Since graduating from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication in 2017 – where he studied cinematography, photography, video editing and creative directing – Hillary Lanogwa Kilaho has been working as a cameraman. It has given him certain insights into the trajectory of east Africa’s creative industries and where it is heading in the near future. The 23-year-old admires Abel Mutual. “His creativity in scriptwriting and directing is on another level. He is very nice in real life and has a very good sense of humour. Abel is a humble go-getter, which I really respect,” he says.
Antony Mwangi Njoroge has aspirations of becoming Kenya’s greatest filmmaker. The theoretical knowledge and practical experience he will learn during the year-long MultiChoice Talent Factory will help him become just that!
The 24-year-old journalism and media graduate is also passionate about photography, creativity and innovation. One day he dreams of creating The Legend TV show.
At just 18 years old, Adala Nyamoita Makhulo, is one of the youngest MTF interns. Though she was born in Nairobi, Kenya she completed high school in India. She says it helped her step out of her comfort zone and become an open-minded global citizen, “I was exposed to people from 70 different nationalities (25 of which were African nationalities) that were not only diverse in terms of geographical location, but also in terms of opinions, religions and beliefs.”