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Magamba Network is Africa’s trailblazing creative and digital media organization. Magamba is Zimbabwe’s award-winning creative organisation

We’re all about using arts, digital media, civic tech & activism to inspire young people to build a more just, green and participatory Africa.

30/10/2026

| Our Storytelling Lead, Ska Sebata sat down with Goitse Kwada (Goitse on The •Afrotellers• Podcast for a conversation on all things narrative building and how Magamba Network approaches storytelling across its programmes and creative work.

From the narratives we’re building across the continent to our collaborations with partners beyond Africa, the conversation explores the ideas, creative processes and perspectives shaping our work.

Stay tuned for more highlights, live from •Afrotellers• 2026!

29/10/2026

“𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭.” - 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐯𝐨, 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝

Big Tech has built AI models that risk leaving African perspectives out of the picture. For young Africans, opting out could mean being left behind, while opting in means navigating systems that can distort our narratives and misrepresent our realities.

Speaking at •Afrotellers• 2026, Vera and the Husbands challenged young Africans to look beyond this dilemma and find ways to turn these systems to their advantage. The question is no longer just whether we use AI, but how we shape it, challenge its biases and use it to tell our own stories on our own terms.

The goal is not simply to be included in the system, but to influence how it works.

28/10/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐚, 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚

Who gets to shape Africa’s stories in the age of AI, algorithms and shifting global power?

As a convening partner of Afrotellers Conference 2026, Magamba Network is joining storytellers, creatives and cultural leaders in Mombasa, Kenya, for conversations on Narrative Sovereignty in the Age of AI and Shifting Global Power.

At the heart of these conversations is a critical question: how can African storytellers and communities retain the power to shape their own narratives in an increasingly digital and interconnected world?

Our Magamba Africa Programme Lead Vera ZW is at the conference as a speaker and performer, contributing to conversations on the power of storytelling in shaping how Africa is represented, understood and imagined.

Also representing Magamba, Kudzai Zvinavashe, Nafasi Africa Programme Lead, and Ska Sebata, Magamba Storytelling Lead, will host a session on Algorithmic Disinformation and Online Repression. The session will explore how digital platforms shape information, influence public discourse and affect civic participation.

From the stories we tell to the algorithms that determine which stories are seen and heard, narrative sovereignty is central to building a future where African voices have the power to define their own realities.

As a convening partner, Magamba is proud to be part of creating spaces for critical dialogue, collaboration and new possibilities for African storytelling.

📍 Mombasa, Kenya
📅 27–31 October 2026

23/10/2026

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

Our Operations Director, Munya Bloggo, is heading to Johannesburg, South Africa, for ACCES 2026, taking place from 28–31 October.

A project of the Music In Africa, a pan-African non-profit organisation, ACCES brings together over 700 delegates from more than 45 countries for music industry networking, workshops, exhibitions and live showcases celebrating African talent.

Through platforms like Shoko Festival and Studio Moto, Magamba creates spaces for artists and creatives to showcase their work and reach wider audiences. Munya’s participation at ACCES presents an opportunity to engage with the people and ideas shaping Africa’s music industry and explore new possibilities for the continent’s creative sector.

20/10/2026

𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧.

Last Saturday, we joined Trust Africa to celebrate two decades of backing African-led ideas, movements and possibilities. And our Creative Director Comrade Fatso spoke at the roundtable on shaping the Africa we want, a conversation that hits close to home for us.

This is a story of a journey we have been building together.

From the Citizens Manifesto to the African Social Movements Baraza, we’ve collaborated, organised, imagined and pushed for a liberated Africa based on social justice, economic freedom and dignity for all.

And the full circle moment: Trust Africa turns 20 this year. Magamba turns 20 next year!

Two decades of asking bigger questions, making noise where it matters, and proving that the Africa we want isn’t just something we talk about. It’s something we build together.

Happy 20th anniversary, Trust Africa! Here’s to the work we’ve done, and the future we’re still making!

19/10/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝗔 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬

False and misleading claims about the climate crisis can distort public debate, create doubt about climate science and misrepresent the costs and benefits of climate action. Challenging these narratives requires reliable information, accessible communication and creative approaches that connect with people.

On 24 September 2026, Magamba Network Creative Director Comrade Fatso joined global leaders, policymakers and civil society representatives at the Information Integrity Solutions Dialogue at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, during UN General Assembly week.

Organised by the of Brazil, the UN Secretariat, UN Development Programme and UNESCO, the dialogue explored responses to the global information crisis, including community-led communication, evidence-based information and greater accountability from digital platforms.

The showcase featured our campaign, which uses creative storytelling to challenge climate disinformation and misleading narratives about climate action. Samm also presented the campaign during the Catalyzing Narratives for Climate Action panel at Solutions House hosted by for Climate, demonstrating how political satire can challenge corporate influence.

Both campaigns reflect Magamba’s wider work on information integrity, including Fake News Fighters, which uses creative campaigns and youth-led storytelling to counter climate disinformation.

Climate action is not just about the solutions we pursue. It is also about ensuring people have access to reliable information to understand the challenges, question misleading claims and make informed decisions.

ClimateDisinformation ClimateAction

16/10/2026

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗸’𝘂𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

Our Storytelling Lead, Ska Sebata, is at the Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival as one of five key stakeholders selected to participate in the Digital Lab Africa Zimbabwe programme.

Supported by the Embassy of France in Zimbabwe and led by Tshimologong Precinct in partnership with MatambaFilmLabs, the six-month programme is focused on strengthening Zimbabwe’s animation, gaming and virtual reality (VR) sectors.

Fak'ugesi 2026 marks the beginning of this learning and engagement process, connecting creative industry stakeholders, exploring opportunities within Zimbabwe’s digital arts ecosystem, and building a clearer picture of what local creators need to grow and thrive.

At Magamba, we believe storytelling and creative expression are central to how we shape culture, challenge ideas and imagine new possibilities. We’re looking forward to contributing our experience in digital storytelling and creative production to these conversations.

15/10/2026

𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

Peace in the Hood is more than a day out.
It is about what happens when a community gets a space to come together, create, perform, connect and celebrate itself.

Chitungwiza has always had its own rhythm. Its artists, musicians, dancers, comedians, creatives, hustlers, young people, families and neighbourhoods are part of a living cultural ecosystem that keeps producing new ideas, new sounds and new ways of expressing who we are.
That is why Shoko comes to the hood.
Not to bring culture to the community, but to create a space where the culture that is already there can take centre stage.

Peace in the Hood is about young people seeing themselves, their friends and their communities represented. It is about artists having a platform, audiences having a place to gather, and everyone being able to experience the simple power of being together.
This is what Shoko has always believed in: culture belongs to everyone.

From the stage to the street, from the performers to the crowd, from the youngest faces in the audience to the OGs who have watched the culture evolve - Peace in the Hood is a celebration of the people who make the hood what it is.

Chitungwiza, this one was yours.
16 years of Shoko.
One community.
One big celebration.
UNMUTED.

09/10/2026

𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐨. 𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.

In a cover story for Woza Weekend Magazine by NewsDay-Zimbabwe, Magamba Network Creative Director and Shoko Festival Director Samm Farai Monro, aka Comrade Fatso reflects on Shoko’s 16-year journey and its impact on the cultural landscape.

What started with hip-hop and spoken word has grown into something much bigger: a space where music, comedy, art, activism and ideas collide. Shoko has helped bring alternative voices into the spotlight, create room for difficult conversations and connect artists, audiences and communities through culture. From the stage to the streets and across digital spaces, it has consistently pushed the boundaries of what a festival can be.

Sixteen years on, Shoko remains a meeting point for culture and change - a place where young people can express themselves, challenge conventions and shape the conversations that define their time.

Read the full cover story in Woza Weekend Magazine:https://woza.co.zw/stories/unmuted-comrade-fatso-reflects-on-shoko-festivals-16-year-cultural-journey-culture

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