Call for applications: Santuri Gear Box East Africa

The Santuri Gear Box project will benefit spaces and platforms that enable creative collaboration and shared access to community resources, as well as provide access to cutting edge production and performance technology including hardware and software with a view to improve the East African electronic music industry.

The improvement comes in the form of six recording and production studios, six performance platforms and six creative collectives from six countries in East Africa. Last year, professionals from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, including Zanzibar, took part in the project. Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia have been added to the project this year.

Applying

The application process is done online here, where you will be required to log in with your email address to answer a few questions. The deadline for submissions is on 31 October 2017, which will be followed by a selection process in November 2017. The project roll-out begins in December 2017.

Note that there is a limited amount of resources and as such only very convincing cases will receive an entire consignment.

Therefore, applicants will need to:

• showcase what they have done so far
• demonstrate what gear they need and why
• demonstrate what they will do with the gear
• state how the gear will contribute to building the community
• identity innovation around electronic music from East Africa.

For more information,click here.

Santuri is a social enterprise known for its commitment to developing innovation, identity and community around electronic music from East Africa through its network of DJs, musicians, producers and cultural activists.