Stories We Tell

Telling African tech and culture stories

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Stories We Tell exists to find, shape and tell the stories that matter.

But the best stories don't always show up where we're looking. So we built a way for them to find us.

Introducing Put Us On, a new space on our website where you can:

→ Share what you're building or something you've discovered
→ Nominate someone whose story deserves to be told
→ Discover people, projects and movements you wouldn't normally encounter

Tech, business, Web3, AI, culture, creators. If it's happening across Africa and it matters, we want to hear about it.

Know someone we should meet? Building something we should know about?

Tell us. Website link in the comments 👇🏾

[Meave🥴 @m3av3]

There’s always a story to tell

Are you audacious enough to tell yours?

I explored storytelling as creation for the @Artizen salon

Enjoy :)

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The second story of the Artizen Salon belongs to one of the voices who built the table.

In our first drop, 21 creators in Tigoni defined what it means to build things we owe to the world.

Now, we are pulling back the curtain with @m3av3, Founder of @Stories_WeTell and one of the three co-hosts who shaped the @Artizen Creator Salon.

For Meave, creation is an act of channeling your purpose, of doing something deeply meaningful beyond oneself. But to create with purpose, you must eventually speak.

That is where creation becomes storytelling.

The world is starved for stories that matter, but they don't just happen. They require a creator’s audacity to step up and tell them. A story can be simple but heavy: You have to be your own first storyteller. Before a community can rally behind you, before a future can be built, and before anyone else can help amplify your echo, you have to have the courage to speak your narrative into the empty air first.

This is how movements start. This is how we back what matters.

So, the question evolves: You know what creativity and creating means to you. Now, do you have the audacity to be its first storyteller?

[Viv @Vivianna_ki]

Creativity means something different to everyone. This was a beautiful one.
@Stories_WeTell x @BuildaDao x @Artizen

https://t.co/uNbTEcufmc

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@_ChrisOketch @minisendapp @base @saxenasaheb @akhil_bvs @buildonbase @Based_Africa Will be in your dms

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We asked 21 people one question;

Technologists, artists, a chef, founders, organizers, musicians. One table in Tigoni. Question 1: what does creativity mean to you?

"To dare."
"Being flexible"
"Making something meaningful"
"Purpose, duty, obligation."
"Giving people a different perspective."
"Not being put in a box, making your own world."
"Speaking to the world in your own language."
"Life."

They didn't talk about making things for themselves. They talked about making things they owe to someone. A community, a place, a future that doesn't exist yet.

Every person at the Artizen table is building something worth backing. We co-curated the @Artizen Creators' Salon with @BuildaDao for exactly those people, and this is the first story.

So, tell us, What does creativity mean to you?

[Meave🥴 @m3av3]

did you know that bandanas have Indian origin?

my application for the @efdevcon creator fellowship 👇

(also: devcon 8 bandanas👀, someone make this happen????)

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The little details matter.

We’re big believers in creating experiences people can feel ✨

[Viv @Vivianna_ki]

You can tell when an event was curated with intention✨

The details, the people, the little touches, its all just magical!

And the gifts? Yeah… you know ball.

Big love @m3av3 @koalaweb3studio @joannewendoh for this one 🫶🏿

@Artizen x @BuildaDao x @Stories_WeTell

[Stories We Tell @Stories_WeTell]

The people make the story. 💚

[Meave🥴 @m3av3]

Faces at the salon💚🤍

[Joanne Wendoh @joannewendoh]

This was such a fulfilling experience!! Thank you to everyone who made time 🫶✨

@Artizen made this possible @BuildaDao @Stories_WeTell
@civilmonkey For pushing us through to bringing this in Kenya @m3av3 and @koalaweb3studio my cohosts 🫶

Love it love it love it !

[Viv @Vivianna_ki]

You can tell when an event was curated with intention✨

The details, the people, the little touches, its all just magical!

And the gifts? Yeah… you know ball.

Big love @m3av3 @koalaweb3studio @joannewendoh for this one 🫶🏿

@Artizen x @BuildaDao x @Stories_WeTell

[BuildAfricaDao @BuildaDao]

What happens when creators get enough time to truly talk to one another?

25 creators. One table. An afternoon of good food, honest conversations, new connections and ideas.

The first Artizen Creators’ Salon in Kenya.
More to come ❤️

BuildAfrica DAO × Artizen × Stories We Tell

[Shawry wa Strathmore @kagondu_yvonne]

I had the most beautiful day sharing with creators from @Artizen

Thank you to the organizing team @BuildaDao @koalaweb3studio @m3av3 @Stories_WeTell

[Viv @Vivianna_ki]

And while we’re talking about creators, builders and ideas worth supporting…

You can also support what we’re building with @m3av3 x @Stories_WeTell on @Artizen . ✨

If you believe in the work, consider supporting us here 👇

https://t.co/YP7LNr5UDN

[Viv @Vivianna_ki]

Currently at the @Artizen Creators Salon and I love it!

It feels more like one of those moments you’re grateful you were in the room for.

Very Magical ✨

@Artizen x @BuildaDao x @Stories_WeTell 🎉

[Meave🥴 @m3av3]

@Murugi___ @Artizen @joannewendoh @koalaweb3studio @BuildaDao @Stories_WeTell Attention to detail 🤏🏾

[Meave🥴 @m3av3]

@Artizen creators’ salon day

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Stories We Tell will be at the @Artizen Creator Salon tomorrow!

We are looking forward to connecting with creators, builders and the wider creative community.

If you’re at the Salon, come find us we’d love to meet you and hear what you’re building.

@BuildaDao see you there.