School of Communication, Cinematic and Creative Arts

A love letter to the USIU-Africa Radio Community to commemorate World Radio Day
Feb 13, 2023 - By Patience Kipkemoi Today marks World Radio Day and the theme for 2023 is Radio and Peace. UNESCO has highlighted how radio stations can shape narratives that can influence domestic and international situations and decision-making processes. On...    

USIU-Africa takes part in the 2022 edition of the Kalasha Awards
Dec 9, 2022 - By Claudia Mugaki USIU-Africa’s film fraternity participated in the 12th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards, held at the Safari Park Hotel on Saturday, December 3, 2022. USIU-Africa students and faculty from Cinematic Arts Department, the...    

Cinematic Arts Department Hosts a 360° Masterclass on Film Sound
Dec 1, 2022 - By Rachael Diang’a Between November 21 – 25, 2022, USIU-Africa in collaboration with the French Embassy in Kenya and Hiventy Africa hosted a 360° Masterclass for the creative industry players specializing in sound production and design for...    

School of Communication and Creative Arts hosts several media personalities for in-class talks
Nov 25, 2022 - By Daisy Atino Last Tuesday, Abel Mutua was invited to speak to Journalism students by Professor Keziah Githinji in her New Media Production class. He spoke about his journey in the industry, opened up about how and where he started from. He also...    

Journalism Club and the Department of Media and Communications host inaugural Media Day event
Nov 25, 2022 - By Daisy Atino The Department of Media and Communications together with the Journalism Club and USIU-Africa Radio organized the inaugural media day event where different media personalities, media brands and organizations were invited on campus to...    

USIU-Africa Film student wins €2,000 award at the Great Lakes Creative Producers Workshop
Nov 4, 2022 - By Rachael Diang’a Collins Akunga, a Bachelor of Arts in Film Major (senior) has been announced the prize winner of the most coveted grant at the just concluded 2nd edition of the Great Lakes Creative Producers Film Lab (GLCPFL) that was held at...    

Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab 2022
When: Oct 28, 2022 - The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab is structured as a week-long hands-on project accelerator. The Lab aims at broadening the professional networks and producing expertise of participants through a series of hands-on workshops and one-on-one...    

Cinematic Arts Department hosts film and animation screening event
Oct 7, 2022 - By Emily Nyabere Every third week of the semester, the Department of Cinematic Arts holds a screening for Film and Animation projects completed by students in the previous semester, under the Bachelor of Arts in Film Production & Directing, and...    

USIU-Radio history
Feb 13, 2022 - USIU-Radio history USIU Radio was started in the Spring semester of 2010, after being granted the broadcasting license by the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA), in 2009. It falls under the Journalism and Corporate Communication department,...    

USIU-Africa Film Production and Directing students emerge top at Kalasha Film and TV Awards
Dec 16, 2021 - By Dr. Rachael Diang'a and Taigu Muchiri USIU-Africa was one of the big winners of the night at the eleventh edition of the Kalasha International Film and TV Awards, winning three awards out of the eight nominations that it had. The event, held on...