A visionary is someone who has the ability to think about or plan the future in a way that is intelligent and shows imagination. How does one identify a visionary?
The best people to ask are the future visionaries of tomorrow. 

For the cultural sector, the intrusion of the sudden digital haul provided diverse ways to make money and exchange ideas. One of these was the Global Project’s implementing of ‘resilience funds’ through stipends and capacity building measures in order to further support the sector and its actors.

AMKA (‘wake up’ in Kiswahili) is an NGO, based and registered in Kenya, concerned with pushing and encouraging creativity, but also facilitating women to read, write and be published for wider readership.
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Goethe-Institut decided to support Kaaga Girls High School, a PASCH School in Meru, for a number of reasons, but mainly for the students to understand what exactly solar power is, and what the production of solar energy entails. 

In perFORM’s live performance and music incubation programme, artists are given a chance to hone their skills, track their progress, create trajectories for their future goals, and learn the basics of performance and what it means to be a creative entrepreneur within the music sector.

“People are starting to see that in the evoking of emotions and thoughts and ideas, you can also have a message. People come to reflect, not just to cheer.” Adam Chienjo 

By working on their own radio stations and podcasts, students’ competence in the media industry is enhanced, and they get hands-on training to understand what media creation looks like in the digital age.

“The intention was to look at people who we don’t usually associate with the fight for independence in their own countries. In Kenya, yes, we look at Dedan Kimathi, but do we look at his wife, Mukami? The story of colonialism is a personal story. It isn’t just a curriculum. There are stories behind those numbers.”

“We thought of the idea of USONI as a word which has a double meaning [it means on the face and the future in Kiswahili]: on the one hand, the immersive experience of [the technology] being 'on the face', and on the other hand, the meaning of 'the future'.

In early 2019, Goethe-Institut Nairobi entered into a new venture with two film production companies to nurture the next generation of Kenyan filmmakers.

The Artistic Encounters series brings together the work of two different artists in one space, at the same time. The artists who are part of the performance series bring their individual art to the stage while speaking to that of the artist they are working with to create new work.

Through the Contact Zone book series, the Goethe-Institut has published 27 books, documenting the art practice of various local artists, art collectives, socially relevant topics as well as those reflecting on the history of the country and growth of the Kenyan art scene.