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VOICES OF AFRICA
A METAVERSE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY KENYAN ART

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Wed November 11, 2026 08:00 pm CET

Africa’s stories. Africa’s art. Africa’s future.

Join us for an immersive experience celebrating the power of African creativity, culture and extended reality. Voices of Africa brings contemporary Kenyan artistic expression into the Metaverse and invites a global audience to discover African art in an immersive environment.

Hosted by the Africa VR Campus & Center, the experience combines a virtual exhibition with a conversation featuring Kenyan artists, moderated by co-founder Paul Simon Waiyaki.

Together, we’ll explore how immersive technologies can bring African creativity into virtual worlds, open new ways to experience art and culture, and connect African artists and their stories with audiences around the world.

Step inside and celebrate African artistic expression in the Metaverse.

Format

Exhibition

App

ENGAGE

Duration

45 min

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Presenter

Ndua Ndonyo
Artist
Diana Njeri
Co-Founder, Africa VR Campus and Center Director, XR Girls Africa

Diana Njeri is a trailblazing XR advocate and Co-Founder of the Africa VR Campus and Center. As Director of XR Girls Africa, which is a digitalized socio-economic empowerment program for young women in grassroot Africa by the Africa VR Campus and Center, she leads efforts to empower young women through immersive technologies, closing the gender gap in XR across Africa. Her impact has earned her the VR Excellence Award and the 2025 XR Women Global Real World Impact Award. 

Tom Nickel
Teacher and Digital Media Explorer

Tom Nickel, Ph.D. is a teacher and digital media explorer.

He began his media career as a writer at WGBH-TV and was part of the early years of independent video. Later he was a pioneer in online teaching and learning and received a PhD in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences from Utah State University.

He has led educational and personal growth events in Virtual Reality since 2018. His workshops have been offered through Educators in VR and his work is featured on the Tripp meditation app. He has hosted weekly sessions in the metaverse on death and loss since early 2020.

He is also a Founding Board member of the Africa VR Campus & Center, in Nairobi, Kenya; and an Advisory Board Member for the Khmer Magic Music Bus, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Moderator

Paul Simon Waiyaki
Founder at Africa VR Campus and Center

Paul Simon Waiyaki began his career in 1999 as an educator, pioneering the use of technology in teaching. In 2012, he founded VOFCIN to address challenges faced by African children. He became the first African in virtual reality in 2016, subsequently establishing The Africa VR Campus and Center. In 2019, he hosted a mainstream Metaverse event live from Africa and has since organized the only weekly African metaverse event. In 2022, he launched VR & Space programs tailored for African youth and learners. Mr. Waiyaki has received numerous awards and honorary mentions within the XR Community, including a United Nations Honorary Mention for his contributions to the Metaverse for SDGs program. 

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