PAWA254 is Nairobi's unique new social enterprise and collaborative space (hub) for creative personnel and youth to achieve social impact through arts and media. The hub houses, fosters, and catalyzes creative and community-‐driven projects for social change across Kenya. It was set up in 2012 and is the first of its kind in Africa.
PAWA254 derives its name from a combination of "power" in Swahili and 254, Kenya's country code, as a symbol of national strength and unity.
The hub facilitates the use of visual and graphic arts, independent and citizen journalism, documentary film and photography, digital and social media as means of expression and social action. To this end, the hub brings together established and aspiring photographers, cartoonists, animators, creative designers, poets, musician's video & filmmakers, as well as entrepreneurs and activists, to work, learn, and share in an environment that inspires creativity and innovative efforts to bring about social change.