YALEZO NJUGUNA
Yalezo Njuguna, also known as Yazz The The Student, is a passionate storyteller that is steadily becoming a significant voice in promoting and producing independent youth entertainment. Njuguna has pioneered multiple platforms integral to the promotion and development of local digital youth content as well as having written, directed and produced multiple web-series that have been licensed on multiple platforms. At 25, @yazzthestudent is carving his niche as a compelling youth trailblazer.
Some of these platforms include a youth entertainment blog The Next Generation of Greats and The Broke Ass Showcase. His work on both the blog and showcase landed him the job of content curator and project manager at the Africa Rising International Film Festival’s Digital Hub which he returned as director for the hub in 2019. When he was unable to continue with showcase in 2020 he then opened an online film club, Afriquan Film, that explores African cinema during lockdown
EDUCATION AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Candidate, M-Net-Magic in Motion Academy, March 2015 – February 2016.
Creative Director, BAI Entertainment, February 2017 – Present
Founder and Editor, The Next Generation of Greats, January 2018 – Present
Festival Director. Broke Ass Showcase, March 2018 – Present
Festival Curator and Director, ARIFF Digital Hub, October 2018 – December 2019
What’s Hot On The Screen, YFM’s The Best Drive, July 2019 – Present
Ho Kena and Kodwa Ma, Scriptwriter and Producer, Released 2020
KIBARE wa NJUGUNA
Kibare wa Njuguna is a 30 year-old, Kenyan-born, South African male. He is the chief financial officer at the Enraptured Odyssey but prefers to be known as “The Resident Numbers Guy”. His day to day functions involve bookkeeping, governance, general IT support functions as well as tax and secretarial functions. Also within the company, he alsotakes on the roles of being a producer, actor and scriptwriter.
EDUCATION AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Bachelor of Accounting Science,
University of the Witwatersrand, 2011.
Technical Consultant, GreatSoft, March 2013 – February 2016.
Project Manager, BAI Entertainment, February 2017 – Present
Creator and Co-Writer, Unmanly Men Association, 2017 – Present
Lead Actor, Pride and Petty, 2017 – 2018
Lead Actor, The Unmanly Men Association, 2017 – 2018
Editor, The Next Generation of Greats, 2018 – Present
Kodwa Ma Film, Producer and Production Accountant, Released Feb 2020
Ho Kena Film, Producer and Production Accountant, Released April 2020.