Santuri Culture





Santuri Culture is a value-driven agency built on principles of transparency, collaboration and innovation.  We offer curated services to the culture sector, music industry, and related fields.   


  • Consultancy services connecting brands, cultural organisations and firms with the Global South, and East Africa in particular

  • Research and analysis - tailored research in the fields of culture, communications, development and technology.   

  • Market research, scoping and strategy development for music technology firms entering new regions 

  • Content creation, from marketing and CSR, to ethical approaches for product development  

  • Cultural exchanges and learning - from tours to placements with cultural organisations in East Africa  

  • Conferencing and workshops. Santuri manages Kilele - East Africa’s first music tech and innovation summit



Who we are.


Santuri Culture is the natural extension of Santuri East Africa, our non-profit music incubation hub that has been active since 2013. We have built extensive knowledge and networks over the past 11 years, and partnered with scores of international brands and organisations (see below).  Our team is made up of an international cast of consultants that have worked across academia, development, culture, music tech and communications.  




Santuri East Africa





Example / Related  Projects

Mapping the Electronic Music Space in East Africa (2020) 

During the pandemic Santuri undertook a wide-ranging mapping exercise of the electronic music scene in East Africa, with support from Ableton. The resulting report highlighted many of the key issues facing the industry in the region, and provided a set of recommendations that would form the basis of projects and programmes that have been active since.  

Kilele Symposium (2024) 

The first Kilele took place in February 2024 and was produced by Santuri East Africa, a music innovation hub based in Nairobi, and the Department of Music Acoustics at mdw Vienna. The event saw over 300 individual attendees visit the daytime summit program, including the talks, panels and workshops; over 1000 individual attendees visited the night time program running from Monday to Saturday.

COSMOS Embassy (2024)

Santuri is a COSMOS embassy representing the Nairobi and Kenyan music scene through the COSMOS program delveped by Le Guess Who? Festival. As such Santuri provides insights on the local scene through mixtapes, articles, and a documentary film, set to be screened at LGW 2024 in Uterecht. The film will connect different styles and diverse artists with the goal amplifying their work to a global audience.   












Santuri EA partners and collaborators:

Ableton, ACESS, ADAM AUDIO, Africali, Ajabu Ajabu, Alliance Française, Australian High Commission, Bayimba Festival, Beneath the Baobabs, Ballantines / Boiler Room, Berklee Valencia, Bitwig, Blankets and Wine, Bomas, Braid Fund, Brazilian Embassy Nairobi, British Council, Byte Collective, Catalyst Institute, CDR, DJ Mag, Elektron, Favela Festival, Goethe-Institut, GiZ, Image Line / FL, International Music Commission, Le GUESS WHO?, Linecheck, Made in Kibera, Mastercard Foundation, Mbwana Radio, MSJC, Music in Africa, Music Tech Germany Association, Native Instruments, NRW, Nyege Nyege, Oroko Radio, PerForm, Pro Helvetia, ProductShop, Ramon llull Institute, Red Bull Music Academy, Resident Advisor, Sauti ya Busara, SOMA Synths, Sonar Festival, Sonic Territories, Sound Diplomacy, Tamasha, True Music Fund, TUK, Umojah Soundsystem, Univerity of Vienna, Visa for Music, Womex / Piranha Arts










Santuri Culture UG
 c/o David Tinning, Greifswalder Str 33 Berlin 
+49 (0)1629525325