Founder & Lead Consultant · Hove Consulting · Nairobi, Kenya
I help institutions, creatives and policymakers turn bold ideas into funded, well-told work.
Boniface Mwalii
Communication consultant, Nairobi
Chairman
East African Journalists for Arts & Culture (EAJAC)
Vice Chair
Creatives Connect Afrika, East Africa
Memberships
MPRSK · IRSK · KAFP
About
Boniface Mwalii works at the intersection of media, public policy and Africa’s creative industries. Rooted in Kitui and based in Nairobi, he advises institutions, donor programmes and creative enterprises on strategy, storytelling and resource mobilisation, translating complex policy into public understanding, and ambitious ideas into funded, well-governed programmes.
As Founder and Lead Consultant at Hove Consulting, he leads a practice spanning communications strategy, proposal and fundraising support, government relations, and industry development programmes across the region.
BA Communication & Political Science, University of Nairobi
MA International Studies, research on media and AfCFTA implementation
Boniface Mwalii
Media, policy and creative economy strategist
Eight overlapping disciplines, one practice. Select a competency for what it covers, who it is for and a sample outcome.
Advocacy, stakeholder engagement, election-cycle advisory.
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Founder & Lead Consultant
Hove Consulting · Nairobi
Chairman
East African Journalists for Arts & Culture (EAJAC)
Project Manager, UK/Kenya Season
British Council · UK/Kenya Season
Vice Chairman
Creatives Connect Afrika, East Africa
Programme Lead, RIK Training
British Council · UK/Kenya Season 2025
A sample of engagements across the creative economy, fundraising, policy advocacy and programme delivery. Each case study follows challenge → approach → results → testimonial.
Named projects are published only with confirmed client permission.
From policy roundtables and newsrooms to creative-economy stages across Kenya and East Africa.
Occasional notes on media, policy, the creative economy and fundraising. No noise.
Keynotes, panels and moderation on media, policy and the creative economy. Past forums include regional industry summits and festivals.
Downloadable speaker kit available on request.
How to collaborate: industry bodies, cultural institutions, donor programmes and government agencies working on sector development.
Types of organisations and engagement formats outlined during a discovery call.
Engagement models range from short diagnostic reviews to retained advisory and multi-month programme delivery.
A project starts with a scoping call, then a written proposal.
Business enquiry, partnership, speaking invitation or media request. Send a note and expect a reply within 2 working days.
Email
talkto@bonifacemwalii.co.ke
Phone / WhatsApp
+254 720 581 045
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Response time
Replies within 2 working days.
Elsewhere
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Kenya has cultivated a self-image as the East African Community’s institutional anchor: host to key regional bodies, a relatively stable judiciary and a diplomatic posture worth protecting.
Read on LinkedIn →Two days with Kenya’s State Department for Trade reviewing the draft Digital Services Export Strategy under a World Bank backed programme for the digital economy.
Read on LinkedIn →At the Sub-Saharan Africa launch of the IFPI Global Music Report in Nairobi. The numbers tell a story every creative economy stakeholder needs to hear.
Read on LinkedIn →EAC Phase 1 of the AfCFTA trade in services is done, with binding commitments across 7 sectors and 136+ subsectors. Phase 2 opens recreational services to creatives, backed by treaty and cross border…
Read on X →Digital distribution is a vital route to market for African creators, but not the only one. It is time we unlock the franchising frontier through the AfCFTA…
Read on X →Relations between the UK and Africa since 2016 are really the story of six prime ministers asking the same question: what does Britain want from Africa after Brexit…
Read on X →On the sidelines of the AU summit, I spoke to the Mayor of Sebikotane in Dakar about Senegal’s preparations for the 2026 Junior Olympic Games, which will be hosted in cities across the country…
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Follow on Instagram →Touring A Glass Sculptor’s Studio with American-Chinese CEOs Society Chairman, Mr. Robert Sun
A studio visit with glass sculptor Robert Sun — looking at craft, patronage and the cultural exchange building between China and Africa’s creative sectors.
Watch on YouTube →How your work as an artist can contribute to a global cultural conversation
Why African artists are cultural diplomats — positioning creative work inside global cultural and trade conversations, and what that unlocks for funding and audience.
Watch on YouTube →Kenya Data Protection Act 101
A plain-language walkthrough of the Kenya Data Protection Act — what creatives, journalists and small organisations must know about collecting and handling personal data.
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