Art Auction East Africa on 28 October, KITFest shows from 4 November, the Kilifi Creek Festival to 31 October, plus Kampala and Lunkulu Island picks for 23 October to 5 November 2026.
Mbilia Bel's rumba 'Nakei Nairobi' was reworked with Kenyan towns and the slogans Harambee and Nyayo under President Daniel arap Moi, Tanzania's The Citizen reported on 23 October 2026; a 1985 review lists it on her album Keyna.
The European Union Film Festival Addis Ababa 2026 opens on 23 October with an invitation-only night and closes on 21 November; screenings are free, Videobet Cinema said.
Caroline Mungiria began Noi Dumplings as a cloud kitchen in September 2025 and now has a store at Diamond Plaza in Nairobi that records 40 to 50 sales a day, Business Daily reported on 22 October 2026 in a profile of three Kenyan dumpling sellers in Nairobi and Mombasa.
Two works by the late Tanzanian painter Kiure Francis Msangi go on sale at Art Auction East Africa at Circle Art Gallery in Nairobi on 28 October; the gallery’s retrospective of his work closed on 10 October.
The 24th Sauti za Busara festival will run on 19–21 March 2027 in Stone Town, Zanzibar, with early-bird tickets on sale and the line-up due on 22 October, the organisers said in a post dated 20 October 2026.
SemaBOX's Creative Africa Intelligence Report, launched at Baraza Media Lab in Nairobi on 19 October, puts the 'geography discount' in advertising value across 330 African podcast episodes and videos at about US$1.4 million, The Star reported on 20 October.
Ethiopian artist Mulu Legesse's solo show 'I Carry – Je Porte' opened on 8 October at Alliance Éthio-Française in Addis Ababa and runs until 31 October, open Monday to Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00, according to the venue.
The Iteso of Kenya and Uganda will mark Paramount Chief Emolot's fourth coronation anniversary in Malaba, Busia County, on 29–31 October, the Kenya News Agency reported on 18 October.
About 500 Rwandans and friends of Rwanda attended the second Rwanda Cultural Gala & Exhibition at Utalii Sports Club in Nairobi, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reported on 18 October 2026.
Afriart Gallery in Kampala opened Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja's solo show 'They Too Are the Earth' on 19 September; it runs until 21 November 2026. In the 1970s Gateja ran a gallery in Mombasa.
The Bagamoyo Arts and Culture Institute's 44th Bagamoyo International Arts and Culture Festival runs from 28 to 31 October 2026, and 146 groups have applied to take part, Tanzania's Daily News reported on 2 September 2026.
