Wanjiru Njoroge

The music can be heard blaring from a distance as I approach the scene it’s the Safaricom jazz festival event that is sponsored by Safaricom that was held at carnivore grounds. It’s a classy subtle and amazing event. It’s the perfect place to catch up with friends and family over amazing food and great music.

So as we get in into the event my squad is very excited on stage Two-time Grammy award winner Marcus Miller will headline the Safaricom International Jazz Festival they are playing a number from their album that talks about Africa and its beauty its infused with amazing melodies from the trumpet, the crowd is having fun and looks good dressed in Ankara the theme for this year.

Safaricom being the largest mobile service provider in Kenya always find a way of giving back to the community at the same time it mingles with their customers the tickets are quite affordable with regular tickets going for 1500 Kenyan shillings each and student’s tickets go for 500 Kenyan shillings, this ensures an inclusive nature that Safaricom aims at show casing in fact their slogan is Nawe kila wakati and even better they are to donate the proceedings to the ghetto classics  which is a community based program that aims to transform lives of over 650 children in Korogocho, Huruma, Dandora and Mukuru kwa Reuben, as well as students from Farasi Lane Primary School and Muthangari Primary School in Nairobi

The intricacy of the event is how it’s meant to be a family event they allow food from outside and encourages a picnic approach where family and friends come together and share a meal over great music. The most fascinating thing I noticed is how people from different races, age brackets , gender and economic classes all come together just for the love of jazz.

My squad is busy dancing and enjoying the day away, as I take a walk I can see tents some have food others drinks but what caught my eye was the ma soko tent, ma soko is an mobile application that was created to make online shopping easy, this is an amazing way to network with the customers and improve sales.

Safaricom being a cooperate also aims itself at giving back to the community and what better way to do so than hold such an event on international jazz day it’s a way of celebrating culture music, friendship and interactions on not only a local level but an international level. This s an amazing way to close the global bridge and unite the world on what better way than a language that is understood by all and that is the language of music.

The event is great way to network and build a better society, I would recommend that you should attend the next event and have an amazing time with friends, family or even a loved one trust me its value for your money.