Wachira Warukira (Waruks) is a MasterCard Foundation Graduate Scholar. He is a Kenyan based creative entrepreneur operating as a music producer, artist manager, singer, songwriter, pencil artist and author. He holds a BSc. Business Administration degree from Ashesi University in Ghana. He is focused on using music & art to solve societal problems, especially mental health for artists and access to quality education in rural areas and slums.
He is the Founder & CEO of Waruks Productions, a music production and artist management company based in Banana, Kiambu-Kenya. He is the Host of Waruks LIVE; a live show by Waruks Productions that seeks to address mental health issues & other challenges among artists through music and stories. His studio, in partnership with University of Massachusetts’ World Librarian Program, runs a program called Net Bila Net (NBN) which uses music as a medium to fundraise and provide rural-offline schools and communities with low-cost e-learning solutions.
Wachira is passionate about youth mentorship and development and is always engaged in opportunities that are centered around making the lives and livelihoods of young people better.
His career interests are in arts and entertainment, social entrepreneurship, teaching & coaching.
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