Administrative Team
Rogers Otieno Founder of Interacteam Media, Rogers Otieno is an Executive Director, producer, radio personality, writer and performer. He has been instrumental in shaping the Kenyan film and theatre scenes. He has trained more than 1,200 practitioners over the last three years in large part with Keith Pearson’s The Theater Company as director in charge of training and workshops. Rogers has acted in numerous productions for the theater and film, locally and internationally, including lead roles in the MNET’s series The Agency, KBC’s Block D and NTV’s Higher Learning. He has directed and produced a large number of highly acclaimed screen and stage plays, including his original play My Moving Home, performed in English, Swahili and Sheng to much critical acclaim. He was the first male radio presenter for the popular 89.5 Ghetto radio station. In April 2012, Rogers represented Kenya internationally at the first Sundance Institute Creative Lab for Stage directors held in Addis Ababa. Rogers is the current co–founder and chairman of The Kenya Actors and Crew Society (Guild). In all his endeavors, Rogers seeks to empower others to explore all their talents to their fullest potential.
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Farrah Bhaijee Brand and Project Manager, Farrah Baijee is an author, a filmmaker and Interacteam Media’s key program implementer. She is a graduate of Aga Khan Academy’s class of 2010. While a student there she represented the Academy in the Service Summit Africa held in 2009 in Uganda. An athlete, Farrah played and represented her school in numerous sports, including, rounders, basketball, field hockey and football. After graduation, she created, directed and acted in her first film, PS. We were Bored. Farrah has been signed by Lesleigh Inc. agents to write several books in the course of the upcoming year. In addition, she is the co–producer and script editor of the pilot episode of the forthcoming tv series, Jambaz. Governed by a diligent work ethic and passion for creativity in the arts, Farrah lives each day believing in the potential of empowered youth. A leader by example, her actions prove that the youth are capable of a lot more than society credits them for.
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Aida Mbowa
Communications specialist for Interacteam Media and head facilitator of Interacteam Creative Arts Camp 2012, Aida is a theater director, a performing artist and a PhD candidate for a dual degree in Drama and Humanities at Stanford University in California. Splitting her time between the West coast and East Africa, Aida recently represented Uganda at the Sundance Institute's first director's lab in Ethiopia. While writing her dissertation on East Africa and African America cultural politics and performance during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Aida also teaches her own course "Africa in the African American Imaginary" at Stanford University. She was trained in classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and received a BA in Performance and Identity Studies from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She currently has several creative projects in the works, and plans to direct and produce performances by East African artists around the world.
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Christian HaukaasCamp business manager, Christian has worked in financial services, management consulting and conducted research in the U.S., Spain, Indonesia and Kenya. He holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Spain and a BA in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Tulsa, USA. He is passionate about promoting African artistic ventures to an international platform.
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Rhoda nambozeCommunication assistant, Rhoda Namboze is a Law student at Uganda Christian University, pursuing a career in Entertainment Law. Prior to this, she attended The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, where she acted in and helped with the content creation of a film PS, We Were Bored, conceived and directed by colleague Farrah Bhaijee. Rhoda has been actively engaged in the world of performance, exemplified by her performance in the Aga Khan’s MAD (Music Arts and Drama) night. An academic and intellectual too, Rhoda represented the school during the 2010 East African Model United Nations and wrote an article for the school’s annual Model United Nations journal. She is passionate about empowering the youth and has volunteered with various NGOs, including Madrasa Resource Centre. An ardent reader and film enthusiast, Rhoda is also a poetry, art and photography aficionado.
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Kez mumoProduction Assistant, Kez Mumo is passionate about business, marketing and music. Prior to joining the Interacteam Administrative team, Kez worked in the I.T industry as an African business development manager. As she transitions into the creative field, Kez brings with her past experience participating in drama and music festivals, seven years of programmatic work and a keen interest in team-building and youth initiative projects. Kez hopes to pursue music as a vocation and looks forward to sharing her talent as an artist as well as her expertise as a strategist with Interacteam.
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