ABOUT





Hey, I'm Wendi, a Kenyan video game writer, visual artist and budding YouTuber.

I studied Information Systems Technology at the United States International University- Africa.

The course is a fusion of technology and business,  and through my time on Campus, I got to do numerous commissioned portraits for my friends and their friends. 

Over those years I grew passionate about art and its fusion with information technology which led to the birth of my brand name Wendi Art IT (pronounced as wendi at it and abbreviated as WAI)

My brand name encompasses my passion areas as well as my desire for consistency (to constantly be at it) in all that I set out to do. I aim to demystify the rising African video game industry one story at a time.

In 2021, I decided to convert this blog into a vlog and started to repurpose the articles that I wrote for clients into animated YouTube videos so that the message could reach a wider audience. The link to my YouTube channel can be found below. 

In 2023, I formally registered my brand as a business which will now be referred to as WAI Network. In addition to demystifying the rising African video game industry, I also aim to bridge the information gap for digital creative businesses to thrive and come alive.

I hope to express my creativity in all ways possible and to extend that creativity to you. 

So feel free to join me on this journey of discovery, experimentation, passion, zeal and imagination. You may subscribe to my vlog/ YouTube channel to get updates every time there's a new video.

Thank you for your time.

Sending love and light
Wendi Ndaki.


Contact details:

YouTube:  @wendiartit

Twitter:   @wendiartit

Instagram: @wendiartit

Facebook:  @wendiartit

LinkedIn: Wendi Ndaki

Email: wendiartit@gmail.com

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Awards

  • All Expense Paid Trip to India for a 3-month internship at DesiCrew in Chennai 2017
  • Hack Ur Culture Hackathon awarded 2nd Most Compelling project and a free screening at Fakugesi Festival 2020
  • Hack Ur Culture Hackathon grant to build The Nest Collectives' Strictly Silk Event website
  • BlackRhinoVR's XR Hackathon awarded 2nd Position
  • Our Finke Desert Race Game won in the video game category at the Fak'ugesi Festival 2022

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker at the Munich Media Days 2019
  • Speaker at AfroGamer 2020
  • Moderator at Africacomicade's Gamathon 2020
  • Speaker at Fakugesi Festival 2020
  • Speaker at Jibambe Na Tec Festival 2020
  • Speaker at US Embassy Civic Education Project Launch: Kura Yako Sauti Yako 2021
  • Speaker at Goethe Joburg's #EveryGamerCounts Diversity In Esports and Gaming 2022
  • Speaker at Africacomicade's Gamathon in Lagos, Nigeria 2023
  • Speaker at Crawford International School Kenya 2023

Interviews

  • Interviewed by Prosearium as an African woman working in the gaming industry.
  • Interviewed by KUTV on the Arts and Culture segment
  • Interviewed by Ajira Digital as a success story
  • Interviewed by BAME in Games for Black History Month 2021
  • Interviewed by Citizen Digital about my brand Wendi Art IT
  • Interviewed by Channel Africa Radio South Africa about my career as a writer in 2023

Artist Activities
  • Animated Content Creator YouTube channel
  • Game Writer-Jiwe Studios
  • Freelance Writer for PreMortem Games
  • Writer at Games Industry Africa
  • Assistant to Ng'endo Mukii at an Animation Workshop by AZADI Kenya
  • Game Designer for Kura Yako Sauti Yako a Civic Education Gamification project
  • Project Lead for StoryMoja's Gamification Platform
  • Final Jury for SpielFabrique Co-Production Market 2021
  • The jury for Games Industry Africa Awards 2021
  • DigiIntermediaries Bootcamp Attendee
  • Game Writer-DopeApps
  • Freelance Writer for LudiqueWorks
  • Transcriber for Ng'endo Studios
  • Art Instructor at GLOMADO
  • Web Designer for Ng'endo Studios, Pinnacle Institute for Sign Language and Disability Access and Nest Collectives Strictly Silk Event website.
  • Creative Writer at Africacomicade (voluntary)
  • Content Creator at Enter Africa Nairobi (voluntary)
  • XR Development Trainee at BlackRhino VR's Moran StoryLab
  • GIZ Creative Business Skills Trainee 2022
  • Data Protection training by KICTANet sponsored by GIZ 2022
  • Prepared a VR Game Script for Climate In Action
  • Attended Africa Games Week 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Attended an Xbox event run by Temi Afolabi in Cape Town, South Africa 2022
  • Attended DCI Intermediaries Short Course 2023
  • Attended Africacomicade's Gamathon physically in Lagos, Nigeria 2023
  • Attended Fak'ugesi Festival physically in Johannesburg, South Africa 2023
  • Judge at Crawford International School Kenya's Game Jam 2023
  • Attended Africa Games Week physically in Cape Town, South Africa 2023
  • Attended Playtopia Festival physically in Cape Town, South Africa 2023
  • Wrote an article for the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia in 2023

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