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My Bulawayo had the chance to sit down with the  award winners and  founders of urban culxure Magazine Kudakwashe Takundwa and Nigel Ndlovu. My Bulawayo (MB) and Urban Culxure (UC).

MB. why the name Culxure?

UC. we wanted to stand out from the rest of the magazines, the X in our name represents the young voice. we wanted to stand out from the rest.

MB. tell us about your work?

UC. we are an online Entertainment news hub founded in 2014. we saw a gap in the mainstream media and lack of voice to represent the people from Matebeland and Bulawayo. hence we came up with Urban Culxure.

MB. Who is urban Culxure?

UC. This magazine was founded by Kudakwashe Takundwa and Nigel Ndlovu our main aim was to promote Arts and Culture , we want to tell community news, we do events management, we tweet on behalf of any organisation that has an activity or a show just like recently the Intwasa held in KoBulawayo and also Golden Pilsner we tweeted on behalf of them.

MB.who is target market?

UC. we are mainly targeting the Youths with access to the internet.

MB. what is your vision?

UC. Our vision is to be the voice of Events management , we want to build a reputable foundation for Artists. we believe Bulawayo is the capital of creativity it is the home of Arts hence we need to celebrate Bulawayo through Art.

MB.Are you funded?

UC. no we are not funded we depend on our other jobs to make sure the work of Urban culxure moves foward but we would really love to be funded as to ensure Art moves to the next level.

MB. what makes you guys stand out amongst your competitors?

UC. on the creativiy sector we are creative and our name speaks for us, we have done social media management for many artists in Bulawayo like Elephant head, Gabsfire,Kheda just to mention the few.

MB.What are some of the challenges you face in  the running of a magazine or any other publication?

UC. the challenge we are facing is lack of internet access,as most of our work is online and again Zimbabwe has not accepted online publications. there are many negative aspects between people. Arts is viewed by many as not news worthly.

MB. How has been the response from your readers?

UC. it has been quite good looking at our followership on twitter and facebook the numbers tell the story. our readers love our work.

MB.how can you describe Urban culxure in one word or phrase?

UC, creative sector , the future of marketing

MB. as culxure magazine are you involved in any form of social responsibility?

UC. not yet but before the year comes to an end we would come up with something. currenlty we are working with Zimpapers to save Manqoba campaign. in the pipeline we would like to have our own foundation or fund that will uplift Arts.

MB. what projects are currently working on?

UC. we are currently working on Popular top 100 list which will come out in November and there will be changes in our website after winning an award.

MB. how has your work changed after receiving the award?

UC. the award created a huge platform for us to expand to other cities in Zimbabwe and other countries. people are now taking our work serious , not saying they were not taking us serious but our work has expanded and grown to bigger heights.

MB. is there money in online publication?

UC. not really but money is there depending on where you look for it.

MB.What can we expect to hear about in the coming months?

UC.  hopefully more awards and there is something Big coming from Urban Culxure before the year. we want to do workshops around the city and spread nationwide.

MB. Is the mobile tariffs charges cool for your work in Zimbawe?

UC. there are quite high and many youths cannot purchase the bundles as they are expensive and do not last long.

MB. how can my Bulawayo assist in your work?

UC. we want a collaboration with my Bulawayo we work together, we swop logos we promote you in our events and you tap into your audience as well.

MB. how are using social media to promote your work?

UC.  we have a huge follership on twitter and facebook we have been using these to promote our work and also whatsapp.

MB. where can we find you on twitter

UC. @cultxuremagzim

@ndlovunigel

@kudathelegend

MB. gentlemen thanks for your time

UC. its always a pleasure

 

 

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