Nairobi, Aug. 13 -- When performing musician, composer and keyboardist Steven Kanja attended Showman Residency by Nyashinski in April this year, he was struck by how similar the concert's concept resembled what he had put out in February through his FRGMNTS showcase.

Sure, his stage wasn't as grand as Nyashinski's. Neither did he have the over a 100 personnel in the form of acrobats, dancers, choir, fire breathers or skaters. But using narrators and actors to help tell the story behind the songs was something Kanja had conceptualised and brought to life earlier.

More than the coincidence, however, was the validation.

"I was so impressed by what went down," Kanja recalls. "When I saw it, it was so much just like our show. It was validat...