Our story

Trivia, the Kenyan way

Karibu Play is a homegrown trivia and brain-games app built in Nairobi — a celebration of who we are, from our history and counties to our music and mathematics.

Why we built it

Trivia nights are everywhere — but the questions rarely feel like home. We wanted a game where the answer is Madaraka Day, the county is Turkana, and the band that made “Jambo Bwana” famous is on the tip of your tongue.

So we built one. Every question in Karibu Play is researched and written here at home, by people who grew up with these stories. It's brain training that actually sounds like Kenya — fun enough for a matatu ride, sharp enough for a family showdown.

Local first

Every question is researched and written in Kenya — no recycled foreign quiz packs.

Play together

Solo, live with friends across the 47 counties, or pass-the-phone on the couch.

Free to start

Jump in without paying a cent. In-game coins are just for fun — never real money.

For everyone

Family-friendly content you can enjoy with watoto and wazee around the same screen.

Karibu means welcome

Built for the way Kenyans play together

Rooted in Kenya

From the first question to the last, the whole game is about this country we love:

  • Kenya@50 party words — Madaraka to matatu culture, Gengetone to sukuma wiki, all home-grown.
  • Impostor & bluffing — one phone, hidden roles and secret Kenyan words to sniff out the fakes.
  • Politics, culture & music — from Benga to Bunge, the nyatiti to Sauti Sol.
  • Math Haraka — quick mental maths in shillings, change and percentages you'd use at the duka.
1,400+
Questions & words
4
Games in one app
16
Word packs
47
Counties covered

Come play with us. Karibu!