Africa, a land of creativity and perpetual source of inspiration, accounts for only 5% of the global market of cultural and creative industries, estimated at 2,250 billion dollars of revenue per year. This situation is changing today as African players in the sector are stepping up their initiatives to turn...

Specialist in art, culture and development and Secretary General of the Regional Institute for Higher Education and Research in Cultural Development (IRES-RDEC), Dr. Kodjo Nougbolo draws the lines for financing cultural and creative industries in West Africa.  Interview by Blame Ekoue How is the creative and cultural industries sector doing...

Postponed several times due to the pandemic, the Africa2020 Season has successfully met its challenge: showcasing an entire continent through its artists, intellectuals, entrepreneurs and above all its civil society, which thereby reclaims its identity and inviting the French public to (re)discover it. In an interview with ANA, the General...

The African cultural and creative field, a sector with a certain economic potential, only needs to be valued to realize its full potential. A challenge that Rwandan Raoul Rugamba, founder of Africa in Colors, a structure dedicated to the continent's creative industries, is addressing today. Interview.     Launched in 2018,...

The recent craze for esports in Africa, driven by a number of combined criteria today heralds a strong entry of the continent into the global arena of this sector.  By Désiré Koussawo* Today I am inaugurating a new experience: that of media contributor! Indeed, Africa News Agency, a Pan-African media...

Nick Hall, a leading figure in the South African video game industry, is behind Africa Games Week, the first African trade show dedicated to the sector. A privileged position that makes him one of the connoisseurs of the industry on the continent. Interview.   By Abraham Uwimana Nick Hall, could you...

Boasting a rich experience in development aid, tunisian Ouafa Belgacem is working on mobilizing financial resources for CCIs in Africa and the MENA region, through her dedicated structure Culture Funding Watch. Interview.  How did you get to the management and financing of cultural projects in Africa?  I was not at...

Browsing the country's major archaeological resources, a number of Tunisian entrepreneurs have undertaken to enhance the national heritage through new technologies. Focus on 3 winning startups of the first African Challenge of Culture, a project initiated in the framework of the Africa2020 Season in France with the support of the...

Among the pioneers in the sector, the animation studio CGS3D, established in 2000, has made an impression by producing the first animated television series Tunis 2050. That success allowed the structure to be spotted by international customers. And not the least since CGS3D has been selected to realize the season...

3D, virtual reality, gaming ... With the emergence of several startups operating in the sector, CCIs are standing out as a real lever for economic, social and human development. A key sector for economic recovery in Tunisia.  By Bilkiss Mentari, in Tunis  She was right. When Samia Chelbi founded Net-Info...