Africa Creatives Alliance

Orchestrating Gaps in Culture & Creative Industries for Africa to Activate its Creative Economies

Welcome to the Africa Creatives Alliance (ACA), a vibrant community of creatives, key actors, and enablers of the cultural and creative industries, committed to positioning Africa as a significant contributor to the global creative economy.

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Unleashing Africa’s Creative Renaissance

To support the growth of the cultural and creative industries in Africa and achieve the African Union 2063 Agenda, it is crucial to raise awareness among youth about successful entrepreneurship and the diversity of specializations in these sectors. The Africa Creatives Alliance promotes awareness, builds ideal national ecosystems, and facilitates knowledge transfer and networking. We can advance an African cultural and creative renaissance by showcasing best-case ecosystem examples and bridging gaps between remits and responsibilities showcasing best-case ecosystem examples from across Africa and bridging gaps between remits and responsibilities, we can advance an African cultural and creative renaissance.

Global Creative
Summits

Creative Challenges & Workshops

Cultural Exchanges & Collaborative Projects

Our Objectives

Foster a Thriving Creative Economy Ecosystem

Create sustainable careers within the CCIs, marked by dignified working conditions, fair compensation, and growth prospects.

Legitimize the Creative and Cultural Industries in Africa

Officially recognize the creative economy as a pivotal player in the global and especially African economy.

Comprehensive Policy Review & Alignment

Collaborate with policy makers to review and align policies in areas such as research, social security, digital adaption, intellectual property, and education

Innovate and Elevate Cultural and Creative Industries

Foster initiatives that foster sustainable cities, equitable economic growth, reducing inequalities, environmental conservation, gender parity, and inclusive societies.

Position Africa as a Cultural Contributor

Position Africa as a significant contributor to the global creative economy.

Calling all Africa creative entrepreneurs!

Join the Africa Creatives Alliance now to access our tailored network, resources, and programs, designed to elevate your ventures.

News

Aligned with AU Vision 2063, the ACA will launch at the first Africa Urban Forum, marking a significant step in harnessing the power of Africa’s cultural and creative sectors for development and integration goals. In the process of harnessing the power of Africa’s cultural and creative industries for development and integration goals, it is of key importance to understand what that process really means and look like, and to raise awareness of how cultural and creative industries, and of how culture and creativity, can best be streamlined into various programmes and policies. It must be done in manners ensuring intrinsic development of the cultural and creative sectors, as well as obtaining results in other sectors and development areas.