Deadline: 23-May-21
The Afrique Créative has announced a call for applications for a Boost for Cultural and Creative Enterprises! to support the development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) to maximise their social and economic impact.
Afrique Créative is an incubation programme that aims to structure the cultural and creative industries (CCI) sector in Africa. By accompanying and strengthening the capacities of the selected entrepreneurs, Afrique Créative aims to support sustainable growth that brings change.
Benefits
At stake – the pre-incubation phase (3 months):
- Technical support, in terms of entrepreneurial capacity building, provided by a local incubator
- E-learning courses common to the whole cohort on various subjects (HR management, marketing, etc.)
- The possibility of pitching one’s acceleration project in front of a jury made up of cultural and institutional players and investors, who select the 8 best projects for the rest of the programme
Target countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia
Eligibility Criteria
- be a cultural and/or creative organisation
- be a private legal entity (company)
- be based in one of the following nine countries: Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Ivory Coast; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Morocco; Uganda; Senegal; Tunisia
- have existed for at least two years
- be legally registered with the competent national authorities
- fill in the application form and provide all the requested documents in French or English
For more information, visit https://afriquecreative.fr/en/afrique-creative-a-boost-for-cultural-and-creative-enterprises/