The Afreximbank announced the decision at the opening of Creative Africa Exchange, a two-day event co-organized by Times Multimedia, the Afreximbank and the Rwandan government. “Creative industries can be potent vehicles for more equitable, sustainable and inclusive growth strategies for African economies,” said Afreximbank’s president Benedict Oramah.

The ACP-EU Culture Programme has published on the 20th December 2019 its second call for proposals, entitled “Support for the cultural and creative sectors in ACP countries”. With a budget of 26 million euros, this call aims to promote the socio-economic development of ACP countries, by boosting the cultural and creative sector as a whole. Its priorities are increasing economic revenues from the creative sector, creating jobs linked to the cultural sector and improving accessibility, recognition and promotion of artists and their works at national, regional and international level.

Un total de 56.000 grandes empresas de las industrias relacionadas con la cultura en China generaron ingresos por cerca de 6,22 billones de yuanes (unos 886.900 millones de dólares) durante los primeros nueve meses del año actual, informó el Ministerio de Cultura y Turismo.

Arts Council Norway has appointed an advisory committee to identify opportunities and challenges in the arts and cultural life in the years to come.

Con el objetivo de aportar al fortalecimiento de las industrias creativas (Ley 1834 de 2017) y ampliar la medición de la Cuenta Satélite de Cultura, el DANE y el Ministerio de Culrura, en conjunto con las entidades que pertenecen al Consejo Nacional de Economía Naranja - CNEN- presentaron hoy el segundo Reporte Naranja que completa el ejercicio metodológico iniciado para la construcción del primer Reporte Naranja, que se dio a conocer en mayo de 2019.

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland today (Tuesday 3rd December) announced a new Creative Industries Seed Fund, worth £240,000, funded by the Department For Communities and Future Screens NI, and supported by Digital Catapult. The new fund aims to assist entrepreneurs, creative businesses and arts organisations to undertake projects that contribute to the growth of the creative industries and unlock future income generation.