{"id":22310,"date":"2025-07-01T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expert-themes.com\/wp\/constrc\/?page_id=22310"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:53:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why Join Us<\/div>\r\n \r\n

About Creatives Connect Afrika<\/h2>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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We are the catalyst for Africa's creative renaissance, uniting the continent's most innovative minds to shape the future of global economy through the power of AfCFTA. <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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AfCFTA aims to eliminate trade barriers and foster intra-African trade. Tourism and creatives are among the first service sectors earmarked for liberalisation. CCA is therefore a timely initiative that positions Africa's creative wealth as a catalyst for inclusive economic growth. <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo build a mentally resilient and economically empowered creative community where African stories are told, owned, and monetized by Africans.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo create a safe, inclusive, and sustainable ecosystem for African creatives to thrive through policy advocacy, empowerment, and cross-border trade.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Film, Music, Fashion and More<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Driving Africa's creative economy forward<\/div>\r\n \r\n

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Continental Integration<\/h4>\n\t\t\t
Advanced continental integration in the creative industries by unlocking cross-border trade in Film, Fashion, and Music.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Build capacity of industry players to access financing, co-production opportunities, and distribution platforms.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Address key barriers such as market access, digital infrastructure, copyright protection, and creative mobility.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Facilitate business matchmaking, co-productions, and investment linkages.\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Celebrate Africa's cultural identity and showcase its potential to global markets.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our event brings together key stakeholders from across Africa's creative industries and beyond. Join the most significant gathering of Africa's creative economy. Connect with industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators driving continental integration through creativity. <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\u2022 Ministers of Tourism & Culture
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\u2022 Film Production Companies
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\u2022 National Tourism Boards
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\u2022 Creative Tech Startups
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\u2022 Venture Capitalists
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\u2022 University Professors
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Why Join Us About Creatives Connect Afrika We are the catalyst for Africa’s creative renaissance, uniting the continent’s most innovative minds to shape the future of global economy through the power of AfCFTA. AfCFTA aims to eliminate trade barriers and foster intra-African trade. Tourism and creatives are among the first service sectors earmarked for liberalisation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22310"}],"version-history":[{"count":183,"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27636,"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22310\/revisions\/27636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativesconnectafrika.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}