Nigeria’s Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has known as for accelerated implementation of the African Union’s revised plan of motion on cultural and inventive industries.
Musawa spoke at a ministerial roundtable of the Afreximbank’s Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) 2026 on Thursday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the occasion introduced collectively creatives, buyers, policymakers and business leaders from Africa, the Caribbean, in addition to the diaspora for 4 days of enterprise, collaboration and cultural celebration.It is organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) hosted by the Federal Government, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
The occasion goals to attach individuals throughout borders and promote cultural change. It will collect key gamers from the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) to showcase their work, share concepts, construct networks and collaborate.
According to Musawa, African international locations should transfer past coverage commitments to sensible investments and partnerships that can allow their artistic industries innovate, compete and seize higher financial worth.
She famous that digital transformation, synthetic intelligence and rising enterprise fashions, have been reshaping the artistic economic system, making mental property safety and commercialisation more and more vital.
The minister stated African international locations should additionally develop shared ideas on Artificial Intelligence (AI) mental property and the rights of creators, notably as digital applied sciences created new questions round possession and compensation for artistic works.
She additionally known as for stronger intra-African and Africa-Caribbean commerce in artistic items and companies, noting that the AfCFTA and stronger hyperlinks with the Caribbean may develop markets, encourage co-productions and strengthen artistic worth chains.
Musawa additional acknowledged that Africa’s artistic economic system should ship measurable outcomes via job creation, funding and improved alternatives for creators, reasonably than counting on declarations and coverage conferences.
Also talking, Amma Twum-Amoah, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the AUC, famous that efforts to determine a continental establishment to coordinate Africa’s movie and audiovisual business have been going through delays.
According to him, it is because no African Union (AU) member state has ratified the statute establishing the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission.
Amma Twum-Amoah, was represented by Sabelo Lyndon Mbokazi, Officer-in-Charge of Social Development, Culture and Sport.
He stated the statute required ratification by 15 member states to enter into power, noting that no nation had accomplished the method, although Kenya and Ghana had signed the instrument.
He urged the AU member states to signal, ratify and deposit the statute directly, to allow the fee develop into operational.
NAN additional studies that the proposed fee is predicted to offer a powerful continental establishment for coordinating insurance policies and supporting filmmakers, whereas serving to Africa harness the financial potential of its movie and audiovisual business.
According to the AU consultant, the business has huge potential to create jobs, promote African tales and generate export income.
Edited by Chinyere Nwachukwu
