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The program offers free public masterclasses, and a Creative Economy Summit to help African storytellers expand their global reach.
African filmmakers, investors, and Hollywood television executives are gathering in Accra this July for the inaugural Ghana Creative Economy Initiative, a program designed to strengthen the continent’s creative industries through professional training, strategic investment, and international collaboration, Deadline reports.
The initiative, which runs from July 14 through July 24, was created by Ghanaian-British producer, film programmer, and creative industries strategist Dorina Amina Abubakar, program director of African Creative TV at the University of Southern California. The program combines an intensive Directing Lab, free public masterclasses, and a Creative Economy Summit to help African storytellers expand their global reach. According to organizers, the effort supports Ghana’s broader ambitions to grow its film, television, and digital media sectors as engines of economic development and international investment.
The program’s centerpiece, the Creative Economy Summit, will take place on July 22 at Google Accra. The event will bring together filmmakers, technology companies, investors, corporate executives, policymakers, and cultural institutions to examine how storytelling, innovation, and capital can accelerate growth across Ghana’s creative economy.
“Africa is producing extraordinary creative talent, but the next chapter of growth depends on building stronger professional networks, developing globally competitive projects, and creating meaningful pathways to investment and international collaboration,” Abubakar said in a statement.
She said the initiative is intended to become a long-term platform connecting African creators with global industry leaders, technology companies, and investors.
“We want creatives to leave not only inspired, but better connected, better equipped, and better positioned to compete on the global stage,” Abubakar said in the statement.
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Source: Black Enterprise
