Celebrating African identity through art, music, film and fashion.
ART & CULTURE
Congo Boy’s Cannes recognition gives Central African cinema a sharper global spotlight and expands the conversation beyond Africa’s best-known film industries.
AFRICA
Recent Cannes recognition for African and African-linked films underlines growing global visibility, but the next challenge is turning festival momentum into distribution, financing and audience reach.
AFRICA
The African Union and AFRIMA confirm January 7–11, 2026 for the 9th All Africa Music Awards in Lagos. The event will feature a week of performances, summits, and cultural showcases celebrating Africa’s creative excellence.
ART & CULTURE
Egypt opens the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids in Cairo, unveiling the full Tutankhamun treasure collection and more than 100,000 artefacts, as part of its cultural and tourism strategy.
ART & CULTURE
Across East Africa, literature has never been merely an art form — it has been a vessel of memory, resistance, and imagination. From Kenya’s colonial twilight to the unhealed echoes of Somalia, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the written word became a second independence movement — one fought in classrooms, in exile, and through languages that refused […]
ART & CULTURE
There are stories that speak — and then there are stories that sing. West Africa’s literary tradition belongs firmly in the latter category. Every line, every rhythm, carries the cadence of the continent’s oldest griots — storytellers who kept memory alive long before ink met paper. Across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, these voices have […]
ART & CULTURE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – October 7, 2025 — The World Sports Photography Awards (WSPA), the world’s leading celebration of sports photography, has officially opened entries for its 2026 edition, naming Canon as the Official Imaging Partner. The awards honour the world’s finest sports photographers, recognizing images that capture the emotion, energy, and excellence at the heart of athletic performance. Canon Joins as […]
ART & CULTURE
Until his appointment, Mr. Akpata was the Head of CANEX Creations within the Afreximbank Group, taking on a central role in CCInc’s journey since its inception
AFRICA
The event provided them with hands-on production opportunities, networking, and collaborative learning experiences, showcasing Canon’s commitment to nurturing talent and empowering storytellers
ALGERIA
A spectacular cultural highlight of IATF 2025, The Mansa Orchestra Live! blended history, music, and storytelling in Algiers. Backed by Oakwood Green Africa and Afreximbank, the show celebrates African pride and creative potential.