Kenyan Jiwe Studios and Kayfo Game Studio from Senegal have been selected to make up a total of 15 laureates selected for the second phase of the Afrique Créative programme.

Afrique Créative is an acceleration program financed by theAgence française de développement (AFD) and implemented by a consortium led by the Belgian non-profit association Africalia with I&P Conseil du groupe Investors and Partners (I&P), Zhu Culture (cultural engineering consulting company based in Senegal), Bayimba Foundation (cultural production structure based in Uganda) and Tshimologong (a technology innovation hub within Wits University based in South Africa). 

In September 2019, a first call for applications to the programme Afrique Créative enabled the selection of nine entrepreneurs from four countries. (Burkina Faso, Morocco, Uganda and Senegal). Now in its third iteration, the programme has now grown to feature applicants from twelve African countries.

At the end of the first phase, 30 pre-selected companies had the chance to pitch their projects competing for a spot among the 15 finalists. Each entrepreneur presented their project to a jury of professionals, who assessed the potential and quality.

The 15 selected companies come from a wide range of CCI sectors and represent 10 different countries: Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.

These fortunate winners will receive full support from Afrique Créative, including technical, creative and financial assistance for 12 months. They will be awarded a grant ranging from €30,000 to €60,000 to help them scale up.