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Nigeria wants to build a creative city in its capital city
The 30-hectare Abuja Creative City, a partnership between FMACTCE and The Creative Park—led by Bayo Omoboriowo—is designed to establish Nigeria as a…
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Tunmise Afape
Afro Women In Animation to host AFRO WOMEN IN ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2025 this March
AFRO WOMEN IN ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2025, an event dedicated to celebrating and empowering women in animation, will hold on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at…
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Tunmise Afape
African stock image website, AfricPix, is shutting down
Last week, Ismeen Harry Haruna, the founder of AfricPix, an African stock image website, announced that the platform is shutting down after 6 months of…
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Tunmise Afape
TCN Monthly Recap: February 2025 Edition
Here's a recap of the stories—news, events, opportunities, resources, insights, opinions and conversations—we published in February 2025 and some other…
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Tunmise Afape

February 2025

Studio Styles announces Culture Pay Survey, a survey aimed at understanding the pay landscape in Nigeria’s cultural industry
According to Abba, the survey—which is open to culture workers who are Nigerian residents—is their attempt to gather data to push for fair pay and…
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Tunmise Afape
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“I really love how it turned out”—Ife Aminu on Feel Good's flower-inspired illustrations
In a conversation with The Creatives Note, Ifeoluwa Aminu talks about getting to create the illustration for Feel Good and how the illustration gave…
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Tunmise Afape
S+T+ARTS announces Open Call for the 2025 STARTS Prize Africa
The STARTS Prize Africa welcomes initiatives that strive towards a positive social, humanitarian, economic or political impact and promote a diverse and…
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Tunmise Afape
Joburg Film Festival (JFF) returns for the seventh edition of its annual festival this March
The Joburg Film Festival (JFF), scheduled to take place from 11 – 16 March 2025, will return for its 7th edition with the theme; The Golden Thread …
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Tunmise Afape
Dex Ghana confirms dEX Design Conference will return this September
The dEX Design Conference (formerly called Artmosphere), which was last held in 2022, will take place on September 20, 2025, at the ISSER Conference…
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Tunmise Afape
Nigerian financial services company, First Bank Nigeria (FBN) Holdings PLC, rebrands as First HoldCo Plc
Nigerian financial services company, First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings Plc, oannounced its rebrand as First HoldCo Plc, as part of plans to create a…
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Tunmise Afape
TCN Monthly Recap: January 2025 Edition
Here's a recap of the stories—news, events, opportunities, resources, insights, opinions and conversations—we published in January 2025 and some other…
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Tunmise Afape
Nigerian type designer launches new typeface inspired by the traditional Oja flute from Eastern Nigeria
Oja Display, designed by Chisaokwu Joboson, is a bold and expressive typeface inspired by the anatomical structure of the traditional Oja flute from…
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Tunmise Afape
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