La 3rd edition of the Afrique Créative program cohort has opened since Monday, March 17, 2025 in Cotonou. Fifteen companies from Africa are meeting for one week in order to strengthen their management capacities.

During the deductions bootcamp qui prend fin demain vendredi 21 mars 2025, les entreprises at the end of a process of selection experts are asked to strengthen their business management skills and to reflect on how to maximize their social impact. The aim of this bootcamp is to provide participants with a week rich in learning, exchanges and cultural discoveries. The project team manager on cultural and creative industries (ICC) at the French Development Agency (AFD), Gaëlle Mareuge indicated that the Cotonou bootcamp is focused on scaling up and preparing for fundraising. For Dorine Rurashitse, CEO of Africalia, “this bootcamp will offer participants a unique opportunity to meet in person to discuss their challenges and share their experiences, thus contributing to the creation of a community of entrepreneurs committed to the development of CCIs

A noté que ce programme est intié et financé By the French Development Agency (AFD). It is implemented by a consortium led by the Belgian organization Africalia with I&P Conseil from the Investors and Partners (I&P) group, Zhu Culture (Senegal), Bayimba Foundation (Uganda) and Tshimologong (South Africa)