Creative Futures Africa Summit: From Unseen to Unstoppable 

Image : (Far Left) Marie Lora Mungayi , (Left) Malibongwe Nzuza , (Middle) Beth Arendse , (Right) Wakiuru Njuguna , (Far Right): Gladwyn Leeuw Johannesburg, South Africa The Creative Futures Africa Summit, held under the theme “From Unseen to Unstoppable,” brought together creative leaders, innovators, policymakers, and investors from across Africa and the Global South to imagine…

Meet the Mentors Guiding Creativity into Enterprise

The Debut Programme, an initiative by Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), continues to nurture the next generation of creative entrepreneurs through its Catalyst Phase, a stage designed to equip emerging artists with mentorship, business acumen, and the tools to scale their creative ventures.   In this phase, the Debut Programme introduces a remarkable group of…

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

The creative economy is thriving with new voices, bold ideas, and entrepreneurial spirit and at the heart of this transformation stands the Debut Programme, a programme by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) in partnership with Business and Arts South Africa (BASA).  Since its inception in 2017, the Debut Programme has empowered hundreds of young creatives from rural…