to receive financial subsidies under its “Special Covid-19/Individual Artists” grant, the fourth of such disbursements.
Other countries in the roll call are Mauritius, Comoros, Mauritania, Niger, Togo, Morocco, T’Chad, Ghana, Zambia, Nigeria, and Uganda. The other is the creation assistance that targets innovative art projects especially those “adapted to the context of Covid-19 in Africa.”In the contract, the grantees are mandated to submit two narrative and financial reports: at the midpoint and conclusion of their projects – a standard practice in international philanthropy that ensures effective monitoring and evaluation of the use of monetary subventions.
In his 2019 budget speech, the then South African finance minister, Tito Mboweni, justified the need to invest huge capital expenditure for his country’s new national theatre and museum. I He discovered ACF’s SOFACO program through the forum of the artists’ WhatsApp groups he frequently participates in.
The African Culture Fund is part of this new wave of Afrocentric donors assisting creative innovators to break new grounds thereby facilitating the promotion of African artforms and the preservation of our cultures. The rise of NFTs has taken the industry by storm. Digital artists are deploying the medium to amass a following and generate streams of income. But not everyone is enthusiastic about these disruptive technologies.