Daily Post, 12 September 2025, Vanuatu

During their discussions, Dr Minchin acknowledged the MSG Secretariat for hosting SPC’s office in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Both leaders also reflected on the renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last year between MSG and SPC, which continues to reinforce cooperation between the two regional organisations. This partnership plays an important role in advancing the mandates of Pacific leaders…

News Ghana, 10 September 2025, Ghana

Africa’s creative and cultural industries took center stage at the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Summit in Algiers, where continental leaders called for enhanced infrastructure and financing to unlock the sector’s estimated $50 billion economic potential.

Culture Action Europe, 10 September 2025, International

In moments of uncertainty, when panic could close us down, arts has the ability to open us up. Artists create the narratives and the images that allow us to imagine futures that do not yet exist. Arts and culture can show us not only what is wrong with the present, but what else could be possible. They teach us to rehearse alternatives, to see the cracks where new possibilities can come through.

African Export-Import Bank, 09 September 2025, International

Speakers at the official opening ceremony of the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Summit called for support to the industries, in the form of infrastructure, financing and policies to unlock this potential. The Summit is being held as part of the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025)

Riyadh Daily, 09 September 2025, Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is undergoing a comprehensive historical transformation, driven by the ambitious Vision 2030, which has laid the foundations for a more diverse and prosperous future. Within this vision, culture is no longer merely an expression of identity and civilizational heritage; it has become a vital economic resource and a strategic sector contributing to income diversification…

CDB - Caribbean Development Bank, 09 September 2025, International

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy. Speaking at CIIF’s Creative Talk panel, “Collect, Analyse, Activate! Leveraging National Creative Economy Data,” which opened a high-impact symposium entitled “Banking on Cult…