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NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 April 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Johannesburg is the most culturally vibrant city in Africa, according to the Creative Vibrancy

NAIROBI, Kenya, 28 April 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Johannesburg is the most culturally vibrant city in Africa, according to the Creative Vibrancy

The Creative Vibrancy Index for Africa (CVIA) has ranked Lagos as the third most culturally vibrant city in Africa in its ranking of how 12 African cities support and enable the arts, culture, and creative industries.      The CVIA gave Johannesburg in South Africa the highest overall ranking score for creating the most enabling environment for creativity, followed by Cairo in Egypt and Lagos in Nigeria. Marrakech in Morocco, Tunis in Tunisia and Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo were ranked the least enabling cities.

Twenty Kenya-based start-ups have been selected to benefit from a British Council programme funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Office to support the growth of the local fashion industry.

Estimated that over 12 million newjobs need to be created each yearjust to provide work for its young and growing workforce. 0ne sector that can help provide those jobs is the cultural industry but most banks have traditionally been wary of artisans, artists, and creative entrepreneurs who often have little training when it comes to business skills orfunding. the british council is hoping to help tackle this gap byjoining forces with heva, which calls itself africa's first creative economy catalyst programme. 11.5 million euros in grants are on offerfor creatives in 1a eastern african countrie...