France injects €100 million support into Nigeria’s creative economy

Nigeria and France have strengthened bilateral relations with France committing up to €100 million in concessionary funding to support Nigeria’s creative infrastructure.
Nigeria’s Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, emphasized that the funding aims to empower talent, create jobs, and position Nigeria as Africa’s creative capital.
The partnership includes an audiovisual co-production agreement and the establishment of the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation (CTICo) with ambitions to invest $100 billion and generate over two million jobs by 2027.
The creative industry in Nigeria has already created over 577,754 jobs, with significant growth reported in entertainment, cultural, and tourism sectors based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics.