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CANEX WKND 2026 Opens in Lagos to Connect African Creatives and Investors
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The Creative Africa Nexus WKND 2026 has opened in Lagos, bringing together creatives, investors, and policymakers from across Africa and the diaspora for a four-day event focused on finance, technology, and industry deal-making.
- Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) WKND 2026 opened in Lagos and runs from 5 to 8 November under the theme “One People, United in Culture, Creating for the World.”
- The event is hosted by the Federal Government of Nigeria and organised by Afreximbank through its CANEX programme.
- Afreximbank has expanded its financing commitment for Africa's creative and cultural industries to US$2 billion.
- The four-day programme spans film and television, music, fashion, sport, literature and publishing, gastronomy, and visual arts.
- The opening ceremony features addresses from Ministers across 11 African countries, Afreximbank President George Elombi, and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
- High-profile participants include Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, actor Uzo Aduba, and former footballers Didier Drogba and Jay-Jay Okocha.
- The Creative Economy Finance Summit and CANEX Deal Room will connect creative entrepreneurs directly with financiers and investors.
- The CANEX CreaThon, partnered with Gebeya, features a US$50,000 prize pool for creators and developers working in music, video, and gaming.
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