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CANEX: Africa’s creative industries

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This dossier follows CANEX WKND 2026 in Lagos and discussions on financing and marketing African creative work.

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Lagos’s National Arts Theatre in August 2014. Archive view of the venue; does not show CANEX 2026. dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lagos’s National Arts Theatre in August 2014. Archive view of the venue; does not show CANEX 2026. dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0. — dotun55 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) ; 29 août 2014 ; sans modification.

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The gathering opens on 5 November 2026 at the Wole Soyinka Centre and is scheduled to run until 8 November. Commercial results are not yet established.

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Lagos hosts CANEX WKND for Africa’s creative industries

CANEX WKND 2026 opens on 5 November in Lagos at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, formerly the National Theatre. Organised by Afreximbank, the gathering brings cultural industry participants together until 8 November.

Lagos’s National Arts Theatre in August 2014. Archive view of the venue; does not show CANEX 2026. dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lagos’s National Arts Theatre in August 2014. Archive view of the venue; does not show CANEX 2026. dotun55, CC BY-SA 2.0. — dotun55 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) ; 29 août 2014 ; sans modification.

Film, music, fashion, literature, visual arts and gastronomy feature in the programme. Organisers announce exhibitions, masterclasses and meetings involving creators, investors and policymakers from Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora.

Access to finance, intellectual property and international distribution are among the announced topics. The opening is a cultural and economic development; it does not yet establish the value of contracts or investments secured.

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