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This t-shirt design reflects Thandolwethu's belief that "true creatives are never stagnant" – creativity isn't just a moment, but a constant state of being.

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Creative Nestlings is a creative network & platform empowering & catalysing young African creatives and fostering equitable creative and cultural industries across the continent.

Creative Nestlings is a creative network & platform empowering & catalysing young African creatives and fostering equitable creative and cultural industries across the continent.

YOUNG AFRICAN CREATIVE NETWORK

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YOUNG AFRICAN CREATIVE NETWORK

About

YOUNG AFRICAN CREATIVE NETWORK

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Creative Nestlings Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and cultivating creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship among young African creatives.

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See the World Differently. Create Without Limits.

See the World Differently. Create Without Limits.

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CRTVE DEVELOPMENT X CREATIVE NESTLINGS

We have partnered with the team at Crtve Development, Open Planet, and the Wellcome Trust, to highlight the IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH

We have partnered with the team at Crtve Development, Open Planet, and the Wellcome Trust, to highlight the IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HUMAN HEALTH

A program to empower emerging creatives to build sustainable businesses, covering business planning, financial management, marketing, intellectual property, and wellness, while offering practical insights and valuable networking opportunities.

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Warming

This story portrays a single father in eThekwini confronting the reality of climate change impacting his community's water supply when his son asks for water, emphasizing resilience

Wear the Change

This film follows Ropafadzo Mapira's innovative fashion collection merging art and environmental advocacy to highlight climate change's impact on urban health, stemming from her personal experience.

Seeds of Change

This documentary explores climate change's impact on health and life in KwaZulu-Natal through an elderly gum tree farmer and her artist granddaughter, highlighting challenges and the resilience of local knowledge.

What Do I Want To Be If I Grow Up

Through a young person's perspective, this film uses voice-over, illustrations, photography, and Open Planet footage to express fears about climate change after experiencing a tornado in Tongaat.

Gathering Clouds

Waxxes Animation Studio's short film uses Open Planet footage and animation with narration to explore the damaging effects of climate change on urban communities in South Africa, focusing on Durban.


Conversations on Creativity

The compelling event on Impact of Climate Change on Human Health," explored how African filmmakers use visual storytelling to illuminate the critical connections between climate change and community health, featuring panelists Dr. Okito Wedi from Crtve Development, filmmaker Mandisa Mary Jane Mtembu, and community activist Moliehi Mafantiri.

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112150+

Creatives In Network

$4mil

Indirect investments

50+

Events

160+

Direct + Indirect Jobs

Launching Creative Careers

Through our network African creatives launch sustainable careers, develop innovative products and businesses

Launching Creative Careers

Through our network African creatives launch sustainable careers, develop innovative products and businesses

Mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries

We are actively mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries to better understand and support creatives

Mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries

We are actively mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries to better understand and support creatives

Conversations lead to Community

We facilitate meaningful conversations among creatives, institutions, governments, corporates, and brands through our digital platforms, in-person gatherings, content, and conferences.

Conversations lead to Community

We facilitate meaningful conversations among creatives, institutions, governments, corporates, and brands through our digital platforms, in-person gatherings, content, and conferences.

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Creative Economy

112150+

Creatives In Network

$4mil

Indirect investments

50+

Events

160+

Direct + Indirect Jobs

Launching Creative Careers

Through our network African creatives launch sustainable careers, develop innovative products and businesses

Mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries

We are actively mapping the Creative & Cultural Industries to better understand and support creatives

Conversations lead to Community

We facilitate meaningful conversations among creatives, institutions, governments, corporates, and brands through our digital platforms, in-person gatherings, content, and conferences.

Community First

Opportunities

Events

Creative Economy

  • RADIO, PODCASTS & AUDIO * ARCHITECTURE * ARTS & CRAFT * GAMES * FASHION * CULTURE & HERITAGE * PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY * THEATRE & PERFORMING ARTS * VFX & ANIMATION * DESIGN * WRITING & JOURNALISM * MEDIA * ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PR * PUBLISHING * MUSIC * FILM & TV

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Africa's creative and cultural industries encompass diverse sectors including art, design, music, film, fashion, and digital media, generating over $4.2 billion annually while preserving cultural heritage, creating employment for 500,000+ people, and offering innovative solutions to continental challenges.

What are the creative industries?

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  • free events that brought together industry professionals and emerging creatives to meet and share knowledge. It was at these conversations that industry professionals and brands became accessible — where our heroes were revealed to be flesh and blood.

    Faye Kabali-Kagwa

    Freelance Creative

  • The panel was made up of businesses that are not just at different stages, but are growing into different shapes in terms of their business model, their target market, their brands and their ambitions. Every founder/designer was able to talk about operating in a market that, yes, has its challenges, but also has opportunity they’ve been able to meet with hard work and creativity to build great businesses. For me that was an exciting statement on how much more dynamic the local fashion industry has become in recent years.

    Modupe Oloruntoba

    Writer & Creative Consultant and Founder of African Fashion Weekly

  • "I left this workshop feeling so enriched. Firstly, I really loved the intimacy of it all, the setup was really welcoming and not intimidating at all. The information that was shared was particular and direct, from what we learned about Yoco to the various speakers and their personal experiences with growing their creative businesses. I will be definitely be making use of the SWOT analysis and diary to cultivate the many ideas I have brewing in my head. Thank you so so much to the Creative Nestlings Team for this offering, we need it."

    Itumeleng Solar Modise

    Artist & Teacher

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  • free events that brought together industry professionals and emerging creatives to meet and share knowledge. It was at these conversations that industry professionals and brands became accessible — where our heroes were revealed to be flesh and blood.

    Faye Kabali-Kagwa

    Freelance Creative

  • The panel was made up of businesses that are not just at different stages, but are growing into different shapes in terms of their business model, their target market, their brands and their ambitions. Every founder/designer was able to talk about operating in a market that, yes, has its challenges, but also has opportunity they’ve been able to meet with hard work and creativity to build great businesses. For me that was an exciting statement on how much more dynamic the local fashion industry has become in recent years.

    Modupe Oloruntoba

    Writer & Creative Consultant and Founder of African Fashion Weekly

  • "I left this workshop feeling so enriched. Firstly, I really loved the intimacy of it all, the setup was really welcoming and not intimidating at all. The information that was shared was particular and direct, from what we learned about Yoco to the various speakers and their personal experiences with growing their creative businesses. I will be definitely be making use of the SWOT analysis and diary to cultivate the many ideas I have brewing in my head. Thank you so so much to the Creative Nestlings Team for this offering, we need it."

    Itumeleng Solar Modise

    Artist & Teacher

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