PAN-AFRICAN CO-PRODUCTIONS: WHAT’S IN IT FOR WOMEN?

In this episode we look at Pan-African co-productions in the creative sector, unpacking what cross-border collaboration looks like from the perspective of women working in film and the wider creative industries.The conversation brings together Zippy Nyaruri, Kenyan documentary director and producer, and Dr Inya Lawal, Nigerian social entrepreneur, capacity-building expert and advocate for Africa’s creative economy and women's economic empowerment.The conversation asks some big questions about the way African creative work is financed, produced and supported across borders.What are the models that currently exist?What are the gaps?How do we strengthen the terms and conditions of the Pan-African models we already have?We get into the realities of financing creative work, including a few tongue-in-cheek moments about how readily we seem to understand the structures needed to fund a cassava plantation, while the creative sector is often expected to somehow figure itself out.It is not enough for women to be invited into the industry, we need to be in the rooms where the decisions are made and have a say in how funding structures are designed, how resources are distributed, how partnerships are negotiated and how the value of African creative work is understood.