Call for applications: Creative Enterprise Programme in Sudan and Uganda

The CEP is a four-day practical workshop that equips creative entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed. Expert facilitators and local market specialists will provide face-to-face support to help entrepreneurs explore business ideas, develop their business proposition and create a business model that suits their hopes and motivations.

This interactive programme brings Nesta’s Creative Enterprise Toolkit to life and uses a mixture of practical exercises and activities that have been designed specifically for the programme.

Through the four days, successful applicants will:

• Understand the building blocks that describe and will shape their business opportunity.
• Identify and better understand customers and explore how the business will function and grow.
• Visualise the main components of the business and bring together the key elements of a business plan.

Who can apply?

The workshop in Sudan will focus on:

• Graphic designers
• Visual artists
• Painters
• Mural designers
• Illustrators
• Fine arts
• Comic artists

The workshop in Uganda will focus on:

• Performing artists.
• Dancers.
• Actors.
• Fashion designers.
• Filmmakers.

The application deadline for the Sudan CEP is 31 May. Successful applicants will be notified between 7 and 12 June 2019.

The application deadline for the Uganda CEP is 6 June. Successful applicants will be notified between 7 and 24 June 2019.

Requirements

To qualify for this workshop, applicants must:

• Be a creative business, working in the relevant creative industry – fiction and nonfiction writers, editors, publishers, journalists, screenwriters, scriptwriters, illustrators, graphic novelists, comic artists, playwrights, bloggers and poets.
• Have an already established enterprise or be in the later stages of developing an idea. This is typically a business no more than two years old but can be a more established business wishing to pause and consider their model through the CEP lens.
• Be willing to share their knowledge and experience with the group in an open, supportive peer lead learning environment.
• Come prepared to work on their business/idea, to progress through the programme, considering peer feedback, to strengthen their proposition.
• Be open to supporting fellow participants in developing their idea through providing constructive feedback when appropriate.
• Be available for the full duration of the programme.

To apply for the Creative Enterprise Programme in Sudan, click here.

To apply for the Creative Enterprise Programme in Uganda, click here.