Eastern Africa

To promote the development of cultural and creative industries, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is calling for applications for cultural events from organisations based in Union of the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Mozambique. The grant aims to support inter-island exchanges and collaborations but also to promote access to regional markets, while strengthening the ICC value chain. Priority will be given to projects that have an impact on equality by promoting the full participation and inclusion of women.

The AléVini Regional Mobility Assistance Fund aims to support inter-island exchanges and collaborations but also to promote access to regional markets, while strengthening the ICC value chain.

Emptyroom in Marracuene, Mozambique, is calling for appliations from visual and multidisciplinary artists from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

MAISHA has launched a call for applicants for the positions of dancers, choreographers and artistic director, for a three-week residency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1–24 May), in preparation for a performance in Addis on 25 May 2024.

In 2024 the British Council is launching the Festival Connect Fund, which enables new and innovative ways for connections, mobility, and exchanges and showcases contemporary arts between festivals across Africa and internationally.

STARTS4AFRICA is has announced the Call for Artists for the first STARTS Residency Programme fully dedicated to promoting Sub-Saharan Africa innovation at the nexus of Science + Technology + Arts.

Common Stories are looking for 8 theatre directors, playwrights, choreographers and performance makers to take part in Common LAB 2024, an itinerant 8-week laboratory in Portugal, France, Mozambique and Belgium during June and September - November 2023. Applicants should be performing arts artists living and working in Europe, with a good command of English.

Santuri East Africa and Ajabu Ajabu supported by a grant from Ignite Culture: ACP-EU Culture Programme (Eastern Africa) are excited to announce an opportunity for East African musicians to participate in a unique music residency program called Uvumbuzi, bridging the creative landscapes of Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. For an intensive two week period in November, Kenyan artists will be hosted by Ajabu Ajabu in Dar Es Salaam (30t October – 12 November 2023), and Tanzanian artists will be hosted by Santuri in Nairobi (13-27 November 2023).

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF), in partnership with Scènes Australes, invites female event production managers based in Africa and in the Indian Ocean to apply for an opportunity to participate in the 2023 Gender@Work programme. The course will comprise two modules: a Music Business module (online in October 2023) and an Event Production module (in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 5-11 November 2023).

With this call, the DECONFINING project is looking for artists working in the moving image (e.g. video, animation, film, digital and found footage, etc.) who are willing to develop a new work of art at residencies in Wrocław, Poland and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Applicants must come from or be based in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kenya, Poland, Rwanda, Slovakia, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia.

ACCES - Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases seek proposals from African DJs for presentations that give an informative, entertaining and innovative overview of a particular, current music genre. Two DJs will be selected to fill two available slots during the conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 24-26 November 2022.

The Goethe-Institut Nairobi is looking for innovative curatorial concepts for exhibitions to be held in 2023. The exhibitions will be part of the Sasa Nairobi exhibition series, the Goethe-Institut’s main programme in visual art focusing on conceptual work in all media, with an emphasis on photography, video, installation, and performance art.