Eastern Africa

As part of After the Single Use (ATSU), eight artists will be selected (one per location) to join the local research team for a residency period between March-May 2027 (one month full time or up to three months part-time).

Connect and Create Relay Scheme, a professional development programme aimed at young communications professionals, will provide 11 months of support to 16 journalists, communications specialists, content creators, influencers and media presenters residing in one of the 12 countries involved in the ‘Tandems Créatifs’ projects.

This programme invites artists and creatives to engage with heritage narratives from six countries, reimagining them through a contemporary creative lens. Selected participants will receive a 6,000 EUR grant and take part in a six-month Heritage Narrative development phase, culminating in three co-produced creative works.

The British Council is calling for applications from artists or organisations for their Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants programme, which supports creative collaborations between the UK and select countries.

MASS is recruiting the next cohort of the African Design Centre (ADC) Fellowship, empowering African architects and designers to lead the continent’s urbanisation. Applicants must be able to relocate to Kigali, Rwanda, from October 2026 to September 2027.

CIMAM invites curators, researchers, and museum professionals working in modern and contemporary art to apply for a Travel Grant to attend the 58th CIMAM Annual Conference, taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe (20–22 November 2026).

As part of the regional ICC development project in Indian Oceania, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is launching the sixth round of allocation of ‘AléVini, regional mobility support fund’. The project, financed by the French Development Agency (AFD), aims to strengthen regional collaboration and contribute to local economic development linked to the structuring of cultural actors and their ecosystem.

The Southnord Residency Programme is an opportunity for visual artists and curators of African descent situated in the Nordics to spend time with their practices, while immersed in a contemporary African art context.

This Call for Proposals seeks at least 8 heritage organisations to lead ‘Narrative Clusters’, collaborating with interdisciplinary groups of artists/creatives to develop innovative stories that increase the visibility and contemporary relevance of their heritage.

After a successful first edition in 2024, Création Africa South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi is back to support and scale up cultural entrepreneurs in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi. Supported by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of France and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) the second edition of Création Africa, Creation Africa 2, aims to boost and support cultural entrepreneurship in South Africa, Lesotho, and Malawi.

TheMuseumsLab is a programme for joint learning, perspective exchange, networking and career building among African and European museum professionals. Programme activities will take place from 6 May to 2 December 2026.