Africa

The European Commission has launched a new regional cultural programme for the MENA Region: ‘Support to Cultural Actors Addressing Global Issues’. The global objective of this call for proposals is to improve human development and the quality of life in the Southern Neighbourhood region through culture.

The Contemporary Dance Night (CDN) team announces the launch of a call for choreographers to present proposals for a two-month residency in Egypt, between early October and mid-December 2024, working with Egyptian dancers, ending with public sharing of new creations to be presented in Cairo, Alexandria and Upper Egypt.

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.

The 14th Bamako Encounters – The African Biennale of Photography will be held from 16 November 2024 to 15 January 2025 in Bamako, Mali. This call is open to artists from the African world and its diaspora – photographers and videographers, amateurs or professionals, alone or in groups, with no limit of age or nationality.

Artist applications are now open for the 2nd edition of CollaboNation, Africa’s premier collaboration portal.

The North Africa Cultural Programme (NACP) | Cycle II is a four-year programme (2024–2027) dedicated to five countries in North Africa – Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia – and comprises two support schemes: a National Cultural Opportunities Fund and a Regional Competitive Creativity Fund.

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.

Studio Quantum is an international events and artist-in-residence programme from the Goethe-Institut, exploring emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art.  The Studio Quantum residences in 2024 are open to artists based in the following project locations: Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Nigeria, India (States of Karnataka and Kerala), and South Africa. 

The EU-funded project Euro-Egyptian Cultural Program (EECP) is launching a call for artists to join an art residency programme in Egypt working with Egyptian independent cultural actors. The residency will take place from April to May 2024.