Sub-Saharan Africa

ITI Germany, in cooperation with Nafasi Art Space Tanzania, is looking for African and European artists, cultural producers from organisations or groups from different artistic disciplines.

Zeppelin University (Germany) and the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) are organising the international project ‘Reframing Colonial Legacies’ funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) from 2025 to 2026. They invite international Germany alumni from countries in Africa and Europe (not based in Germany) to apply for 22 places.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is calling for applications from museum professionals from African and European countries for TheMuseumsLab 2025 programme, a platform for joint learning, perspective exchange, networking and career building among African and European professionals.

As part of the regional ICC development project in Indian Ocean, the IOC is launching the third 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.

Co-Cr8 is a four-week experimental cross-disciplinary residency that brings together six artists from various disciplines, including fashion design, photography, painting, textile design, dance, and poetry. The residency is from October to November 2024, in Kaduna, Nigeria, and will include local and international artists.

The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) invites applications for up to two Artists in Residence for three months each at the University of Ghana (in the Academic Year 2025/2026).

The New Dimensions Lab is now in its 7th edition and accepting applications from African artists. The Lab takes place from 23 to 30 November 2024 in South Africa, where artists engage in discussions and masterclasses, and workshop their creative projects.

Through this grant the Goethe-Institut supports art professionals from across South Africa who collaborate with cultural or public spaces and engage with the people in the areas where these spaces are located in South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho.

Cassava Republic is calling for African women editors at all stages of their careers. From 28 August to 8 September 2024, they will be facilitating a 10-day residential workshop in South Africa for African women editors based on the continent.

The ‘Fluid Boundaries International Residency Programme: The Interplay of Water, Art, Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems’ is now accepting applications for three residencies, of which the first part will take place from March to May 2025. In autumn 2025, the second part of the residency (Third Space Residency) will be taking place with all participants in the Southern Part of Switzerland.

The Wits Innovation Centre invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will advance interdisciplinary research innovation at the University of the Witwatersrand, one of the leading research universities in Africa.