Who Would Participate

The forum will be highly beneficial and rewarding to the following.

Delegates/Exhibitors

• Top officials of the Federal Government of Nigeria and members of its National Assembly
• Top officials of the Governments of African countries and members of their National Assemblies.
• Top officials of the State Governments of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• All Government Agencies and Parastatals in the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture & National Orientation, Nigeria.
• Foreign and Domestic investors.
• Major stakeholders in the visual arts sub-sector both within and outside Nigeria.
• Members of the International Community
• Bilateral Bodies
• International organizations
• Enabling institutions, the organized private sector (OPS), informal sector, NGOS
• Financial Institutions
• Community leaders from the participating African countries.

Benefits to Delegates and Exhibitors

The summit positioned to become the pre-eminent biennial cultural and creative continental event will be of immense benefits. These benefits are: 

• Stimulate structured discussion and debate on the issues of supporting creativity in a policy, planning and investment context.
• Help African countries to better understand how to harness their creative and cultural resources around sustainable tourism – how to attract attention and get on the global radar.
• It will develop a better understanding of the roles that industry, governments, academia and community groups variously play in the nurturing and supporting a rich and diverse melting pot of culture and creativity.
• Provide a solid base of feedback and foresight to inform policy makers into the future of the visual arts.
• Create networks and associations which will provide platforms for subsequent and on going discussion and ongoing discussion and contributions to policy formulation and new formulation and new initiatives.
• An opportunity to coordinate development efforts and endeavours towards the regeneration of African economies by investing in creative industries, cultural tourism all geared towards  transforming African countries’  economies by changing income generation focus.