Documented policy engagements
2024-2026
Policy Infrastructure for Africa's Creative Future
From evidence and market intelligence to CreaTech and innovation: We shape practical policy for CCIs.
PAN-AFRICAN INNOVATION, POLICY AND EVIDENCE CENTRE FOR CULTURAL & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES (PAIPEC-CCI)
PAIPEC-CCI helps governments, multilateral institutions and industry partners strengthen creative-economy systems through policy innovation, market intelligence and responsible CreaTech integration.
Selected evidence 2022-2026
Selected documented work, not lifetime totals.
Countries in one advocacy programme
Selected evidence
International research studies
2022-2024
Open Creative Industries
From fragmented systems to stronger public value.
PAIPEC-CCI turns evidence into policy, policy into coordinated action, and action into stronger creative-economy institutions, markets and public value.
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Make fragmented governance, weak data and market constraints visible.
Design and demonstrate
Connect open knowledge, fairer markets and responsible technology to policy options.
Deliver and learn
Strengthen institutions, implementation and continuous evidence-to-action learning.
Core competencies
Six capabilities. One policy-to-implementation practice.
PAIPEC-CCI connects evidence, institutional design, technology, markets and stakeholder action around defined public problems.
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Public-policy transformation and institutional design
Diagnosing constraints and designing institutions, frameworks and delivery pathways that can move into implementation.
View relevant evidence02Research and market intelligence
Producing decision-ready evidence on workforces, infrastructure, investment, markets and creative-economy systems.
View relevant evidence03CreaTech, AI and platform-governance policy
Examining how platforms, AI and data systems affect ownership, participation, regulation and public value.
View relevant evidence04Cross-border frameworks and South-South cooperation
Advancing regional frameworks, South-South exchange and interoperable approaches to creative trade and mobility.
View relevant evidence05Investment, infrastructure and market-development strategy
Connecting policy choices to finance, infrastructure, value chains and investable creative-economy opportunities.
View relevant evidence06Workforce systems, standards and capacity development
Mapping skills and standards, strengthening institutions and translating evidence into targeted capability development.
View relevant evidenceSelected policy journey
From South-South dialogue to regional policy development.
Four engagements show how PAIPEC-CCI connects policy dialogue, public influence, technical validation and continental institution-building.
04 / 09
World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE)
Fourth World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE)
South-South Cooperation for Shared Creative Prosperity
A ministerial-level contribution on South-South cooperation and the policy conditions for shared creative prosperity.
Read the policy case07 / 09
Connect for Culture Africa (CfCA)
Connect for Culture Africa — Evidence-Based Advocacy Training for Creatives
From CCI Evidence to Public Influence: Evidence-Based Advocacy for 1% for Culture
Building the capability of cultural actors to translate sector evidence into public narratives, policy messages and collective influence.
Read the policy case08 / 09
Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA)
Mashariki Creative Economy Expo 2026
Regional Validation of the EAC Audiovisual Co-production Treaty and Protocol
Supporting technical validation of a regional audiovisual co-production framework and its handover for consideration through EAC processes.
Read the policy case09 / 09
African Union | African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission (AACC)
African Union / AACC Ratification Campaign
The Case for AACC Ratification: Decolonisation for Democratisation
A policy case for ratifying the African Audiovisual and Cinema Commission Statute, grounded in sector realities and an East African perspective.
Read the policy caseResearch and market intelligence
Evidence, policy innovation and market intelligence.
Two strategic research assignments and two 2026 initiatives connect sector evidence to practical policy tools, institutional capability and measurable public value.
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Netflix · Kenya
Strategic research 2022
Workforce capacity study
A Kenya-focused assessment of skills gaps, training needs and workforce readiness, undertaken with Olsberg SPI.
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IFC · Kenya
Strategic research 2024
Screen-sector infrastructure analysis
A comparative assessment of the infrastructure conditions shaping screen-sector investment and market development, undertaken with Olsberg SPI.
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In development
Innovation 2026
Policy innovation tools; AI and CreaTech as policy instruments for creative industries in Sub-Saharan Africa
An applied policy laboratory for responsible AI, platform governance and CreaTech prototyping around defined public problems.
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Ongoing study
Research 2026
Economic value of Nairobi CBD content creator sectors
From local policy directive to public value, socioeconomic impact for creators and gross value added for Nairobi.
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What's new?
CCK - Cultural and Creative Kenya
An insightful look at Kenya's cultural and creative industries through policy, markets, institutions, technology and cultural agency.
Latest CCK insights
Three recent policy perspectives.
Preview the latest CCK articles on cultural space, CreaTech ownership and creative-economy finance.
Issue 01
The Two Sides of Coincidence and the Battle for Our Cultural Spaces
A reflection on cultural space, market power and the policy choices that determine whose stories and institutions endure.
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Issue 02
Tech Transfer or Takeover? Reclaiming Africa's Creative Future for Economic Advancement
An examination of CreaTech, platform power and the policy conditions required for African creators to own and retain value.
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Issue 03
Cultural Agency in a Multipolar World: The Afreximbank US$1 Billion African Film Fund
What the Afreximbank US$1 billion African Film Fund signals for cultural agency, finance and Africa's screen future.
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