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Terra Kulture – Terra Academy for The Arts (TAFTA)

Target Impact

Empower 65,600 young Nigerians by providing training on key technical production skills for theatre and the creative industry. Entrepreneurial modules will be embedded to provide learners with knowledge of the business side of production and the creative industry.

Status: New

Country

Nigeria

Period

2022-2027

Industries

Creatives

Impact to Date

5,000

Recorded youth outreach numbers of  approximately 5,000.​

Provided participants with hands-on experience in theatre production, including working on a widely-recognized stage production in December 2022.​

Collaborated with the Foundation’s access to finance banking partner FCMB to create a Creative Industry Fund that will address the funding needs of young creatives. No collateral is required, and loans are offered at a single digit interest rate.

Partnership Focus

In Partnership With

TAFTA was set up by Terra Kulture Arts and Studio Limited, a leading arts and culture centre in Nigeria. TAFTA aims to educate young people with relevant, up-to-date technical, and practical skills for the creative industry to help students optimize their entrepreneurial capacity to secure sustainable employment and to foster sustainable growth and innovation in the emerging creative industries in Nigeria. Terra Kulture observed a dearth of trained technical production-skilled workers while working on multiple productions over the years and has been informally involved in training young Nigerians in efforts to improve the skills of such workers. Consequently, Terra Academy for the Arts (TAFTA) was established to formalize these skilling efforts.​

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