Governments' Role in Supporting Africa's Creative Industries

TLDR

• Part 3: Africa Must Own Its Digital Future The significance of Africa’s emerging games industry extends well beyond entertainment.
• While automation may replace certain traditional occupations, it is simultaneously creating demand for highly creative digital industries where originality and cultural understanding become competitive advantages.
• Across much of Africa, creative industries continue to occupy a secondary position within economic planning despite contributing significantly to employment, innovation and export potential.
• Rather than asking whether Africa can produce globally competitive games, publishers should increasingly ask how many opportunities they may already have overlooked.
• For Africa, this may become one of the defining characteristics of the coming decade.