ClosedCompetition/PrizeAfrica
CANEX Creative Pitch
Afreximbank (Creative Africa Nexus, CANEX)
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- Amount or benefit
- Top Prize $20,000
- Deadline
- Not announced2026 applications ran 7 September – 14 October 2026; winners announced 6 November 2026
- Who can apply
- Creative entrepreneurs and enterprises (individuals, early-stage startups and established enterprises) in CANEX's active markets working in film and audiovisual, fashion and design, music, sports business, gastronomy and other CANEX verticals; finalists pitch live in Lagos.
- Location rule
- CANEX markets in Africa and the Caribbean (Nigeria eligible)
- Applicant type
- Individual, Business
- Stage
- Early-stage, Growth, Established
- Sectors
- Creative industriesBusiness & entrepreneurshipArts, culture & media
- Notes
- Annual, held at CANEX WKND.