Digital Lab Africa (DLA), a rolling project of Tshimologong, South Africa and one of Africa’s largest innovation hub, has in the past few years, ignited and
accelerated 48 creative projects in the gaming, animation, XR, music and visual arts, from 17 African countries for greater success.
Tshimologong team, Creative Director, Eduardo Cachucho, Poppy Karabo, and Creative Industry Consultant, Erika Denis of the French Development Agency’s Expertise France, a founding funder of the hub, spoke to LEADERSHIP Newspaper, at the Creation Africa Forum, where it launched the 7th edition of Digital Lab Africa.
The turning point came nine years later, in 2018, when her parents could witness the monetary benefits, global prominence and self fulfilment she has from doing what she loved compared to her counterparts in South Africa. She had gained the nicknamed ‘godmother of Digital Lab Africa’. Today, Tshimologong is growing by leaps and bounds, with the expansion of it partners and funders from solely the French Agency for Development to Gobelin Animation School, the world’s first animation school, French Animation Festival, and local South African organisations and events like the Animation Film Festival, and Africa Games Week. As it expands, it will require additional partnerships to maintain quality trainings for creatives.
DLA partner, Gobelin offers paid scholarships to 20 students and incubation beneficiaries. “They get stipends and are paid to do the internship for the entire year. and at the end of the programme, there is about 100 percent employment rate. That’s impact. That changing lives. This also means jobs, livelihoods. It is keeping families employed,” said Cachucho
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