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AFIDFF and Dreams Hub Partner to Explore Mutual Interests, Creating 3,000 Jobs in the Process.

The African International Documentary Festival Foundation (AFIDFF) and Dreams Hub have entered into an understanding in a bid to actualize the first ever Documentary film festival in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to promote the culture of young African storytellers through films and documentaries by encouraging African-themed stories with a view to creating jobs for 3000 persons during the festival across the continent of Africa.

 At the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing, Mrs Malame Mangzha, Director-General, AFIDFF,  underscored the significance of the documentary and film festival. “The festival is an opportunity to tell our collective stories as Africans, bridge differences in cultures and unravel opportunities in storytelling for young African documentary and film-makers. The continent is in dire need of our voices to be heard on the international scene through the telling of positive stories anchored on our technologies, ways of life and community-centeredness, including providing business opportunities for local artists and their communities, and improving the way the international community sees Africa and Africans.” 

Mr Oscar Nchaso, Executive Director of Dreams Hub, Malabo, stated that “Only Africans can perfectly narrate their stories by themselves, and the festival will be a great avenue to reach communities within the continent and expose their positive stories from the eyes of the communities, women, children and leadership – The festival will drive the story of our desired Africa. At Dreams Hub, we are building an inclusive network to support African stories by Africans, and all-inclusive participation of all classes, gender and status of people, especially the youth which makes up a huge percentage of the African populace, while creating access to markets for storytelling, films, as well as breaking barriers to existing markets through the creation of alternative and blue ocean strategies to documentary and filmmaking for the common fortune of participating African countries in the festival.” 

The partnership contributes to the overall objective of the festival to support 3000 documentarians and filmmakers to access international markets through the training, seminars and provision of platforms to reach the international markets, from building capacity that meet benchmarked standards for the international marketplace, including generating jobs in the country. The film festival will focus on telling positive stories about Africa and enhance the readiness of women and youth–led storytelling through high-powered training and linkages to the digital media. 

Work is set to be underway on the part of the two parties as they engage in conversations and actions, involving both the public and private sectors and key stakeholders which will lead to the realization of the aim of this partnership. 

African International Documentary Festival Foundation (AFIDFF) is a premier organization founded on the ideals of National and International cultural values that is dedicated to the preservation of Africa’s rich cultural heritage and history within and beyond Africa which seeks to discover and promote young talented underrepresented/under discovered storytellers, filmmakers and documentary producers to global prominence. The organization's goal is to protect history, promote creativity in the cultural industries and project the true image of Africa through Documentary and Storytelling by Africans themselves and connect with Africans in the diaspora through our programs and activities and empower social entrepreneurs for social Impact

AFIDFF is collaborating with DREAMS HUB on initiatives to support social innovation, entrepreneurs and community-led initiatives across Africa, allowing both parties to serve as centres that provide support to African filmmakers/storytellers, documentarians, social entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, and youth-led programs by providing physical co-working and dedicated capacity building training, workshops, business, legal and financial support to these members of their communities. 

Dreams Hub is a project of XAPIENS SL, an initiative aimed at providing technological tools mainly to young people with high potential from families with limited financial resources. Basically, it is an initiative to promote the research, development and innovation (R+D+i) ecosystem, stimulating technological platforms for the generation of nationally produced technological products and services, to meet the demand of Equatorial Guinean companies, by promoting entrepreneurship from the early stages of educational training, promoting the creation of a generation of young entrepreneurs, stimulating the creation of qualified employment and the creation of value at a national level. 

For further information, please contact: 

Mrs Malame Ngamariju Mangzha, Director General | African International Documentary Festival Foundation (AFIDFF) 

Secretariat| E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Abuja, Nigeria 

Mr. Nchaso Oscar, Executive Director | Dreams Hub) Secretariat| E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Communication | Marketing | Advocacy Division, African Continental Free Trade Area | 

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