• Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Staff Email
Friday, August 8, 2025
  • Login
TheMattersPress
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
TheMattersPress
No Result
View All Result
Home Economy/Technology

U.S. lists three new initiatives for Nigeria’s creative sector

U.S

The Matters Press by The Matters Press
March 20, 2024
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
NLC to introduce detention allowance for members

Lagos, March 20, 2024: The U.S. government has announced three new opportunities for Nigerians in the creative economy sector.

RELATED POSTS

‎Obi’s One-Term Proposal, a gambit to grab power at all costs -Group ‎

National Single Window initiative, a major step for efficient cross-border trade – TMSG

‎Group celebrates 45% increase in federal revenue in just one month

Ms. Lee Satterfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, made the announcement on Wednesday in a foreign policy speech at the University of Lagos.

She is currently in Nigeria on an official visit till March 22.

Satterfield, in her remarks, underscored the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to deepening educational and cultural ties between Nigeria and the U.S..

“Today, I want to announce the launch of the Africa Creative TV(ACTV) initiative.

“It’s a new professional development programme that will focus on TV writers, producers and just below the line professionals to create this industry and grow even stronger the collaboration between our two countries.

“ACTV is in a partnership with the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, and it was created out of the summit for African leaders that President Joe Biden hosted in Washington DC in 2022.”

Satterfield said ACTV would focus on professional development and network building between television writers, producers and those in the technical fields including art direction, cinematography, editing, in line producing among others.

She said the second programme being launched was the American Music Mentorship programme, a partnership between the U.S. and the Recording Academy, The Grammys.

According to her, with the Recording Academy, the U.S. State Department was creating a mentorship opportunity to bring international and mid-career music industry professionals to the U.S. for mentoring and networking opportunities.

This, she said was with an aim to cultivate the music industry ecosystem leveraging the networks of the Recording Academy to grant aids for professional programmes.

The Assistant Secretary also said she was happy to unlock an educational initiative, adding that the U.S. was opening a programme for the creative economy through script to screen process.

“We’re going to select four Nigerian filmmaking students to come for a year in a community college in the United States.

“Film, Television and Music Industries continue to evolve at unprecedented pace and we’re seeing an evermore interconnected world.

“US high tech giants like Google, Meta, Microsoft are heavily investing in Nigeria, supporting development of local tech talent and promoting inclusive economic growth and development.”

According to Satterfield, for over 75 years the U.S. has connected with people through culture, sharing its struggles and successes with the world through movies and music and the country.

This same phenomenon, she said, was currently being seen with Nollywood and Afrobeats.

She said that the U.S. government was supporting Nigeria’s creative industries because they offered economic opportunities for millions of people from Hollywood to Nollywood.

“The heart of our relationship is our people,” Satterfield noted.

Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos said for over five decades, the institution had supported people and scholars from various U.S. programmes and activities.

She noted that there were currently 38 Fulbright scholars in the university of Lagos, adding that the institution was one of top universities for hosting scholars from the U.S.

“As an academic institution, we’re focused on ensuring that we continue to have cross-fertilisation between scholars from all around the world and particularly the U.S.

“The University of Lagos is going to play host to a window on America and we are looking forward to that, which will be another way of cultural exchange,” Ogunsola said.

Tags: U.S
ShareTweetPin
The Matters Press

The Matters Press

Related Posts

Obi, PDP candidate advises Buhari to increase tempo
Economy/Technology

‎Obi’s One-Term Proposal, a gambit to grab power at all costs -Group ‎

August 7, 2025
Importers face delays, higher costs on Red Sea woes
Economy/Technology

National Single Window initiative, a major step for efficient cross-border trade – TMSG

August 4, 2025
Chatham House stance on Nigeria’s economy, a non-biased assessment of  reforms
Economy/Technology

‎Group celebrates 45% increase in federal revenue in just one month

July 28, 2025
POLICY STATEMENT 027 BY THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA AND POLICY INITIATIVE (IMPI)
Economy/Technology

Alleged Wasteful Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of Refineries: Setting the records straight

July 25, 2025
Dangote Fertilizer in gas supply deal
Economy/Technology

IMPI seeks forensic audit of refineries from 2000 to 2023 ‎ ‎

July 25, 2025
Nigeria’s Dangote refinery will cut Africa’s petrol import by 36%
Economy/Technology

‎ADC erred, APC administrations never spent $18bn on refineries-IMPI ‎

July 25, 2025
Next Post
Nigeria targets $1.2bn export capacity for every state

Borno to begin export of cash crops

Salvaging basic education from ruins of Boko Haram war in Borno

Minister meets varsity non-academic union’s leaders over strike

Recommended Stories

SON alerts on second hand gas cylinders

Minister charges Shell, Chevron, NNPC on gas supply

April 5, 2022
Iran invests $1.2bn in free trade zones

OGFZA MD visits free zones, commends liberty free zone for compliance

November 23, 2023
SMEDAN to disburse N5.2m start-up grants to cooperatives

SMEDAN to support 3,330 entrepreneurs with skills, equipment

July 26, 2022

Popular Stories

  • Rising prices of goods cause protests in Morocco

    Rising prices of goods cause protests in Morocco

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NLNG not responsible for gas supply shortfall, price hike

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • NCC sets fresh operational fees, spectrum prices for telecom operators

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Hoarding causes hike in prices of grains

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Prices of Petrol, diesel increase in November

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
TheMattersPress

We bring you the best news update in Nigeria

LEARN MORE »

Recent Posts

  • ‎Obi’s One-Term Proposal, a gambit to grab power at all costs -Group ‎
  • National Single Window initiative, a major step for efficient cross-border trade – TMSG
  • ‎Group celebrates 45% increase in federal revenue in just one month

Categories

  • Agriculture
  • Economy/Technology
  • Energy
  • Entertainment/sports
  • Features
  • Foreign
  • Multimedia
  • Natural Resources
  • News
  • Oil and Gas
  • Photo
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Thematterspress
  • Uncategorized
  • Video

© 2025 Domo Tech World - Powered by Thematterspress.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Thematterspress
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Photo
    • Video
  • About us
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Domo Tech World - Powered by Thematterspress.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Call Us