FINANCEMENT PARTICPATIF, INVESTMENT READY ET INVESTISSEMENT PRIVÉS POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ICC EN RDC ET AFRIQUE CENTRALE

Lead applicant: Café Smile ONG
Partners: IYO Africa
Implementation: Democratic Republic of Congo
Project code: 03-082

The project aims to promote the development of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) by setting up a crowdfunding mechanism dedicated to artistic projects, as well as providing training and technical support in finance, loan negotiation, project management and fund writing. To achieve this, the project plans to launch the IYOFUND platform, a website and mobile application, offering services such as crowdfunding, online sales of creators’ works, workshops, coaching, networking events, and exhibitions, the project also plans to facilitate crowdfunding donations to more than 500 projects between 2023-2028. Eight projects from various CCI domains will be directly funded by the platform between 2023-2024 in the form of seed funding for creators.

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