Like other sectors of the economy, the Nigerian creative industry is gearing up for the opportunities that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers the member States. But one may ask, beyond the opportunities, are there inherent threats that lurk around the free trade regime? For one, it is believed that any member State that fails to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive within its country may lose rather than gain under the AfCFTA.
In the Nigerian creative sector, for instance, the COVID-19 pandemic has, amongst other things, exposed the linear revenue streams of the entertainment space, forcing most of the talents to start thinking of new ways of generating incomes beyond the traditional offerings in the industry. Read More.
