The British Council’s Connect ZA is announcing the Young
Creative Entrepreneur Initiative for the leaders that are shaping our creative
future.
Connect ZA is an arts programme from The British Council
that aims to build cultural connections between young people in the UK and
South Africa. The programme includes opportunities for showcasing,
collaboration, innovation and professional development with a number of events
and projects throughout 2013-2015.
The initiative forms part of the Young Creative Entrepreneur
(YCE) series that supports and connects the most exciting entrepreneurs across
the globe who are innovating the creative and cultural industries. Connect ZA
offers five awards over the course of 2014, to young South African Entrepreneurs
between the ages of 20 and 35 who have been running creative businesses. The
awards are in the following areas: Digital Publishing, Live Music, Broadcast,
Culture, Fashion and Design.
Through an online application and interview process, the
judging panel will identify emerging leaders in creative businesses, who are
able to make international connections and to use these to benefit others by
having a positive economic, cultural and social impact in communities.
The prize for winning the award is a curated trip to the UK
for a unique programme of meetings with UK industry experts, international peer
networking, practical business skills workshops and attendance at key UK
industry events.
‘The impact of these awards and the possibilities they
create have been really positive, and we are looking forward to what this
year’s SA winners do with these opportunities,’ said Tom Porter Head of Arts,
South Africa.
Applications are now open for the first two awards of the
year.
YOUNG CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD, DIGITAL PUBLISHING:
We’re looking for exciting new pioneers in Digital
Publishing, who are using new technology to engage with and respond to their
readers; people who are using cross media ideas to bring publishing to life;
companies building innovative businesses in the digital publishing sector.
The winner will travel to London in April 2014 to meet up
with other country winners from China, Malaysia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, China,
Egypt, Malaysia, Columbia, Brazil, Russia and Spain for the tour. A major
element of the tour will be attendance at The London Book Fair (LBF), where
each country winner will be asked to pitch their businesses to a panel of
experts.
Deadline of the South African online application is February
24 2014.
YOUNG CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD, LIVE MUSIC
We looking for exciting young promoters of live music, who
are looking to present new music in innovative ways or spaces, who are using
new or old technology to engage with and respond to their audiences; festivals
that are looking to do more than bring people to a field to party;
organisations using live music to engage with cultural and social issues and
companies building innovative businesses in the live music sector.
Country winners will participate in a shared tour of the
UK’s live music sector, including three days at The Great Escape, Europe’s
Leading Festival for new music. The programme allows the winners to gain unique
access into the UK industry, and act as a springboard for future business
collaborations between the UK and internationally. The tour will run from May 4
to 12, 2014. Deadline for application is March 10, 2014 for Live Music.
For more information and full details of the awards and
online applications visit http://connectza.tumblr.com/
or e-mail levinia.jones@britishcouncil.org.za
Follow us on twitter #Connect_ZA and #yce2014
Call for applications for the next awards will happen
throughout the year.
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