Creative Industry will be theme of session at the 6th Forum Brazil Africa

The 6th Forum Brazil – Youth Empowerment: Transformation to Achieve Sustainable Development will have a session focused on the Creative Industry. The session will include as Panelists the Director of the Apartheid Museum, Christopher Till, the CEO of Vale do Dendê, Paulo Rogério Nunes and the President of ArchiAfrika, Joe Osae-Addo.

The Creative Industry is an integral part of the concept of Creative Economy, which uses values ​​such as innovation and creativity to generate income and move the market. Cinema, fashion, design, architecture and tourism are examples of industries that work with these values ​​to produce intellectual and cultural goods.

In contemporary society, a new reading of economic processes is necessary in order to humanize and optimize the productive sectors. In addition to the obvious economic benefits, cultural goods and services have the power to empower individuals, especially younger ones.

Panelists

Christopher Till
Founder and current director of the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, Till organized exhibitions on Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Oliver Tambo and the Women’s March, among many others. He is the main driver in the development of the Mandela Capture Site in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, due to open in 2019.

Joe Osae-Addo
Born in Ghana, West Africa, Joe Addo has worked in Finland, the UK and the USA. He is one of the founders of the A+D Museum in Los Angeles, which seeks to promote knowledge and empower people to value and understand architecture and design. He is currently the CEO of Constructs R&D, a design company based in Accra and president of the ArchiAfrika Foundation.

Paulo Rogério Nunes
Executive Director of Vale do Dendê, Paulo Rogério Nunes is cofounder of the Instituto Mídia Étnica, Correio Nagô Portal and consultant in diversity. With extensive experience in the study of multicultural markets and social innovation, he has traveled to 20 countries participating in activities on these topics. Paulo was one of 11 leaders chosen for a private meeting in Sao Paulo with former President Barack Obama, who gave an invitation to speak at the opening of the Obama Foundation in Chicago.