KIPPRA held a stakeholder validation workshop on the policy and institutional environment for the creative economy in Kenya on 19th March 2024.
The workshop, which was led by the Private Sector and Development Department, was aimed at sharing and discussing the findings of a study on the policy and institutional environment of Kenya’s creative economy. KIPPRA Senior Policy Analyst Ms Anne Gitonga presented the report, which highlighted the existing policy and institutional frameworks in the industry, gaps as well as recent interventions to address the challenges. One of the policy interventions highlighted include the draft Music Policy 2020 that seeks to integrate music in the education system.
Among the participants at the workshop include Assistant Director in the State Department for Culture Ms Milka Mugo, Deputy Director from the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO Ms Emily Njau and Prof. Kimani Njogu from the Creative Economy Working Group.
Other participants were drawn from the Kenya Film Commission, Ushanga Kenya Initiative Performers Rights Society of Kenya, Amp Studios, Fashion Agenda Africa, the Association of Visual Artists and Collectives and Twaweza Communications.
