Africa has never lacked talent. It has lacked the business behind it. In ten months you don’t study the industry — you run a company inside it: develop an artist, a director and a designer, and release real work to the world… all while protecting the creators and building a career for yourself. Across Music, Film & Fashion.
The manager who closed the deal. The A&R who heard it first. The marketer who made the world care. The lawyer who made sure they got paid. Those people are rare — and they’re who Africa’s creative economy is desperate for.
CBA for Africa builds that business — and that business could be you.
Ten months operating a real creative enterprise, not a case study.
Music on DSPs, a film premiered, a collection launched — to real audiences.
You finish on a stage at the AMEDI showcase with a body of work that’s yours.
Faculty, partners and 1,500+ alumni across the continent and diaspora.
Every student specialises in one School, then joins a merged group that develops an artist, a director and a designer together.
MBA – develop the artist
A&R, management, rights, distribution and the release — the executives behind the streaming era.
FBA – develop the director
Producing for the high-volume Nollywood model — from production management to global distribution.
FAB — develop the designer
From sourcing in West Africa to a runway showcase — supply chain, retail strategy and export.
Two months of specialised craft, three months of the shared Integrated Core, five months running your company through to a public release and a showcase.
Deep, specialised training in your School — Music, Film or Fashion — inside your permanent House.
The shared business curriculum — ventures, finance, IP, reputation, data, AI and pan-African trade.
Merge, create, release publicly, promote for real, and present a grand strategy — to the showcase stage.
Every student belongs to one of twelve permanent Houses — Kush, Ife, Mali, Oyo, Axum, Benin, Zulu, Ashanti, Songhai, Kongo, Luba, Nubia. Each is a complete creative enterprise you’ll carry for the rest of your career.
Built to a professional production standard across the three Schools and the Integrated Core — with a talent programme, practitioner workshops and craft camps. Delivered in English, French, Swahili and Portuguese.
Registrations open. Applications open at cbaforafrica.org.
Campaign film. The hero film drops; the drive goes wide.
Registrations for the 2027 cohort are open. Ten months that change your career start here.
