IKS Cultural Consulting

15/10/2026

Following its impactful debut at WOMEX24, the Advocacy Networking Session returns! Join Matthew Covey, Marie Fol, and more in a dynamic, collaborative space focused on solutions.

Advocacy Networking Session: Activating Our Sector Toward Local Development

📍 Conference Room 3, Auditorio Alfredo Kraus
🇪🇸 Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
🗓️ Thursday, October 22, 2026
⏰ 16:15-17:45

Delegates will work together to explore strategies for creating a fairer cultural sector by promoting sustainable non-exploitative local development - with a particular focus on non-discrimination, local touring routes, mobility, and environmentally sustainable culture. This networking session invites WOMEX delegates to join ongoing, global discussions, exchange ideas, and build coalitions and representation at key policy and sector events - all contributing to a more equitable and sustainable cultural sector.

Coordinated by
Matthew Covey (USA), Tamizdat / CoveyLaw;
Marie Fol (France/Belgium), Live|Arts|Lab
with
Laia Canals (Denmark), TEMPI - Roots Music Denmark;
Simone Dudt (Germany), European Music Council;
Human Power(Belgium), Eventsure;
Andre Le Roux (South Africa), IKS Cultural Consulting

Learn more about this session using the link below!

https://www.womex.com/virtual/piranha_arts_1/event/advocacy_1

13/10/2026

Our Head Chef Andre Le Roux will be chairing a pivotal discussion that undertakes to understand what it will take Africa to move from cultural influence to economic power, and from local success to genuine continental circulation. Africa holds roughly 18% of the global population while capturing just 0.3% of global recorded music value. Why is Africa's cultural influence still so poorly monetised?

He will be engaging with industry peers Aisha Iyanuoluwa 🇳🇬, Augusto Veiga 🇨🇻 and Teshome Wondimu 🇪🇹 taking place at WOMEX on October 23rd in Gran Canaria, Spain.

These are questions worth contemplating as industry practitioners working to make meaningful impact for the greater good of the Mother land and her music.

02/10/2026

Mlangeni was South Africa’s first Black pop superstar living with blindness, and his pioneering role opened the road for others. I really don’t want to call him ‘visually handicapped’, becau se nothing handicapped him from being a brilliant observer of changing music tastes and styles from everywhere. - Sis Gwen

I met him just once: in a blistering hot traffic jam at the Oshoek border post on the way to the legendary 1983 Peter Tosh concert in then-Swaziland. His car was just behind ours. When it became cl…

22/09/2026

Researchers Wanted!!

📣 Africa-based researchers: help reshape access to cultural mobility funding across the continent.

We, at On the Move, are recruiting eight independent researchers to map funding opportunities for artists and cultural professionals travelling to and from all 54 African countries.

🌍 Paid, remote research assignment
💶 Fees from €1,640 to €4,100
📅 Mid-November 2026–March 2027
⏳ Apply by 16 October 2026

🔗 Find the full call and application details here: https://on-the-move.org/news/call-researchers-cultural-mobility-funding-guide-focus-africa-2027-edition

This project is supported by the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for artists and cultural professionals, generously funded by the Kingdom of Norway.

22/09/2026

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) and Canva want to hear from South Africa’s creative community.

We are inviting creative practitioners, entrepreneurs, organisations, educators, students and sector partners to complete the Creative Resource Needs Survey.

The survey asks which Canva resources are most useful, where local context or easier adaptation would add value, and what additional support creatives need. It takes approximately 8–10 minutes to complete and is mobile friendly.

Complete the survey here:
https://basa-canva-creative-needs-survey.thabok6.chatgpt.site/

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) is committed to connecting creatives to the tools, resources and opportunities that make business easier and better.

18/09/2026

Ngibuza ukuthi imeeting imayelana nani? 👀

This week’s Creative Futures Africa summit brought together voices from across Africa’s creative economy, including the finance, tech, tourism and climate sectors, to help shape the evolution of creative work on the continent.

We are proud to have been part of the two-day event, providing insights through bold conversations, hard questions and real blueprints for action in trade, infrastructure, AI, access to capital, policy and urban innovation.

Want to learn more about Creative Futures Africa and how it brings creatives together on our continent? Read more here: creativefuturesafrica.co.za/summit

17/09/2026

16/09/2026

IKS joins some of the best people in the arts at the Business and Arts South Africa Creative Futures Africa conference at the Wanderers Club.

Thank you to all. We are looking forward to stimulating and productive conversations. Jozi_My_Jozi Concerts SA

11/09/2026

The scenes capture a new generation of interest and entrepreneurship around African languages once pushed to the margins by decades of colonialism. Often seen as secondary to English, French and Portuguese, they are enjoying a renaissance that is also creating business opportunities. - AP

Growing interest in African languages is creating new business opportunities as people in the diaspora seek to connect with their relatives and roots.

09/09/2026

The numbers tell us what government says it achieved. The creative community must tell us whether it felt the difference.

IMBIZO MAGAZINE wants to hear from Gauteng artists and creatives: Are you satisfied with the support and opportunities provided by the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation during the 2025/26 financial year? What has improved, and what still needs to change?

The Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SRAC) has reported a strong level of performance for the 2025/26 financial year, achieving 89%...