Trade in Creative and Cultural Goods and Services in South Africa

In June 2013, a Report entitled "Trade in Creative and Cultural Goods and Services, in the context of EU-South Africa Development of Creative Industries in South Africa" has been published through a EU project run by the British Council along with its partners VANSA, Arterial Network, and EUNIC South Africa under a EuropeAid (European Commission) … Continue reading Trade in Creative and Cultural Goods and Services in South Africa

Turning IPs into valuable assets for the the cultural enterprises

While looking for information on IPs in the creative industries and how they are used in cultural enterprises, I found a very interesting initiative by the Malaysian government called "MyCreative Ventures". MyCreative is "a government investment arm to spur Malaysia’s creative industry via strategic and innovative funding in a form of equity or debt investments." … Continue reading Turning IPs into valuable assets for the the cultural enterprises

Cultural Entrepreneurship in India

I came across Aditya Mukherjee's new book entitled Boomtown and as Murali D explains in the interview with the author, this is "...a story of food, friendship, romance, and the adventure of entrepreneurship, with four friends coming together for starting a restaurant chain". The interesting part about this interview is when the journalist ask the … Continue reading Cultural Entrepreneurship in India