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Creative entrepreneurs bridge the gap between artists and audiences. Ranging from book publishers to music promoters, from film producers to interactive games developers and much in between, all are key in defining what culture we consume and how we do so. In the changing marketplace they play a vital role in developing innovative business models of production and distribution, highlighting the economic, cultural and often social benefits in doing so. The British Council supports creative entrepreneurs through a range of projects, including the global YCE awards and network.

Featured Casestudies

UnMap: Finding Alternative Routes into Heritage

UnMap: Finding Alternative Routes into Heritage

Visual anthropologist, Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and her team at UnBox look beyond traditional weather-beaten signs to find new ways of engaging with historic sites along the Grand Trunk Road in India.

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Managing 'Digital' for Creative Lives

Managing 'Digital' for Creative Lives

Jo Morrison, Digital Projects Director at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, shares some of the insights from a digital workshop she facilitated for creative entrepreneurs in Nairobi.

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Training the Trainers with Nesta's CE Toolkit

Training the Trainers with Nesta's CE Toolkit

The Nesta ‘Train the Trainer’ pilot programme trialled in Nigeria in May, led by consultant and trainer, Percy Emmett. Feedback from participants has been overwhelmingly positive.

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The Lebanese Way: Introduction

The Lebanese Way: Introduction

Sarah Thelwall reports on the challenges and opportunities facing young designers in Lebanon and the circumstances contributing to the surge in fashion and design in the country.

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CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (I)

CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (I)

With seed funding from the British Council, Elizabeth Mitchell and Maartje Alders of Tailormade Productions set off on an exciting research and development trip around the Mediterranean for their international film project, CinemaNautica.

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CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (II)

CinemaNautica: An International Film Project (II)

Follow Elizabeth Mitchell and Maartje Alders of Tailormade Productions in Egypt and Israel, as they continue their research and development tour for their international Film Project, CinemaNautica.

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Snapshots of the Future at Unbox Delhi

Snapshots of the Future at Unbox Delhi

Explore Louise Clements' photo-journal from UnBox for a visual tour of her fellowship, detailing the installation of two dynamic exhibitions with photography collective Blindboys.

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Creativity for Cleanliness at UnBox Delhi

Creativity for Cleanliness at UnBox Delhi

Youth Consultant Trevor Blackman travelled to UnBox Delhi to join The Great Wash Yatra Fellowship, helping address issues of hygiene in a creative way for India's Kathpulti Colony.

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Featured people

Amina Ghali

Amina Ghali

Crafts/Design/Fashion, Egypt

Amina launched her first jewellery collection in 2008 and is now a core designer at Azza Fahmy Jewellery, one of Egypt's leading jewellery makers.

Sandeep Sangaru

Sandeep Sangaru

Crafts/Design, India

Sandeep is an Indian Furniture Designer, owner of Sangaru Design Studio, a multidisciplinary design consultancy firm, and Sangaru Design Objects Pvt Ltd, a manufacturing company based in Bangalore, India.

Dewi Tanjung

Dewi Tanjung

Crafts/Culture and development/Gender issues, Indonesia

Dewi is the founder of De Tanjung, an Indonesian crafts social enterprise that empowers female communities across the archipelago.

Tammam Yamout

Tammam Yamout

Communications/Design, Lebanon

Tammam is the co-Founder of PenguinCube, a Beiruti Design Consultancy.

Christian Ahlert

Christian Ahlert

Digital technologies, United Kingdom

Christian runs MiniBar, the UK's largest technology meet up and community with over 6000 members.

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