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TAFTA Special Programme · 2026
Create. Protect. Scale.
A three-day immersive experience built to help female digital creators sharpen their craft, protect the value of their work and build commercially sustainable creative careers.
Creator HQ 2026
Three days of learning, connection and creative growth.
Dates
28–30 September 2026
Location
Landmark Centre · Lagos
Participants
150 female creators
About Creator HQ
Beyond content. Into sustainable creative business.
Creator HQ was created to help female digital creators move beyond simply producing content and begin building intentional, protected and commercially viable creative careers.
Across three immersive days, participants engaged with practical workshops, creator challenges, industry conversations, networking and hands-on experiences covering the craft, protection and business of creative work.
150
Female digital creators
3
Immersive programme days
3
Core pillars
The framework
Create. Protect. Scale.
Protect
Understand intellectual property, digital safety, responsible influence and how to protect the long-term value of creative work.
Scale
Explore monetisation, pricing, brand partnerships, audience growth and the structures required to build a sustainable creator business.
What participants explored
From creative skill to creative enterprise.
Content creation & storytelling
Building compelling stories, stronger creative ideas and intentional digital content.
Personal branding & audience growth
Developing credibility, influence and a recognisable creative identity.
Intellectual property & digital safety
Understanding ownership, responsibility and the practical protection of creative value.
Monetisation & pricing
Turning creative value into revenue through stronger pricing and commercial thinking.
Brand partnerships
Understanding how to approach partnerships professionally and build mutually valuable relationships.
Sustainable creator business
Building systems, networks and opportunities that can support long-term creative growth.
Featured voices
Experience met the next generation.
Filmmaker · Producer · Entrepreneur
Bolanle Austen-Peters
Creativity, protecting value, building for the long term and turning talent into sustainable business.
Visual Storyteller
Fisayo Fosudo
Visual storytelling, influence, responsibility, audience growth and credibility in the digital landscape.
Storyteller · Media Entrepreneur
Chude Jideonwo
Influence, meaningful storytelling, audience-building and growth in Africa's evolving creator economy.
Creative Strategist
Adaora Mbelu
Intentional influence, responsibility and long-term growth for creators in the digital space.
The experience
Learning happened beyond the stage.
Creator HQ combined expert-led conversations with practical participation, giving creators space to learn, question, practise, collaborate and build new industry relationships.
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Intensive learning sessions and industry conversations
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Practical workshops and hands-on creator experiences
03
Creator challenges and collaborative activities
04
Networking with professionals across creative, legal, business and digital industries
Creator HQ in pictures
Three days. One creative community.
Programme partnership
Supported by Mastercard Foundation
Creator HQ formed part of TAFTA's continuing work to expand access to practical skills, networks and economic opportunity for young people in Africa's creative economy.
Creator HQ participants
Your certificate, when you're eligible.
Participants can use the email address submitted during Creator HQ registration to check their attendance-based certificate eligibility and download an issued certificate.
What comes next
Keep creating. Keep building.
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