CONVIDADOS 2024 - África
Romeo Umulisa
A graduate of the University of Art and Design in Berlin (BTK-Germany), with a degree in communication design, Romeo Umulisa has spent the last ten years working as a digital designer and product designer and strategist, focusing on the creative economy. As a consultant, he has worked with various organizations, including the Ouaga Film Lab, the Fonds Jeune Création Francophone, FESPACO, the Goethe Institute, The Swiss Development Agency in Rwanda, ZDF (Germany), to name but a few. His work via his organization Creative Africa Lab founded in early 2023, focuses on ways to improve and create new channels of profitability and professionalization for Africa's creative economy, from cinema to music, literature, arts to fashion and design. Romeo Umulisa is also the founder of Hi Kigali – a content and film production and distribution company based in Kigali and Germany, where he works with established and upcoming filmmakers from Africa and its diaspora around the world.
Creative Africa Lab
The Creative Africa Lab recognizes that African artists possess the power to move the world. Their mission is to be the accelerator, providing the infrastructure, networks, and educational opportunities that unleash this brilliance. This isn't just about equipping individual artists - it's about fueling a creative economy that enriches lives across the continent and elevates African narratives on a global stage. The lab invites everyone to reimagine a future where the world not only admires African creativity, but is fundamentally shaped by it.