CNN International anchor Zain Asher Ejiofor met with entrepreneur Tony Elumelu, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, actors and musicians during the signing of MOU between Tony Elumelu Foundation and Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to boost Creative industries in Nigeria, the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.
The Minister believed that the collaboration would be the much-needed catalyst to transform the country's creative industry to a creative economy.
"The MoU we are about to sign will spell out the details of how we will work together to execute our partnership. More specifically, the areas of collaboration will include the creation of an enabling business environment for the creative industries with such incentives as easy access to finance; the structuring of the Creative Industries to enable it generate independent revenues locally and also boost exports to increase Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings; and comprehensive statistics about the Creative Industries, including its size and projections, to guide potential local and foreign investors,"said Lai Mohammed.
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