ResiliArt Accelerator mentors female creatives

RESILIART Accelerator, a pilot project mentoring five female creatives (three from Harare and two from Bulawayo), has responded to the existing gaps in entrepreneurial skills and the need to formalise creative businesses.

The project, funded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the Japanese embassy also addresses the persisting gender disparity in the creative industry, further worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The five female artistes selected for the pilot project are: From Harare — Nothando Chiwanga a performing artiste and photographer; Nasibo, a musician; Prudence Nyahangare, who is into visual art — while Bulawayo has Thandokuhle Sibanda, a poet; and Yolanda Ngwenya (pictured), a fashion designer.

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