Accra What's on
This carnival, also known as the Oxford Street carnival because it takes place along Osu Oxford Street, is designed to encourage new creative businesses and to attract tourists to Accra.
This year...
Lagos What's on
Women of West Africa Entrepreneurship conference
Under the theme of “turning passion into profit” the two-day conference in Lagos will cover such subjects as mobile money, forms of partnership, start-ups, expansion, quality and service i...
Cairo What's on
Caravan exhibition of visual arts
The sixth edition of this travelling visual arts exhibition displays the work of 48 Egyptian and international artists under the auspices of intercultural and inter-religious dialogue.
The theme th...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
Zanzibar international film festival
This year the theme is “A Common Destiny”. The 10-day festival (or ZIFF is it is called by those in the know) will be screening nearly 80 films from 35 countries.
There are 23 feature-l...
Cape Town What's on
The biggest literary event for South Africa’s publishers, book sellers, authors and readers is no longer just a Cape Town event but a countrywide gathering, hence the change in name from the Cap...
Accra What's on
A week that will tell you all you want to know about cocktails.
20 participating bars serve lessons and talks on cocktail mixing, cocktails and food, cocktails with the stars, cocktails and footbal...
Lagos What's on
The theme of the second edition of this performing arts festival in Lagos is “Telling Our Stories” through music, dance, literature fashion and workshops.
In Hausa the word Taruwa means...
Cape Town What's on
Thirty performances for lovers of comedy.
Local and international comedians perform at the Baxter Theatre on Monday nights.
Now in its 10th season the festival’s programme includes a comic...
Nairobi What's on
Watercolours by Joy Adamson. Her paintings illustrate her life as a conservationist and chronicler of the diversity of the natural environment in Kenya.
Adamson, who was born in 1910 in what is now...
Lagos What's on
Jazz blows into Lagos megacity is the theme of the Lagos jazz festival.
Performers at Freedom Park include Victor Masondo from South Africa and Nigerians Tee Mac Omatshola Itseli flutist, Bright Ga...
Nairobi What's on
This 23rd edition features 20 films from 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Swit...
Nairobi What's on
Where he ran and returned to. An exhibition of paintings and woodcut prints by Northern Irish artist Clinton Kirkpatrick inspired by the time he spent in Kenya in 2011-2012.
Kirkpatrick, who first...
Maputo What's on
In this first cycle there are eight evening concerts and on 12 May there is a debate on the theme of the performing arts in Mozambique. The celebration concert on 10 May is to mark the 30th anniversar...
Cape Town What's on
Masterpieces from the Crown of Russian Ballet's repertorie of Carmen, La Corsaire and Bolero.
The premiere of the Crown of Russian Ballet, part of the Moscow Ballet, was in 2002. In ten years it ha...
Dar Es Salaam What's on
The 14th annual Dar es Salaam charity goat races. This annual family fund raising event attracts about 4,000 people each year in support of small Tanzanian charities.
This year money raised by the...
Lagos What's on
After three successful Africa Fashion Weeks in London the same idea travels to Lagos for the first time to show top designers in Lagos and to promote gifted up-and-coming Nigerian talent in design, fa...
Addis Ababa What's on
Mulugeta Tafesse graduated from the Fine Arts School in Addis Ababa but has spent much of his life in Europe, particularly in Belgium.
His mainly figurative works are in soft greys, greens, browns...
Accra What's on
Bringing the 1960s jazz scene back to Accra. There are concerts, workshops, master classes and exhibitions.
Arusha What's on
Opens 8 April. An exhibition of work by primary school children inspired by the Olduvai pre-historic site in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The scientific-artistic workshops were organised by t...
