GENERAL STATUS OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

GENERAL STATUS OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED / ACF CALL #2
The African Culture Fund is in its second call for projects.
The first call for proposals was launched on a test basis on 08 October 2018 and closed on 05
December 2018. It was dedicated exclusively to the visual arts.
At the end of this first call, a total of 446 projects from 34 African countries had been
registered, including 238 individual files and 208 organizational files.
Through this second call launched on 12 August 2019 and closed on 12 October 2019, the
Fund plans to finance projects in two artistic fields, in particular activities and projects for the
creation, production and dissemination of works and capacity-building in the performing arts
(music, dance and theatre, etc.) and activities and projects for the creation, production and
dissemination of works and capacity-building in the visual arts (traditional visual arts,
photography, digital art, decorative arts, cinema and audiovisual, digital arts, video arts, etc.).
At the end of this second call, 771 applications from 52 countries, including 42 African
countries, were received and the various figures and statistics are presented below.

Overall Total

771
Applications received per language

Total Applications in French

348

45%

Total Applications in English

423

55%

Applications received per gender
Total Women

233

30%

Total Men

538

70%

Applications received per nature
Individuals

446

58%

Organizations

325

42%

Applications received per language

Applications received per gender

450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0

600
500
400
300
200
100
Total Applications in French

0

Total Applications in English

Total Women

Applications received per nature
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Individuals

Organizations

Total Men

Applications received per Lots / Artistic Disciplines
Lot 1 : Performing Arts
433
56%
Theater
143
19%
Music
138
18%
Dance
69
9%
Others
83
11%
Lot 2: Visual arts
338
44%
Plastic arts
136
18%
Cinema
86
11%
Video arts
17
2%
Photography
28
4%
Digital arts
12
2%
Decorative arts
33
4%
Others
26
3%

Applications received per Lots / Artistic Disciplines
(Lot 1: Performing arts)

Music

Dance

Others

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140
120
100
80
60
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160
140
120

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Applications received per Lots / Artistic Disciplines
(Lot 2 : Visual arts)

Applications received per country
Algeria
Belgium
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chad
Congo Brazzaville
Denmark
DR Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
France
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Guinea
Italy
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Libya

16
3
25
6
26
38
1
3
1
8
1
24
27
3
1
9
6
2
3
26
7
1
26
45
1
2

2%
0%
3%
1%
3%
5%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
3%
4%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
2%
3%
1%
0%
6%
6%
0%
0%

Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Portugal
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
South Africa
Sudan
Switzerland
Tanzania
The Netherlands
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
USA
Zambia
Zimbabwe

8
8
41
3
31
6
7
12
56
1
21
1
26
1
93
4
1
9
2
34
26
29
4
10
5
21

1%
1%
5%
0%
4%
1%
1%
2%
7%
0%
3%
0%
3%
0%
12%
1%
0%
1%
0%
4%
3%
4%
1%
1%
1%
3%