Build Up, Inc.
For Support Of Next Narrative Africa
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Amount$450,000
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Program
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Date Awarded8/26/2024
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
Next Narrative Africa, a project of Build Up, Inc., has partnered with HEVA Fund to launch the Next Narrative Africa Fund, a $40 million mission-driven content and media fund to invest in commercially viable audiovisual content made in Africa by African and African-diaspora storytellers. The fund, led by two women of African descent, will raise and deploy $30 million in equity financing and $10 million in grants over four years to support high impact audiovisual content that promotes socially impactful, narrative-shifting stories by African and diasporic creatives. This grant will support the structuring, launch, and pipeline-building functions of the fund. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
buildupcompanies.com/build-up-inc
Address
178 Columbus Ave #237190
SMB #45619, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for support of Next Narrative Africa
Next Narrative Africa, a project of Build Up, Inc., has partnered with HEVA Fund to launch the Next Narrative Africa Fund, a $40 million mission-driven content and media fund to invest in commercially viable audiovisual content made in Africa by African and African-diaspora storytellers. The fund, led by two women of African descent, will raise and deploy $30 million in equity financing and $10 million in grants over four years to support high impact audiovisual content that promotes socially impactful, narrative-shifting stories by African and diasporic creatives. This grant will support the structuring, launch, and pipeline-building functions of the fund. (Strategy: Inclusive Governance)
