CDEA’s strategic objective in the area of research, is to provide the necessary information about culture and development, create more awareness amongst the creative community, civil society, private sector, governing authorities, research entities within and around East Africa to guide them in evidence-based programming.
CDEA’s Creative Economy Incubator & Accelerator Initiative is a platform that empowers artists, artisans and creative entrepreneurs to implement their artistic and business ideas based on an open call to join the incubator for incubates from East Africa.
CDEA’s Creative Economy Accelerator activities are implemented through CDEA’s business arm, SanaaBiz Investments Limited. Currently, CDEA has a marketplace for the fashion and accessories designers and home décor interior designers at: https://sanaabiz.shop/.
Have a glimpse of our Eco Sanaa Village, a creative hub that will be linked to an international branded eco-hotel. the facility is expected to be built on a beach plot along the Indian Ocean in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam. This project will provide affordable space for a music studio, visual arts studio, fashion design studio, film production studio, or even a restaurant.
At Butiama FM 91.3, we believe that communication is the cornerstone of community empowerment and sustainable development. The community radio also aims to act as a catalyst to ensure culture is placed at the centre of human development.
Chairman
Godfrey Madaraka Nyerere has more than 20-years’ experience promoting cultural tourism from the village of Butiama, in north-eastern Tanzania and within the Northern Tourism Circuit of the country. Butiama is the birthplace and burial location of Tanzania’s founding president, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Madaraka is the founder of Butiama Cultural Tourism Enterprise (BCTE), a community-based organization focused on promoting the historical legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere, and the cultural heritage of the Zanaki ethnic group.
Executive Director
Ayeta Anne Wangusa is a writer, creative social entrepreneur with interest in the creative economy, cultural policy and sustainable cities. She is a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility for 2005 Convention and a researcher in creative economy, media and communication policy and practice. She is the Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA).
Treasurer
Ms. Rose Haji Mwalimu has over 23 years of experience in media practice. She is a seasoned media practitioner starting from sub- editor to National Director of a leading regional Media Institution of Southern Africa (MISA)., and later a community radio specialist in Tanzania. She is the Founder Chair/Member – International Women in Radio and Television (IWART), of Tanzania Chapter.
Member
Ms. Editrudith Lukanga is the Executive Director of EMEDO, an NGO advocating for natural resources management. She has a dedicated commitment to hard work and achievement that contributes to broad based sustainable human and economic development of the people she serves She is also the is a Co-president for the World Forum of Fish harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF).
Member
Ayeta Anne Wangusa is a writer, creative social entrepreneur with interest in the creative economy, cultural policy and sustainable cities. She is a member of the EU/UNESCO Expert Facility for 2005 Convention and a researcher in creative economy, media and communication policy and practice. She is the Executive Director of Culture and Development East Africa (CDEA).