Ghanaian award-winning filmmaker and Creative Director, Kofi Asamoah, has been nominated and selected by the U.S. Embassy in Accra to participate in a professional exchange program managed through the US Department of State in partnership with Meridian International Center and UNESCO.
The fully-funded program entitled, “Intellectual Property Best Practices for Creative Entrepreneurs and Policy Makers”, takes 8 individuals from Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire to the United States for a two-week program, June 22 to July 3, 2024.
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The program will travel to DC, Atlanta, and LA to meet with experts in the creative industry, specifically film and music, and have a dedicated focus on copyright law and application.
The Department of State has outlined the following specific objectives for the project:
- Exchange best practices with U.S. policymakers, at the state and local levels, to improve the operating environment, drive employment growth, and attract global investment into their local creative markets;
- Examine the creative industries’ infrastructure and business ecosystem; with input from IP experts, film and recording studios, industry associations, and other thought leaders; and
- Gain exposure to key business tools used by members of the creative economy to scale work globally.
Kofi Asamoah, also CEO of Kofas Media, describes the opportunity as ‘golden’.
In a Facebook post, he thanked The US Embassy in Accra and The US Department of State for recognizing the need to impact the local Creative ecosystem.