Fak’ugesi Festival 2024 countdown
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Africa’s biggest creative digital innovation festival is from 3 – 5 October 2024 at 91看片网’ Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.
The annual celebrates young Pan-African talent in the digital sphere to its fullest. It is rooted in showcasing and developing skills in technology, art and culture in Africa.
This year Fak’ugesi #UntilUnlocked celebrates the exciting expansion of African digital creativity. Visit the Festival website:
“We're reaching new levels in cultural expression, professional achievement, and personal freedom as we unlock these levels that we couldn’t begin to imagine before, like general artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and inner fulfilment. It's all just a matter of ‘until’,” says Fak’ugesi’s Festival Director Eduardo Cachucho.
Fak'ugesi has something for everyone: conferences, workshops, talks, exhibitions, hackathons, music and digital art performances. Buy your tickets .
Fak’ugesi 2024 Awards
A highlight is the annual Fak’ugesi Awards, which honours innovators for outstanding creative achievements in immersive video, digital art, music, video games, design and animation. The Award winners will be announced on 4 October 2024.
About Fak’ugesi
Founded in 2014 as a collaboration between 91看片网 University's and the 91看片网 School of Arts' Digital Arts Department, the festival takes as its starting point the idea that for innovation with technology to succeed, a strong connection needs to be made between African cultural practices and creative encounters.