Nigeria, EU seal €20 million deal to boost museum, film, and digital creative industries .

Nigeria and the European Union have sealed a €20 million (Twenty Million Euro) initiative aimed at strengthening partnerships between museums, supporting film festivals, and advancing digital creative industries across the country.

This was disclosed in an official statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy.

According to the statement, the agreement was announced during a high-level visit by an EU delegation led by Ambassador Gautier Mignot, Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, to Minister Hannatu Musa Musawa in Abuja.

The deal forms part of a broader push to harness Nigeria’s cultural assets as drivers of economic growth, job creation, and national unity. Both parties emphasized the importance of international cultural cooperation as a vehicle for development.

Source: Nairametrics