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Sourced data — last updated : 18 September 2026

Observatory of African cinema and Afro-descendant creation

This page publishes only data from identified, dated primary sources. No unverified data, and no projection presented as a current fact.

Indicators

Key figures

  • ≈ 5 000 000

    jobs in film and audiovisual industries in Africa

    Measured situation — UNESCO, 2021

  • ≈ 5 Md USD

    contribution to the continent's GDP

    Measured situation — UNESCO, 2021

  • > 20 000 000

    jobs — estimated potential

    Estimated potential — UNESCO, 2021

  • > 20 Md USD

    GDP contribution — estimated potential

    Estimated potential — UNESCO, 2021

  • ≈ 2 500

    films produced per year in Nigeria

    Measured situation — UNESCO, 2021

  • 44 % / 55 %

    of the countries studied had a film commission / a film policy

    Measured situation — UNESCO, 2021

Single source for these indicators: UNESCO, "The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth", report published in 2021. The values describe the situation documented at that date and are not updated to 2026. unesdoc.unesco.org

Financing

Identified public schemes

  • Aide aux cinémas du monde

    Scheme jointly managed by the CNC and the Institut français. Conditions, committees and calendars published on both institutions' official pages.

    CNCInstitut français

  • Fonds Image de la Francophonie

    Multilateral support from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Terms, categories and sessions published in the official notice.

    imagesfrancophones.org

Scope

Four realities not to be confused

Cinema produced in Africa

Works made on the continent, with local companies and crews.

African audiovisual industries

Economic sectors and institutional frameworks specific to each country.

Diaspora cinemas

Works produced outside the continent by authors from those diasporas.

Afro-descendant creators

A category of authors, not a production territory nor a homogeneous market.

No global "Afro-descendant" market size is published here: to our knowledge, no methodologically relevant study establishes such an aggregate.

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