Finish the sentence: I'd Be Empowered If...

Welcome to African Visual Storyteller! Your weekly guide to African photographers, exhibitions, and creative opportunities.

This space exists to support visibility, connection, and real pathways for African creatives. Thank you for being part of our growing ecosystem.

African Visual Storyteller of the Week #46

Our featured storyteller this week is Ruth Takele G Eyesus 🇪🇹

"I'd Be Empowered If..." Exhibition Featured in AFRICA ART Magazine

We’re pleased to share that our I’d Be Empowered If… Women’s Month exhibition has been featured by ART AFRICA Magazine.

This is the second iteration of the exhibition under the same theme and this year it brings together work by photographers from Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Egypt.

Check out the article here: "I'd Be Empowered If..." Art Africa Magazine.

Thank you for joining our third Kampala Photo Walk

Thank you to everyone who came to the Kampala Photo Walk. We appreciate you taking the time to join us and be part of it. Kampala Photo Walk is hosted by Badru Katumba and Hannah Noowe in collaboration with Muwado and Global Shapers Kampala.

Thank you for Attending the "I'd Be Empowered If..." Exhibition in Nairobi

Thank for coming out to view the "I'd Be Empowered If..." Exhibition. If you weren’t unable to attend the opening, the Exhibition will be up at Baraza Media Lab for you to view until March 20th.

We would also like to congratulate the three photographers that exhibited their work for the very first time yesterday.

Photo Walk Archive

Were you part of an Unpublished Africa Photo Walks? We’d love to see what you captured! Upload your photos to the Photo Walk Archive and help us document the journey.

Upload here: https://photowalk.unpublished.africa/

Other Opportunities:

• TorinoFilmLab 2026 ( TorinoFilmLab ) - deadline: 04 March

• Festival de Cannes 2026 ( Festival de Cannes ) - 13 March (Features)

• The Spark Impact Program ( Sunshine Cinema ) - deadline: 13 March

• AFRICAJARC Cinema 2026 ( Africajarc ) - deadline: 15 March

• MAISON PERRIER Art Prize 2026 ( Art Residency Africa ) - deadline: 31 March

• Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award ( International Women's Media Foundation ) - deadline: 31 March

• Creative Minds Film Festival ( FilmFreeway ) - deadline: 31 March

• IDFA Bertha Fund IBF Europe Minority Co-Production ( International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) ) - deadline: 01 April

• Visual artists in the League of Arab States ( AFAC - The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture ) - deadline: 02 April

• Écrans Noirs ( Festival Ecrans Noirs ) - deadline: 05 April

• NLNG Nigeria Prized for Creative Arts ( FilmFreeway ) - deadline: 30 April

• African Culture Fund Funding for Creatives ( African Culture Fund (ACF) ) - deadlines: rolling deadline

• Africa Arts Development Fund ( African Arts Network ) - deadline: rolling deadline

• Minority Africa Call for Storytellers ( Minority Africa ) - rolling deadline

• Pulitzer Center Grant ( Pulitzer Center ) - rolling deadline

• Call For Global Collaborators ( Young Leaders For Arts and Health ) - rolling deadline

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It takes a few minutes, and it goes a long way in helping us build better infrastructure for African creatives.

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More conversations, walks, and opportunities ahead.

— Unpublished Africa