Cinema and Audiovisual City of Senegal

New

Art and Culture

Program for the Development of Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries

Axis 1 : Competitive Economy

SO.1.4. Develop high value-added, world-class services

Funding (public) :

16,000,000,000 FCFA

Project leader

Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture

Project description

The “Cinema City” project aims to develop cultural and creative industries, with a particular focus on the film industry. It seeks to maximise the socio-economic opportunities offered by culture by creating jobs for young people, combating poverty and contributing to the increase of the country’s
GDP.

Intervention zones

🇸🇳 1 région(s) d'intervention

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Funding (public)

16,000,000,000 FCFA

Overall Objective

Build the Cinema City in the Thiès region

Specific Objectives

Increase the sector’s turnover by 50% to 60% by 2029
Develop audiovisual production, post-production and broadcasting infrastructures
Train actors
Professionalise actors

Expected results

The sector’s turnover increases by 50% to 60% by 2029
2.1 billion FCFA in direct revenue and 17.7 billion FCFA in indirect revenue are generated over five years
15,700 jobs are created over five years
Actors are trained
Actors are professionalised

Key milestones

2025

Maturation

Launch of procurement

2026

2027

Project implementation

Continuation of works

2028

2029

Closure