ACF-ACADEMY is a Pan-African program for the professionalization and strengthening of artists and cultural managers in Africa. It is an initiative of the African Culture Fund for Culture that aims to stimulate and strengthen the competitiveness of African arts professionals through the organization of arts training camps and residencies for artistic creations and capacity building in cultural management in the five (05) regions of Africa. For the first cohort, the African Culture Fund will set up an incubation and coaching program for young visual artists and cultural managers in the centers of artistic and cultural excellence in North Africa (Tunisia) and West Africa (Mali).