Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy
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The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE) is a federal government ministry responsible for developing Nigeria's arts, culture, tourism, heritage, and creative industries as drivers of economic growth, job creation, and national identity. It was established by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in August 2023 and was later expanded through the merger of the former Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy in October 2024.
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Item Open Access Public Launch of D30: National Data Platform for Nigeria’s Creative Economy and Tourism(X Corp., 2026-10-15) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE), Nigeria @Fmactce_NigeriaThe Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE) publicly launched "D30," an open national data platform designed to serve as the evidence-based foundation for Nigeria’s creative economy and tourism sector. The platform houses the Ministry's comprehensive national mapping, state-by-state infrastructure audits, intervention registries, classification records for films, profiles of creative professionals, and cataloged tourism sites. Tailored for investors, state governments, operators, and creators, D30 aims to enable data-driven decision-making, direct capital to underserved regions, and facilitate progress toward generating $100 billion in revenue and creating 3 million jobs by 2030 in alignment with the Presidential $1 trillion national economic growth target.Item Open Access Culture, in the capital room(X Corp., 2026-10-15) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE), Nigeria @Fmactce_NigeriaThis institutional announcement reports on a major agreement signed during Kuramo Capital’s Sub-Saharan Africa Day in New York. The event brought together international investors, pension funds, and development finance institutions. The Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, along with Walé Adeosun (Founder and CEO of Kuramo Capital Management), signed a framework designed to value and monetize Nigeria’s National Art Collection. The national collection is held under CTICo—an entity established jointly by FMACTCE and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI)—with Kuramo Capital providing catalytic financing via the iDICE Facility alongside lead advisory support.Item Open Access "Stories of a Broken Water Cycle opened at UN City, Copenhagen, on 8 October..."(X Corp., 2026-10-15) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy (FMACTCE), Nigeria (@Fmactce_NigeriaThis post announces and summarizes the international launch of the art and photography exhibition titled Stories of a Broken Water Cycle, which opened on October 8 at UN City in Copenhagen. Hosted by the UNFPA Nordic Representation Office and developed by Lokoja Dialogues in collaboration with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, the multi-week exhibition features community-led Nigerian artworks and northern state photography. The event gathered international policymakers, development partners, and Nigerian representatives—including the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa—to foster dialogues on water security, climate resilience, and inclusive community development.Item Open Access Nigeria’s National Art Collection moves from register to value.(X Corp., 2026-10-11) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival press record documenting the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 25 September 2026 in New York between FMACTCE and Kuramo Capital to enumerate, value, and monetize Nigeria's National Art Collection through the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation (CTICo).Item Open Access The delegation’s China engagements closed at the Shanghai Pearl Tower, a landmark that has spent decades turning one good view into several working revenue lines: an observation deck, a revolving restaurant, a skybridge.(X Corp., 2026-10-12) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival press record documenting the conclusion of the Nigerian delegation's China engagements at the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, linking its commercial asset-monetization model to Nigeria's landmark infrastructure pipeline under Destination 2030.Item Open Access At an arts and culture exhibition centre in the Yangtze River Delta, FMACTCE’s delegation traded gifts and notes with Chinese cultural institutions; on presentation, exhibition design, and how a creative sector organises and trains itself.(X Corp., 2026-10-12) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_NigeriaAn archival press record documenting a cultural exchange between the FMACTCE delegation and Chinese cultural institutions at an arts and culture exhibition centre in the Yangtze River Delta, focusing on exhibition design, presentation, and institutional capacity building.Item Open Access Five questions on the National Art Collection framework signed in New York.(X Corp., 2026-10-12) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival press record addressing key questions surrounding the National Art Collection framework agreement signed in New York, clarifying asset ownership, valuation, collection size, holding structure through CTICo, and monetization mechanisms.Item Open Access A $170.6 million route to institutional capital now exists for Nigeria's technology and creative businesses.(X Corp., 2026-07-10) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival press record documenting the establishment of a $170.6 million iDICE Fund of Funds financing framework for Nigeria's tech and creative sectors, supported by $85.3 million in Federal Government anchor capital and matching private investment raised by Kuramo Capital Management.Item Open Access 80–90 cinemas. 300 screens. 200 million people.(X Corp., 2026-07-09) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival record documenting an insight from the Ministry's CCI Mapping Report on physical infrastructure gaps within Nigeria's film industry, highlighting the contrast between Nollywood's high volume production and domestic cinema screen capacity.Item Open Access Twenty-eight bronzes, home.(X Corp., 2026-07-09) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival press entry documenting the restitution of 28 Benin Bronzes from Swiss institutions to Nigeria, alongside the signing of a bilateral cultural agreement under the 1970 UNESCO Convention.Item Open Access CBAAC: guarding Africa's story, one artefact at a time.(X Corp., 2026-07-09) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival record detailing the historical origins, mandate, and recent international collaboration of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), highlighting an MoU signing with the Cinémathèque suisse following a visit by Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider.Item Open Access 7,864 people applied to Cohort 1. 185 are now building.(X Corp., 2026-07-09) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival promotional entry issued by the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy announcing the call for applications for Cohort 2 of the Founders Lab programme under the iDICE Startup Bridge initiative.Item Open Access The Deeper Mapping begins today. 22 new insights from Nigeria's creative, cultural, and tourism economies - surfacing what the first 58 didn't fully cover.(X Corp., 2026-07-07) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival record detailing the commencement of the "Deeper Mapping" insight series by the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, highlighting job creation performance metrics across Nigeria's creative and cultural sectors.Item Open Access Cross River State holds one of Nigeria's most complete tourism propositions.(X Corp., 2026-07-01) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival entry from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report highlighting Cross River State's established tourism assets, featuring the Calabar Carnival and the Cross River National Park as fully formed tourism products that require enhanced international visibility and air connectivity.Item Open Access Plateau State offers something genuinely distinctive: a cooler highland climate that drives outdoor recreation, retreat tourism, and weekend leisure.(X Corp., 2026-07-01) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival entry from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report highlighting Plateau State's unique temperate highland climate and rich cultural heritage, positioning Jos as one of Nigeria's oldest arts cities, a historic hub for arts education, and a prominent music breeding ground.Item Open Access Benin City is one of the most culturally significant cities in Africa.(X Corp., 2026-07-01) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival entry from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report highlighting Benin City's global cultural importance, driven by the legacy of the Benin Bronzes, ongoing international art restitution dialogues, and the opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA).Item Open Access Lagos remains Nigeria's most visited city. Nightlife, beaches, gastronomy, MICE events, business travel, and entertainment combine to make it the most comprehensive urban tourism offer in the country.(X Corp., 2026-07-01) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)An archival entry from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report confirming Lagos as Nigeria's primary urban tourism hub across multiple categories—nightlife, beaches, gastronomy, MICE, business travel, and entertainment—while contextualizing its market leadership alongside sector-specific growth across other Nigerian regions.Item Open Access Port Harcourt serves two markets simultaneously: the oil and gas corporate sector and a large youth consumer base that has made it one of Nigeria's principal nightlife and event-production hubs.(X Corp., 2026-06-30) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)A press graphic post from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report detailing Port Harcourt's dual role as a corporate travel hub for oil and gas and a major youth-driven event and nightlife city, alongside its emerging food culture and Niger Delta waterfront connectivity.Item Open Access The South-East corridor — Enugu, Awka, and Owerri — is Nigeria's fastest-growing MICE zone outside Lagos and Abuja.(X Corp., 2026-06-30) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)A press graphic from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report positioning the South-East corridor (Enugu, Awka, Owerri) as Nigeria's third-largest MICE destination and fastest-growing meetings zone outside Lagos and Abuja.Item Open Access The Ilashe-Lekki-Badagry coastal corridor is identified in the Ministry's mapping as Nigeria's strongest unrealised tourism asset.(X Corp., 2026-07-01) Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Nigeria (@Fmactce_Nigeria)A social media entry from the Ministry's CCI + Tourism Mapping Report highlighting the Ilashe-Lekki-Badagry coastal corridor as Nigeria's premier undeveloped tourism asset, outlining key requirements for strategic investment across marine mobility, safety, regulation, and anchor attractions.