ABOUT THE EXPO

TOOLZ
CREATIV
EXPO

Africa's premier creative industry expo — where the tools, platforms, and resources come to the creatives.

TOOLZ flips the script on how the creative economy has always worked. For years, creatives have been the ones exhibiting — taking their work to brand activations, corporate events, and consumer expos where they perform, display, and hope to be discovered. TOOLZ reverses that dynamic entirely.

At TOOLZ, the tools, platforms, financial products, and resources come to the creatives. The brands that want access to Africa's most talented and commercially active creative community have to show up, build something meaningful, and earn their place in the room.

That means no passive browsing. Test equipment with your own hands. Sit in on a live build or a masterclass. Open a business account, get an insurance quote, or walk through a grant application right there on the floor. Every booth is built around something you actually do, not just something you're told about.

WHAT WE STAND FOR
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CREATIVE ECONOMY
Connecting Africa's fastest-growing sector — from film and fashion to tech and music.
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TOOLS & RESOURCES
Every tool, resource, and service a creative professional needs — under one roof.
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HANDS-ON, NOT HANDS-OFF
Test the gear. Watch a live build. Open an account at the booth. Walk through a real grant application. Every zone is something you do, not just something you watch.
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MADE FOR AFRICA
Built by Africans, for Africans. TOOLZ celebrates and elevates the continent's creative talent.
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COMMUNITY FIRST
More than an expo — a movement rooted in 15 years of Creative Nestlings' community work.
THE FIVE ZONES
Z1
Hardware Zone
Try and buy cameras, phones, printers, audio gear, laptops, tablets, smart devices, editing stations and devices, hands-on
Z2
Software Zone
Test and sign up for design, video, music and AI tools, with live demos
Z3
Business Zone
Open a business account, get paid, and sort legal, tax and insurance on the spot
Z4
Education Zone
Find the schools, colleges, incubators, accelerators and residencies to study or grow with
Z5
Investment Zone
Meet the organisations that finance creative work: banks, development finance institutions, funds, grantmakers, commissioners, labels, galleries and impact investors
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