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Kingston Creative Year in Review

Kingston Creative Year in Review

The Kingston Creative story began in 2017 with one vision in mind, to make Kingston the Creative Capital of the Caribbean. This non-profit has established over 15 programmes and hosted over 50 events, here is a look at Kingston Creative's top ten moments in 2022.
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Kingston Creative Inks New Partnership with EduFocal

Kingston Creative Inks New Partnership with EduFocal

CEO of EduFocal Limited, Gordon Swaby, visited the Kingston Creative Hub in Downtown Kingston on Friday, September 30, 2022, to sign a commitment letter confirming their 5 year partnership with Kingston Creative.  EduFocal is a publicly listed company on the Jamaica Stock Exchange that provides educational technology solutions in business to consumer space (B2C) and business to business (B2B) sectors and is Jamaica’s leading online preparation for PEP examinations.
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Beat Street: Kingston as a Global Cultural Tourism Centre

Beat Street: Kingston as a Global Cultural Tourism Centre

In the short space of five years, Kingston Creative has hosted over 54 networking meetups, 23 ArtWalks and installed 74 murals in Downtown Kingston. Hundreds of creatives have been trained through its technology focused, entrepreneur development and creative economy growth programme called CreaTech, and thousands of creatives have benefitted from grants to support their livelihoods.
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The Kingston Creative Story – the importance and limits of partnership

The Kingston Creative Story – the importance and limits of partnership

In the short space of five years, Kingston Creative has hosted over 54 networking meetups, 23 ArtWalks and installed 74 murals in Downtown Kingston. Hundreds of creatives have been trained through its technology focused, entrepreneur development and creative economy growth programme called CreaTech, and thousands of creatives have benefitted from grants to support their livelihoods.
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Kingston Creative Incubator Mentors 12 New Startups

Kingston Creative Incubator Mentors 12 New Startups

Kingston Creative today announced that 114 applicants applied to be a part of the second Creative Hub Incubator Cohort . Since 2021, Kingston Creative has partnered with the InterAmerican Development Bank’s IDB Lab and the Development Bank of Jamaica’s BIGEE programme, to help early-stage Orange Economy startups drive business growth. The incubator provides this through mentoring, provision of working space and scaling activities.
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Kingston Creative Launches New Travel Programme for Creatives

Kingston Creative Launches New Travel Programme for Creatives

Kingston Creative, in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank Lab (IDB Lab) and the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) is introducing a Travel Grant Programme which will facilitate visits to overseas markets by six creative entrepreneurs between August 2022 - December 2023. This year, three Jamaican creatives will participate in creative fora and festivals in Mexico, Haiti & Curacao respectively.
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Creative Hub Incubator

Meet the Creative Hub Incubator Awardees!

Kingston Creative will launch an annual summit this month, the Kingston Culture Forum. The Kingston Culture Forum is a conference convening cultural and creative industry stakeholders in the public, private, academic and social sectors. The theme for the event will be “Downtown Kingston: creative economy, placemaking and sustainable urban development”.
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