Leading African creative company, KAP Group, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Benin in a move aimed at transforming the audio-visual and film production landscape across West Africa.
The agreement, signed at the KAP Hub in Lagos, followed a high-level invitation from the Beninese Presidency to establish a strategic partnership focused on strengthening cross-border creative collaboration, youth development and film infrastructure.
The signing ceremony formalised months of engagement between both parties. Last month, acclaimed filmmaker and KAP Group CEO, Kunle Afolayan, alongside Executive Director, Seun Soyinka, led a delegation to Benin Republic where consultations were held with senior government officials and stakeholders in the country’s audio-visual sector.
The partnership is structured around three key pillars: co-production of films that authentically tell African stories; structured youth training in filmmaking and creative production; and the development of a world-class Film City in Ouidah, Benin.
According to the parties, the collaboration will leverage the expertise of KAP subsidiaries including KAP Motion Pictures, KAP Film & Television Academy, and KAP Film Village & Resort.
Members of the Beninese delegation included Sinatou Saka, Special Adviser to the President for Media and Audiovisual Affairs; Coline-Lee Toumson-Venite, Special Adviser for Arts and Culture; Bassirou Ndiaye, CEO of SOPA S.A; Faissol Gnonlonfin, Director of Cinema and Performing Arts at the Agency for the Development of Arts and Culture (ADAC), representing the Minister of Culture; and Meto Adoglo, Programme Manager for Storytelling at Sèmè City.
As part of the four-day programme (February 19–22), the delegation is scheduled to tour KAP’s production facilities in Lagos and its Film Village & Resort in Igbojaye-Komu, Oyo State, regarded as a model for integrated film production, training and cultural tourism in Africa.
Describing the agreement as a defining moment for African cinema, Afolayan said the collaboration represents a convergence of visionary leadership, cultural authenticity and creative enterprise aimed at projecting African stories globally.
Sinatou Saka also expressed optimism about the partnership, noting that capacity building and technical development would be central to the initiative.
Both parties described the MoU as the foundation of a long-term strategic alliance committed to raising standards in film production, creative education and cultural expression across the continent.
