MasterCard, KFTA Partner to Empower 300,000 Nigerians on Film Production

The KAP Film and Television Academy (KFTA) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation – Young Africa Works (YAWs) has announced the applications for training young Nigerians in film and television production.

The exercise is meant to train 300,000 persons in three years and those legible to apply should be young men and women between the ages of 20 and 35 across Nigerian states.

According to KFTA, the said training, “is targeted at people passionate about film and television production. Over the next three years, a total of 300,000 young Nigerians will be trained under this initiative.”

Interested individuals were asked to apply to register by visiting the KAP Academy website (https://www.apply.kap.academy/)beginning from today – Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

In tandem with a statement signed by the Film Director of KFTA, Mr. Kunle Afolayan, said the selection process would take into consideration a gender balance ratio.

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Afolayan further stressed that 40 per cent of candidates to be selected would be drawn from young women and men from low-income backgrounds.

In his words: “Successful programme applicants will become the first set of beneficiaries in the training scheme that will formally commence in April 2022.

“The academy is focused on growing the next generation of skilled filmmakers through the tutelage of veterans and film professionals who provide hands-on experience in diverse aspects of filmmaking to enrolled students.”

He said the training would include, “’The Masterclass Series’ and two levels of certification from professional institutions in the areas of screen writing, sound, editing, directing, cinematography and production design, among others, as well as practical hands-on training.”

The KAP Academy would be leveraging smart phone technology for the training as teaching would be conducted through a learning app.

The aim of Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works initiative is to enable 30 million young people, particularly young women across Africa, to access dignified work.