new african voices
1-10 june 2021
garage stories
for good
The second edition of Garage Stories for Good will conduct 3 working sessions and 1 feedback session between June 1-10 in collaboration with NewImages Festival.
Over a period of 10 days, we'll work with emerging African creators explore the potential of emerging media (VR/AR/AI/5G) to tell their own stories with a strong value proposition and helping them connect with other creators around the world interested to help them turn their projects into realities.
We will select up to 10 IDEAS to be part of the NEW AFRICAN VOICES incubator program, and they all will have the opportunity to pitch in front of a board of producers.
apply
may 1ST - 24th
Open call for worldwide creators
We are looking for independent creators all over the world willing to join one of the selected projects (see below) and contribute to its development with their skills.
The pairing will take place over a matchmaking process
IMPORTANT!
This is open to anyone, even if you are new to this medium, we are looking forward to help you take you firsts steps into the Virtual Reality/ Augmented industry.
by May 24th!
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selected african creators
The 10 creators below have been selected to further develop their projects
during "New African Voices"
may 24th - 28tH
teams creation
We will announce the 10 winning ideas and talent will be able to apply for their favourite ideas. The creator will finally chose the team members that are relevant to the team to work on the project.
Last year, out of the 20 selected projects, 19 wanted new team members to join and we had a very successful experience matching participants and projects. In total, we had 114 creators participating in one of the teams and 190 people totally in the Slack Channel.
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program
JUNE 2nd at 18:00 cet
KICK OFF
Session for participants to network and meet each other. We'll carry some ice breaking exercises to come up with a shared manifesto for the program.
June 2nd, 3rd & 4th at 18:30 cet
working sessions
We will organise three working sessions of 1 hour each via ZOOM with the help of renowned leaders of the industry. Team will also receive a shared drive folder with a personalised toolkit with all the relevant tools for remote collaboration.
SESSION I
june 2nd at 18:30 cet
VALUE PROPOSAL
Team will evaluate the potential of the idea and find new opportunities and room for improvement regarding the script, the user experience, theme and the overall value proposal.
Invited speakers:
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SESSION 3
june 4th at 18:30 cet
pitching
Teams will build work on building a compelling pitch and an effective marketing strategy.
Invited guest:
June 10th at 18:30 cet
feedback session
focus:
storytelling
& concept development
FEEDBACK SESSION
NEW IMAGES EXPERTS
Feedback session with Storytelling experts that will provide feedback to the different teams based on their value propositions.
faq
PARTICIPANTS_Open to all sorts of profiles, even people getting started with emerging technologies.
TEAMS_ If you sign up with an idea, you can join alone, with a full team or with a team with missing members. We will also have an open call for professionals who don't have an idea but are interested in joining other's projects.
PROJECTS_ We are looking for projects at the ideation phase, no MVP needed.
EQUIPMENT_ Won't be necessary to bring any equipment for the workshop, all the platforms are free.
COST_ FREE
If you are a journalist or blogger interested in covering the event, get in touch here!
