Africa-Press – Ghana. During the concluded Africa Prosperity Dialogue (APD) 2026, which convened African institutions, heads of state, youth leaders, and key Pan-African stakeholders, one of the standout engagements focused on the production of a Pan-African feature film to showcase Africa’s collective potential through unity and shared storytelling.
The high-level discussion brought together the Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Prosperity Network (APN), Mr Sidig Faroug El Toum; Head of Multimedia and Content at the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Mr. Meddie Kagwa; Co-founder and CEO of the Africa Monologue Challenge (AMC), Mr. Mawuko Kuadzi; President of the African Chamber of Content Producers and Co-founder of AMC, Nana Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin; Executive Secretary of AMC, Ms. Esther Kumawu; and other distinguished stakeholders.
Mr Sidig reaffirmed APN’s commitment to leveraging Africa’s creative economy as a platform for continental unity and wealth creation.
He also pledged APN’s readiness to work with the Uganda Communications Commission as Associate Producers to ensure the success of the maiden Pan-African feature film, which is envisioned as an annual offshoot of the Africa Monologue Challenge.
The film will feature the 10 AMC finalists from 10 African countries as its principal cast, reinforcing the AMC’s people-to-people integration agenda.
In his remarks, Mr Meddie Kagwa expressed the Uganda Commission’s readiness to collaborate with African partners to tell authentic Pan-African stories and to project the best of Africa to the world.
UCC’s participation at APD was a special invitation from the African Prosperity Network to formally engage the Commission on pathways to realizing the proposed Pan-African film project.
While in Ghana for the three-day APD event, Mr Kagwa also called on the National Film Authority (NFA) of Ghana, a partner of the Africa Monologue Challenge and the planned Pan-African feature film project, which is proposed to be shot in Uganda.
Mawuko Kuadzi commended the African Prosperity Network for its forward-looking approach to Africa’s development agenda and its “Make Africa Borderless Now” campaign, noting that creative content remains a powerful tool for advancing Africa’s integration narrative.
Dwomoh-Doyen Benjamin expressed optimism about Africa’s wealth creation potential if private Pan-African institutions such as APN and AMC collaborate closely with state institutions like the Uganda Communications Commission and the National Film Authority of Ghana to rebrand Africa through positive storytelling.
He highlighted Uganda’s cultural and natural beauty, noting that negative external media narratives have often overshadowed the country’s true image.
He recalled the AMC team’s first visit to the “Pearl of Africa” as a transformative experience he believes every African should have.
He also stated that using African countries as locations for Afro-futuristic and Pan-African films was one of the most effective ways to market Africa to Africans and the world.
Madam Kafui Danku pledged the National Film Authority’s support for the partnership and indicated her intention to visit Uganda within the year to explore further collaboration between Ghana and Uganda in film and creative economy development.
The proposed Pan-African feature film is positioned as a flagship creative economy initiative emerging from the Africa Monologue Challenge ecosystem, with the potential to become a recurring continental cultural production platform that advances African unity, intra-African trade, tourism, and creative industry growth.
