Partners & commissions

Bring the objective. We will find the cultural form.

Orange Poetry Africa works with brands, NGOs, institutions, festivals, venues and creative communities on specific problems—not decorative partnerships.

Selected partners & collaborators

Good cultural work is built with people.

Organisations and creative communities that have supported, commissioned, hosted or built programmes with Orange Poetry Africa.

Apollo Endeavor logoApollo Endeavor
Savest Financial logoSavest Financial
Vic’Adex 60 Seconds Poetry logoVic’Adex 60 Seconds Poetry
Tigray Coffee logoTigray Coffee
Street Exchange logoStreet Exchange
Konya Shamsrumi logoKonya Shamsrumi
Das Uzee logoDas Uzee

Selected proof

What we were responsible for.

The role matters as much as the name beside it.

01 · Summit performance & creative direction

African Creators Summit

African Creators Academy / Apollo Endeavor

Curated, wrote, staged and coordinated spoken-word, theatre, dance and screen-supported performances across the summit programme.

Agency-level event storytelling built around the summit’s themes.
02 · Owned live experience & content platform

Orange Poetry Live Show

Orange Poetry Africa

Developed the format, curated artists, produced the room, recorded performances and built the public archive.

Five public gallery collections and 780 published photographs across 2024–2025.
03 · Cause-led cultural programming

H.E.R STORY Poetry Slam

ALTEM / H.E.R STORY

Supported slam curation, performance documentation and digital amplification around women’s voices and social action.

Eight featured contestants and a ₦200,000 prize platform.
04 · Festival strategy & production

Orange Poetry Film Festival

Owned property with programme collaborators

Designed a hybrid programme of screenings, workshops, panels, networking and an original poetry short film.

A documented first edition with 175 published photographs.

Ways to commission the work.

  1. 01
    Film or campaign

    A brand film, documentary, social series or poetry-led campaign.

  2. 02
    Live experience

    A stage, festival, summit performance, launch or cultural activation.

  3. 03
    Talent and performance

    Poet sourcing, booking, coaching, curation and creative direction.

  4. 04
    Longer partnership

    An owned programme, artist pathway, cultural research or content partnership.

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Working standard

Clear scope. Fair artist practice. Honest outcomes.

The strongest work protects artistic dignity, editorial judgment and institutional trust at the same time.

Start with the problem.

Tell us the audience you need to reach, the change you want to create, the timing and the resources available.

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