• Facilitate regional and transregional cultural exchanges in Africa for individual artists/cultural operators and cultural organisations and encourage the mobility of artists and cultural professionals to exchange experiences, information and ideas

• Encourage artists and cultural operators to work towards shared projects and artistic collaborations across the continent

• Provide the opportunities for artists and cultural operators to gain more knowledge of the diverse contexts and the cultural environments of the African continent

• Encourage independent initiatives, small projects and participation in highly professional artistic and arts management workshops, seminars and residencies for artists 

• Encourage the attendance of festivals that provide artists and cultural operators with the opportunity to gain wider exposure and enrich their own creativity

• Develop methodologies to increase access to information and knowledge on arts and culture within Africa