Africa Animated!  a UNESCO led initiative to support the production of animated cartoons in Africa. This project has brought together the African artistic community and the audiovisual industry to create audiovisual media products  made by Africans with African creativity, imagery, dialogue and music.

UNESCO through Africa Animated! has successfully conducted training workshops since 2004 and is  currently launching a permanent Animation Training and Production Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

Phase I of the project consisted in the development of a ground-breaking intensive five-week training curriculum which has been put in practice to train 40 animators. It has also been used to produce 20 short animation films, some of them award winning in different Animation Festivals throughout the world.

Phase II is intended to strengthen the training component and provide job opportunities for Africa Animated! graduates through the launch of training, production and development activities.