The Acting Executive Secretary of the Creative Arts Agency (CAA), Gideon Aryeequaye, has announced plans to introduce an annual awards scheme to recognise and celebrate achievements across Ghana’s creative industry.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z on Saturday, September 27, 2025, Aryeequaye outlined the agency’s upcoming initiatives.
“The second thing we will do, which will also be annual, is the Creative Arts Awards, to recognise the work that you do, to recognise the work that others do. This is not the usual red carpet, turn-around 360; a proper one. Not a black-tie event. If I say black-tie then we are losing our identity. But you have to come in something really good — something that you have created, something that will project you,” he told host Kwame Dadzie.
He also revealed plans to hold an annual festival showcasing all domains of the creative arts and to curate a programme dedicated to highlife music, which he described as one of Ghana’s intangible cultural heritage treasures.
The Creative Arts Agency is mandated to coordinate, regulate, and promote activities within the creative sector, as well as implement policies and initiatives that drive its growth.
Source: Kwame Dadzie
