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The Culture Plus Niger association conducts numerous cultural activities in Dosso.

Various initiatives

  • Creation and animation of two film clubs in Dosso. With the closure of movie theaters, it became necessary to create alternative spaces to bring cinema to the public. This project, launched in 2017, was supported by the French Embassy in Niger.
  • Youth training in film clubs animation in Dosso, entirely self-funded activity without external support (2017).
  • Co-organization of Festimaj, a cinema festival held in over 30 countries around the world. Making it the world’s largest festival considering the number of countries where it is organized simultaneously. CulturePlus participated in 2017, 2018 and 2022.
  • Training of 50 women in female entrepreneurship in Dosso. This activity was realized in partnership with the Festival Paroles de femmes and with financial support from UEMOA (2019).
  • Muryar Mata (workshop and festival, exhibition follow-up). The project is supported by the French Institute under its ACCES CULTURE program, and carried out in partnership with AECIN (2020-2021)
  • Cinébiiga (children’s film-making training) in Ouagadougou. This initiative, supported by UNICEF, resulted in about ten films made by children being selected for the latest edition of FESPACO.
  • Co-organization of the Cinema week festival (2021).
  • Impala, project of film-documentary distribution, production and co-production in 12 Francophone African countries. It is a project supported by AFD, involving 14 partner associations, including two French organizations (Docmonde and Les Ateliers Varan). In Niger, Culture Plus implements the project. Implementation period 2021-2024.
  • Baby Show: every year, an artistic and cultural competition is organized for primary and preschool students in Dosso, celebrated with a major event called the Baby Show. (2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
  • The Integration day: Dosso is a cosmopolitan city with rich cultural diversity, as it hosts a significant community from West African countries. To celebrate this diversity and promote integration, the first edition of Integration Day, initiated by Culture Plus Niger, took place in partnership with the Municipality of Dosso, with the hope of making it a lasting cultural exchange. (2022). The second edition took place in 2024.
  • Training in cinema professions: In partnership with the National Center for Cinematography of Niger and the Regional Directorate of Culture of Dosso, Culture Plus organized a training in 2024 for young people in cinema professions. This activity was carried out voluntarily by the Culture Plus team. Twelve young, both girls and boys, benefited from this training, and certificates were issued at the end.
  • Training in painting
    In 2025, the CulturePlus Association, in partnership with the Graba Loga Cultural Center, initiated a training workshop for young painters in Dosso. This two-day training session was led by painter Ali Narey, who came from Niamey for the occasion. The objective of this training was to strengthen the skills of these young talents in the process of artistic creation.

Annour Cultural Space

The CulturePlus association was able to open a cultural space, the Annour Cultural Space, for the benefits of the youth of the city of Dosso, within the premises of the Garba Loga Cultural Center. The work was financed with CulturePlus’s own resources, with the support of AECIN. The Annour Space is a setting dedicated to leisure time, as well as initiation and training in arts and cultural professions.