Arts Infrastructure & Support

Doris Amankwah

Business Name:
Tonic

At Tonic, our mission is to create pathways for African culture to be authentically packaged, exported, and monetised on a global scale. Through curated experiences and cultural products, we connect African creatives with international markets while ensuring that value flows back to the originators of these cultural expressions. Beyond cultural commerce, Tonic is intentionally building an archive of African contemporary history in Ghana and across the Diaspora. We believe many of the movements shaping global culture today exist without proper documentation, preservation, or ownership by the communities that created them. Through documentary storytelling, oral histories, audiovisual content, and cultural research, we preserve these journeys in real time—protecting heritage, memory, and creative legacy while transforming them into enduring cultural assets owned and narrated by Africans themselves.

Other Finalists

Araba Ofori-Acquah

Kura
Colorful abstract pattern with concentric circles, dotted spirals, and curved lines in pink, teal, yellow, white, and blue on a dark background.

Evans Fiifi Aboah Odoi

AB Card Games
Colorful abstract pattern with concentric circles, dotted spirals, and curved lines in pink, teal, yellow, white, and blue on a dark background.

Salomey Ankrah

Mey Treats
Colorful abstract pattern with concentric circles, dotted spirals, and curved lines in pink, teal, yellow, white, and blue on a dark background.

Robin Beth Riskin & Francis Djiwornu

Safia Studios
Colorful abstract pattern with concentric circles, dotted spirals, and curved lines in pink, teal, yellow, white, and blue on a dark background.

Rita Mawuena Benissan

Si Hene Foundation
Colorful abstract pattern with concentric circles, dotted spirals, and curved lines in pink, teal, yellow, white, and blue on a dark background.