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  "id": 17941113,
  "title": "CANEX WKND: Turning Africa's cultural power into economic wealth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/canex-wknd-turning-africas-cultural-power-into-economic-wealth",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:29:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Africa Business",
    "slug": "africa-business",
    "url": "https://african.business/2026/11/partner-content/canex-wknd-turning-africas-cultural-power-into-economic-wealth"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As Lagos prepares to host CANEX WKND 2026, Ehi Braimah argues that Africa must move beyond celebrating its cultural influence to building commercially sustainable creative industries, backed by investment, stronger intellectual property protection and access to a truly continental market.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "CANEX WKND: Turning Africa’s cultural power into economic wealth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/canex-wknd-turning-africas-cultural-power-into-economic-wealth",
        "published": "2026-11-01T19:46:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}