From the streets of Kigali to the world stage.
CCF Academy turns raw young talent into dancers, actors, comedians, acrobats, designers and creators — building sustainable futures through arts, performance and creative entrepreneurship.
CCF Academy turns raw young talent into dancers, actors, comedians, acrobats, designers and creators — building sustainable futures through arts, performance and creative entrepreneurship.
To nurture talent, inspire creativity and content creation, and empower young people through arts, performance and creative entrepreneurship.
Talent in dance, acting, comedy, acrobatics and other creative disciplines — with structured training, mentorship and safe creative spaces.
Confidence, discipline, teamwork and leadership — built through workshops, showcases and creating content for a global audience.
Entrepreneurial and content-creation skills that turn passion into real opportunities — young people earning from what they create.
In 2024, social entrepreneur Robert Stephenson and Ugandan artist Sir Kisoro spotted a group of kids practising dance in a field behind their Kigali hotel. They put them in a music video — and that chance encounter became the spark for everything that followed.
Today, that spark is an academy: dance, music, eco-fashion and enterprise, led from Kigali and guided by our patron.
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Dance, acting, comedy and acrobatics — street-level recruitment, professional training, real stages.
School and community competitions that discover Rwanda's best young talent.
Upcycled stagewear designed by our founder — every kilt sold funds the academy.
Content creation and business basics — creativity that pays school fees.
young dancers and creators in the academy family today, from Kigali's poorest neighbourhoods.
where the Blastbeat method behind our program has been proven with young people.
of award-winning youth social enterprise experience behind our patron and mentors.
The academy's young dancers joined our patron Robert Stephenson on a Kigali TV talk-show set — telling the CCF story to the nation, CAN shirts and all. Also making headlines: Boaz's African Celtic Kilts turned heads at Kigali Fashion Week.
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