Creative Development with IFC
IFC’s new podcast series explores how finance and economic development influence--and are influenced by--creative industries around the world. We’re trying to answer the biggest question of all: how people, working together, can create meaningful change.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Nduduzo Makhathini: An Instrumental Healer
In this episode of Creative Development with IFC, Makhtar Diop is in conversation with South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini - the first African artist to be signed by the iconic jazz record label…
Neila Tazi: L’art et la culture, les leviers du changement
Dans cet épisode de Creative Development with IFC, Makhtar Diop reçoit Neila Tazi, entrepreneure marocaine, parlementaire, fervente défenseure des arts et de la culture et fondatrice du Festival Gnao…
Dia Mirza: Celebrated Actor and Eco-Warrior
In this episode of Creative Development with IFC, Managing Director Makhtar Diop talks to celebrated Indian actor Dia Mirza. The conversation reveals Dia’s deep-seated passion for the earth as inspir…
Pretty Yende: Taking the Opera World by Storm
In this episode of Creative Development with IFC, Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with operatic soprano sensation Pretty Yende. Yende talks about her journey from a small town in South Afric…
Edouard Mendy: Saving goals and setting new ones
In this episode of Creative Development, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with superstar footballer and AFCON Champion Edouard Mendy; goalkeeper for the Senegal national team as well as p…
Vidya Balan: Changing Stereotypes in Bollywood
In this episode, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop is in conversation with multi-award winning actress Vidya Balan. A powerful agent of change, Vidya has paved the way for socially conscious storyt…
Alex Rendell: Learning to love (the environment)
In this episode, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop chats with Thai actor, singer and environmental activist Alex Rendell. Together, they discuss the importance of youth education in protecting the w…
Youssou N’Dour: Musique sans Frontières
In this episode of Creative Development with IFC, host Makhtar Diop talks to renowned Senegalese musician, activist, and former Minister for tourism, Youssou N’Dour. They discuss N’Dour’s award-winni…
Idris Elba: Food for Thought
In this episode of Creative Development, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with Idris Elba–actor, producer, humanitarian and UN Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultu…
eL Seed: Changing Perceptions through Art
In the fifth episode of Creative Development with IFC, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop talks to French-Tunisian artist eL Seed about his unique public art pieces in “calligraffiti”--a blend of Ara…
Sauti Sol: Amping up Africa’s Music Scene
IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop sits down with Sauti Sol, one of Kenya’s most well-known afro-pop groups, to discuss the evolution of music education and copyrights in Africa, music as storytellin…
Selly Raby Kane: Designing the Future
In the latest episode of Creative Development with IFC, Managing Director Makhtar Diop talks with Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane about how artists can help design the future. They also d…
Baaba Maal: A Voice for Change
IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop talks with world-renowned Senegalese musician Baaba Maal about how music can help raise awareness of a changing climate, give voice to the issues that matter to peo…
Don Cheadle: How Art Inspires Change
IFC's new podcast series explores how finance and economic development influence--and are influenced by--creative industries around the world. We're trying to answer the biggest question of all: how …