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The creative economy is now a serious employer. Is policy keeping up?

12 June 2026 · 5 min read

Sound engineer at a mixing desk in a Nigerian recording studio

Studios, stylists, editors and engineers: a look at the jobs behind the music that travels.

The visible part of Nigeria's creative export is the artist. The employment is everywhere else — in studios, post houses, styling teams and touring crews.

Culture & Colour spoke with practitioners in Lagos and Port Harcourt about training pipelines, payment terms and what public policy could usefully do next.

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