Across the G20, the understanding of infrastructure is expanding. Once limited to roads, ports, and energy, the term now encompasses digital systems, environmental assets, and the foundational rails of modern economies. The next logical extension of this thinking is culture—our oldest form of value creation, identity, and exchange.
This report, developed by the Africa Investor (Ai) Group in collaboration with the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and AXM Technologies Corp., argues that cultural intellectual property (IP) must now be recognized as a fiduciary-grade infrastructure domain. It sets out the framework for governments, multilateral institutions, and investors to build the systems—registries, standards, and governance protocols—that can unlock culture as an investable public asset.
