Creative Ecology · Indicator 1
Education pathways into nightlife careers
What this indicator asks
What education and training in creative, technical and production roles lead into nightlife careers in Lagos? Is this education accessible for those who can’t afford it, and does it lead to work?
48.5/ 100 · Lagos
At Tenstrings Music Institute, a private school, every music production student does a three-month internship at a Lagos recording company. Every audio engineering student does a six-month internship at A.C.I Entertainment. Tenstrings states it has trained over 15,000 students.
HOMECOMING and AlphaTheta ran their DJ programme, Start From Scratch in Lagos before anywhere else in Africa. Its initial class in September 2025 was fully booked. Terra Academy for the Arts runs five free courses, among them stage lighting and sound design.
The federal polytechnic and the state universities have no programmes in music technology, sound engineering or audio production. EKO Studio Culture, a free state masterclass that included DJing for women, ran a single intake during the festive season, Detty December.
We looked at five areas: formal degree courses, private and vocational schools, informal training run in scenes, affordability, and connection to work.