NewComma - Social Platform for Creatives

You’ve got the talent. Now here’s how to turn it into visibility, community, and income by playing by your own rules on NewComma. If you’re feeling overlooked, now is the time to show up with intention and claim the space your talent deserves. From private portfolios to global job boards, here’s how NewComma helps creatives get paid to be themselves. Comment PHYGITAL for more information on how to take your creative career to the next level.

To win in today’s creative economy, you need to expand your opportunity surface area. ⚡️ If you’re only showing up in one place, you’re leaving community, momentum and money on the table. That why we're introducing NewComma Pro — The Ultimate Phygital Membership for Creative Professionals It’s a hybrid membership built to help you grow your digital presence and unlock real-world perks. 🎯 Promote your services and get booked 📸 Share high quality work to impress potential clients and collaborators 🤝 Connect with a creative community across Africa and the diaspora 🎟️ Enjoy discounts on events, workspaces, streetwear, creative tools, and more All for just $10 a month Drop PHYGITAL in the comments for a 30-day free trial code. Not ready to go Pro yet? There’s a tier for every stage of your journey: 💬 Lite (Free): Build your portfolio, apply for jobs, and post in the feed ⚡ Plus ($6/month): Share deeper stories, customise your profile, and grow your brand 🌍 Pro ($10/month): Unlock the full experience — online and offline NewComma Pro members get exclusive perks from our partners @palmmoments @buroghana @pesos__nairobi @lstvww @dex_ghana @theafronichesociety @homeisforhomies @afropark.creatives @creativenestlings @africanofilter and many more to be announced 🌟 The future is phygital. The future is NewComma.

In today’s landscape, creatives need to expand their opportunity surface area both online and offline. Real growth happens when you show up across both worlds. The future is phygital, but it's always been right here with NewComma: From portfolios and opportunity boards to exhibitions, workshops, and live shows across the continent and the diaspora. You told us you want more value. More visibility. More ways to grow. So we're giving you just that: ✨ NewComma Memberships - made for the creatives who want more value. We now offer three tiers: 🔹 NC Lite – Showcase your work and apply to selected opportunities 🔹 NC Plus – Unlock tools, visibility, and booking features to grow ⭐ NC Pro – Enjoy a premium experience digitally on our site and app and exclusive discounts on workspaces, events, products and more from partners across our network. Want to try Plus or Pro for free? Comment "PHYGITAL" below and we’ll send you a code for 30 days on us. For our brand new NC Pro members, we've secured access to rewards, discounts and other benefits from over 20 partners! Stay posted for more updates next week. Don't miss out if you haven't joined already, check the link in our bio 💛

📸 €6,000 PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD The Global Peace Photo Award is open for submissions 🌍 Comment “interested” for a link to apply — you must be following us for us to DM you. Photographers around the world are invited to submit work responding to one powerful question: “What does peace look like?” ✨ Tag a photographer who needs to see this. Winners will receive the Alfred Fried Peace Medal and be invited to the award ceremony in Vienna, with travel and accommodation covered. Selected works may also be featured in international exhibitions. 💸 €6,000 prize ✈️ Travel & accommodation covered 🖼️ International exhibition opportunities 🌍 Open worldwide 📅 Apply by May 23rd 2026

Next Friday we're opening the doors at Somerset House in London for The Bragging Circle and we want you to know exactly what you're walking into 🌍 It's a show and tell for African and diaspora creatives. Bring something you made, finished or still in progress, and share it with the room. Hosted by @new.comma x @lstvww ahead of Africa Day 🖤 📅 Friday 22 May 📍 Somerset House, London ⏰ Doors open 6PM Comment 🎉 for the RSVP link. Here's what it is: ✦ Music, visual art, spoken word, writing, film, sculpture ✦ 5 minute presentation with a room ready to celebrate your work ✦ Film screenings from African filmmakers ✦ An open floor to find your next collaborator And if you're not presenting, coming just to cheer someone on is just as valid. The room needs cheerleaders as much as it needs presenters. See you next Friday! ⚡

🚨 OPEN CALL FOR ILLUSTRATORS, COLLAGE & VISUAL ARTISTS @lounlounjournal is building a roster of visual artists and designers to create digital cover artworks for published essays in Witnessing ✨ Comment “interested” for a link to apply — you must be following us for us to DM you. This is an opportunity for ongoing creative collaboration, with selected artists being commissioned periodically to visually interpret unpublished essays before publication. 🎨 Open to illustrators, collage artists & visual creatives 💸 $50 CAD per project 🌍 Remote creative opportunity 📚 Work featured alongside published essays in Witnessing

🎬 OPPORTUNITY FOR WEST AFRICAN WRITER-PRODUCER DUOS @seriesmaniainstitute , @thewritersroomgh , and @if_officiel are calling TV series writers and producers across West Africa to apply for Serial Bridges Accra: a 5-day intensive workshop for 6 writer-producer duos developing strong international TV series ideas 🌍 Comment “interested” for the link to apply — you must be following us so we can DM you! Open to creatives based in: 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇹🇬 Togo 🇧🇯 Benin 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇬🇲 Gambia 🇨🇲 Cameroon 🗓 Apply by May 29 2026 📍 Workshop takes place in Accra Tag a writer or producer who should see this 👀

🎬 OPEN CALL FOR AFRICAN SHORT FILMS @theafronichesociety is looking for a short film to be featured as part of At The Table: a London screening taking place on 25 May 2026 exploring themes of ambition, hope, identity, and collective vision-building for Nigeria’s future. Comment “interested” for the link to apply — you must be following us so we can DM you! Open to African and diaspora filmmakers, with films required to be 20 minutes or under and aligned with themes of reflection, hope, ambition, or collective futures ✨ 📍 London Screening 🎥 Open to African + diaspora filmmakers ⏱ Films must be under 20 minutes 🗓 Apply by May 20 2026 Tag a filmmaker who should see this.

Your personal brand doesn't build itself. ⚡️ Every creative has skills worth documenting: the ones you want to be known for, the ones you want to be booked for, and the ones that set you apart from everyone else in the room. Your NewComma profile is one of the best places to put all of this into practice. It's where the right people find you, understand what you do, and decide to book you. 💼 Your bio tells them who you are. Your portfolio shows them what you're capable of. Your services tell them how to work with you. The more complete your profile, the more seriously it gets taken by the platform, by the businesses browsing, and by the opportunities already live right now. 🎤 @sabrei.at.work

✍🏾 Paid Opportunity for Album Reviewers (Writers) Comment “interested” for the links to apply — you must be following us so we can DM you! Africa Rocks is looking for African music writers and reviewers to cover international album releases for their Beyond Africa section. Applicants must submit published reviews or a test review. 💸 Paid opportunity

A few weeks ago, we were inside the British Museum as part of #RunningInTheHalls presented by @britishmuseum and @myrunwaygroup . @lstvww and @new.comma hosted a film screening on the night exploring what it means to build home on your own terms. Before the films rolled, we hit the floor and asked the creatives in the room one simple question: what do you do, and what does it feel like to get paid to be yourself? Here’s what they had to say.

An evening dedicated to showing off the best of your work, who you are, and what makes you extraordinary as an African creative. @new.comma and @lstvww are hosting The Bragging Circle on 22 May, ahead of Africa Day 🌍 A show and tell for African and diaspora creatives, and everyone is welcome. Bring your work and share it with the room. Come ready to cheerlead or to be celebrated. Comment 🎉 for the RSVP link and secure your spot. 📅 Friday 22 May 📍 Somerset House, London ⏰ Doors open 6PM No negative energy, no critique. Just a room curated purely to celebrate the spark that African and diaspora creatives bring to everything we touch. Here's what to expect on the night: ✦ A self reflection session to remind yourself what you've built ✦ Group discussions where you can all share projects you've worked on that you're proud of ✦ A show and tell, music, canvases, spoken word, writing, film. Projects don't need to be complete, come as you are ✦ Film screenings from African filmmakers from across the continent and the diaspora ✦ An open floor to connect with people whose work moves you Tag an African creative who deserves their flowers 🏆