DHEGGA

DHEGGA

Delta Heritage Envoys for Global Goal Agenda. 

The DATCH Citizen Culture Marketplace Festival deploys market-driven mechanisms to strengthen Delta’s cultural economy while creating strategic pathways for inclusive development. It is designed to serve as a stop-gap measure against youth unemployment, social exclusion, and fragmented local economies transforming culture into a driver of resilience, peace, and prosperity.

At the same time, the festival accelerates a Pan-African cultural tourism mobility currency, positioning Delta heritage as an asset in global creative markets. By embedding innovation in cultural trade, creative finance, and heritage-based enterprises, the DATCH Festival contributes to domestic resource mobilization for both the State Creative Economy Fund and the National Tourism Development Fund.

Through this integrated approach, the festival establishes culture as a currency of development, a unifying force for identity, a marketplace for opportunity, and a platform for sustainable financing that powers inclusive growth across the Niger Delta and beyond.

The DHEGGA Mandate

DHEGGA’s mission is to mainstream culture diplomacy as a tool for advancing the Global Goals at the grassroots level. Its mandate includes:

Advocacy
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Create heritage-based advocacy campaigns that localize and humanize the UN Global Goals Agenda within Delta communities.

Diversity
Integration

Connect 10 tribes through intercultural development programs and SDG accelerator projects promoting unity and inclusion.

Communication & Mobilization

Engage youth volunteers in community storytelling, policy literacy, and civic participation, communicating the relevance of global goals through local culture.

Peace, Unity &
Sustainability

Champion community-based initiatives that build social cohesion, environmental awareness, and peace education.

Capacity Development

Establish DHEGGA Hubs for leadership training, cultural entrepreneurship, and SDG project incubation.

Culture Diplomacy Festivals

Launch annual DHEGGA Festivals as activation events where art, policy, and advocacy converge to celebrate progress and inspire commitment.

DHEGGA Festival

The DHEGGA Festival is the flagship event of the initiative — a 10-tribe cultural diplomacy experience that unites creativity, advocacy, and leadership.

It transforms cultural celebration into a powerful platform for development communication, investment mobilisation, and global goal engagement.

DHEGGA Festival Delta Impact Footprint

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DHEGGA Eminent Citizens
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DHEGGA Culture Masquerades Highway
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DHEGGA Leadership Awards
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DHEGGA Accord Ceremony

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