Maanka A. Chipindi is an experienced arts administrator with 15 years of working experience in the Cultural and Creative sectors in Zambia and the region. He has specialized in creative business operations, strategy, and skills development and has expertise in policy development, implementation and general technical support in arts development. Maanka has a professional passion for the arts and believes activities such as festivals, fairs, and events are critical to job creation and can transform communities. Through his work at the National Arts Council (NAC) Zambia, Maanka has established an extensive creative network within the Southern African region and beyond. Greater part of programmes and projects that are coordinated by Maanka has left him working as a linkman to Zambia’s creatives. Bearing a testimony to this include the roles that he has played in the coordination of inaugural Arts Business Forum which attracted the participation of over 400 creative entrepreneurs from Zambia and Southern African region; with an enhancement of managing the locally funded initiatives by European Union (EU) and the Government of Zambia.