Chukwuyemisi Isichei serves as research lead at Communiqué, where she develops evidence-based content that demonstrates the commercial viability of Africa’s creative industries. She is a chartered accountant, strategist, and researcher working at the intersection of the creative economy and investment in Africa. Chukwuyemisi’s work spans creative industry financing and ecosystem design through consulting roles with Co-Creation Hub’s (CcHUB) Creative Economy Practice. Her projects are driven by a vision to build the structures, capital pathways, and data-informed frameworks that enable African creative organizations to scale sustainably, retain value locally, and shape global cultural narratives on their own terms. Most recently, Chukwuyemisi propounded the Audience Anchor Ratio, a metric that examines where a country’s audiences live relative to its creators and how this dynamic can inform business strategy. She has also worked in venture capital at institutions including 54Collective VC, Future Africa, and Consonance. Chukwuyemisi holds a postgraduate certificate in technology, entrepreneurship, and design, with additional training from the Newton Venture Program, UK, and the Music Business Academy for Africa.