At the 2016 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, the Africa
Union and the International Committee of AFRIMA, will introduce for the first
time a think-tank for Africa’s music economic development. The event
tagged, Africa Music Business
Roundtable (AMBR 2016),
holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday,
November 4 will strategise on the structure of the music industry in
Africa, while charting a way forward for development.
The Africa
Music Business Roundtable promises to be an innovative platform for
business networking and interaction among music professionals, music
executives, government officials and other stakeholders in the music, media and
financial sectors of Africa and the world at large. This brainstorming session
is designed to give insight into the unexplored and ill-exploited economic
values of African music.
Confirmed panellists for the roundtable include: Head,
Culture Department, AUC, Angela Martins (Mozambique); Acting Director, Africa,
ONE Campaign, Nachilala Nkombo (South Africa); CEO, PHAT Music Publishing, Mike
Strano (Kenya); Rapheal Benza, CEO, Vth Season Record Company (South Africa);
CEO, BBlack TV, David Monsoh (France); Partner, Olajide Oyewole LLP, Sandra
Oyewole (Nigeria); CEO, Knitting Factory Records, Rikki Stein (UK); Music
Executive & Artist, Nde Ndifonka (Cameroon); Veteran music artiste, Reggie
Rockstone, (Ghana); Founder, Felabration, Dancer & Choreographer, Yeni Kuti
(Nigeria); Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Tony Okoroji
(Nigeria); Director of Programmes, Cameroon Radio & TV, CRTV, Robert
Ekukole (Cameroon); Music & Artistic Director, Hit Radio, Omar Es Saidi
(Morocco); Founder, Bavent Street Integrated Services Ltd, Hakeem Condotti
(Nigeria) and Veteran artist & Music Professor, Jimmy Dludlu (South
Africa), among others.
Also debuting at AFRIMA 2016 programme is the Africa
Music Village, which also kicks off the same day. The one-day AFRIMA Music
Village is a festival type event with performances by top African artistes and
AFRIMA 2016 nominees. This event is free to those wearing the AFRIMA T-shirt
which is available through www.ariiyatickets.com.
As part of the tourism millage, artistes and participants to
attend the awards will also have a taste of the new Lagos in a guided tour of
Eko Atlantic City, popularly called the Eighth Wonder of the World. The
tour will also include the Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos which houses
relics of the slave trade/Nigeria’s struggles for Independence and a few other
historic places in the city of Lagos.
The grand finale, the awards night, comes up on Sunday
November 6, with thousands of guests expected in Lagos from across Africa and
the world. The event will hold inside the prestigious Convention Centre of the
Eko Hotels & Suites.
All Africa Music Awards is tailored to recognise and reward
those who have given African Music the most creative competitive edge in the
global market within the year under review. Over 154 nominees are campaigning
for votes from the public for the various categories of awards.
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