Music In Africa Live announces grant recipients

A total of 23 applications were selected by the MIAL jury, 17 of which are for live showcases and six for capacity-building projects, including critical-skills training for music professionals to navigate the new challenges and transformations of the industry, especially those introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The recipients for digital live showcases are:

• Teka Works (South Africa)
• Creative Education and Empowerment Zanzibar (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
• Mushroom Hour Half Hour (South Africa)
• Fezah App Limited (Uganda)
• Jee Media, (Kenya)
• Shakti Soul (Botswana)
• Goodtimes Entertainment (Kenya)
• Orgasmic Music Gallery (South Africa)
• Decimal Media Limited (Kenya)
• Weheartbeat (South Africa)
• StudioTISA (Kenya)
• Akacia Productions (Tunisia)
• Espace Culturel YARO (Congo-Brazzaville)
• Rooftop Promotions Trust (Zimbabwe)
• Woman Cultural Centre (Rwanda)
• Studio Sankara (Senegal)
• Freeme Digital Limited (Nigeria)

The recipients for capacity-building facilitation are:

• Lumallas Achieng & Kavere Advocates (Kenya)
• Burning Groove (South Africa)
• Accra Theatre Workshop (Ghana)
• Santuri East Africa (Kenya)
• Milestone Studio (South Africa)
• Tadiazt et Millenium (Mali)

The MIAL project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

Visit the MIAL website here.

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