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SA: Mjolisi releases new album ‘Kuphelele’

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Nigeria: Davido announces three-night Lagos residency at National Theatre

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Uganda: Nyege Nyege returns to the Nile for 11th edition with Wakaliwood collaboration

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Burna Boy to headline halftime show at NFL’s first Paris game

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Suno faces another class-action lawsuit over alleged 2025 data breach

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British-Ghanaian rapper Sway DaSafo dies aged 44

British-Ghanaian rapper Sway DaSafo dies aged 44

Long Story Short named Apple Music’s Up Next artist for South Africa

Long Story Short named Apple Music’s Up Next artist for South Africa

SA: SOL Distro marks first year with more than 1,000 artists, R1m in royalty payouts

SA: SOL Distro marks first year with more than 1,000 artists, R1m in royalty payouts

Spotify adds control to exclude kids’ music from personalised recommendations, Wrapped

Spotify adds control to exclude kids’ music from personalised recommendations, Wrapped

NEFCISA
NEFCISA

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) is proud of its partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as a Strategic Implementing Partner (SIP) for its Social Employment Fund (SEF). Through this collaboration, MIAF is running a national programme that is creating jobs, addressing skills gaps, and strengthening South Africa's creative industries — in line with the SEF's overarching goal to generate work for the common good and build community value through employment, social contribution, and inclusive economic participation. Operating under the banner NEFCISA (National Employment Facility for Creative Industries in South Africa), the initiative is recruiting and training participants, matching them with host organisations, and has already placed 1 500 workers across the country — surpassing its original target of 1 000. NEFCISA is delivered through a network of 20 host organisations spanning five provinces, who are actively hosting participants and contributing to work for the common good across South Africa's creative and cultural industries. Key Objectives: Support employment and entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Offer skills development and training programmes. Foster partnerships between public and private creative sectors. Promote South African creativity at both provincial and national levels Foster community development through social contribution.

ACCES
ACCES

ACCES Conference and Showcase Festival is Africa's leading music industry gathering, bringing together the people shaping the future of the continent's music business. Artists, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, policymakers and cultural leaders from across Africa and around the world come to ACCES to build partnerships, exchange ideas, discover talent and create new business opportunities. Since its launch in 2017, ACCES has become the continent's premier platform for professional exchange and music market development. Combining a high-level conference with a curated showcase festival, networking, exhibitions and industry programmes, ACCES offers a unique space where creativity meets business and where African music connects with the global industry.

Gender@Work
Gender@Work

Music In Africa Gender @ Work is a three-year training programme aimed at upskilling and increasing the participation of female professionals in the African music sector. Launched by the Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) in April 2019, the programme is connected to the MIAF’s ACCES music conference – a pan-African event held in a different African country every year. This connection enables the programme to reach new participants in a different African country every year. The programme marks the beginning of a more concerted effort by the Foundation to support the participation and inclusion of women in all facets of its programmes and the music sector in Africa as a whole. Over the three years, the programme will aim to address gender imbalances in the sector through training, lobbying, facilitating knowledge exchange and dialogues that foster the interest of women. The broader objectives of the programme are to: Provide industry training for women on critical music industry skills, focusing on: Stage management Electronic music production and recording Music business management Technical knowledge Provide an opportunity for both professional and aspiring women to benefit from the Music In Africa network and its broad range of activities in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Provide a solution-based platform in the form of a round table at ACCES with a view to identify challenges, discuss opportunities and lobby for the interests of female practitioners. Offer participants the opportunity to benefit from programmes offered by MIAF’s partners. Increase access to educational materials. Integrate participants in the broader ACCES programme to maximise experience and exposure to the industry. Record and present training materials on the www.musicinafrica.net, including but not limited to tutorials, templates and other best-practice materials. Communicate women-based themes that support the initiatives and messages of the programme. MAIN TRAINING ACTIVITIES Training in first country (Ghana): In the first year, participants will be trained on all aspects of stage management by a team of experienced stage managers from 10 to 17 November 2019. The programme will offer robust classroom training as well as practical, hands-on training in which participants will also be given the opportunity to manage various aspects of the ACCES performance programme. Training in second country: The second training iteration will take place at ACCES 2020 when the programme will diversify its course to include music production lessons and training on other music business topics. A round-table platform will also be introduced to coincide with the ACCES programme. Training in third country: The third training iteration will take place at ACCES 2021 in a different country, offering an advanced course. HOW DO YOU GET INVOLVED?  As a participant, facilitator or trainer: The programme enrolls up to 12 trainees every year. All opportunities are advertised publicly on this website, and will be added to this page. Please keep checking this page for new calls (below under UPDATES & CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES). As a partner Please contact Claire Metais at [email protected]. APPLY The call for applications for 2020 will be announced soon. The Music In Africa Gender @ Work programme is made possible with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

Sound Connects Fund
Sound Connects Fund

For cultural and creative practitioners and organisations operating in southern Africa, access to funding remains a major challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has also had a massive impact on government policy, spending and the economy in general, and has seen spending on culture being moved further down the list of priorities. Further, the cultural and creative industries repeatedly cite four main areas where investment is needed for growth, which are increased visibility, mobility including access to new markets, finance and support structures.

Instrument Building And Repair Project
Instrument Building And Repair Project

Experience the Vibrations African Instruments Exhibition online in 3D

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ACCES 2017 : le programme complet dévoilé

Home/Non classé/ACCES 2017 : le programme complet dévoilé

ACCES accueillera d’éminents professionnels qui participeront à des tables rondes où seront abordées des questions majeures affectant l’industrie musicale africaine. Parmi les participants figurent José Da Silva (Sony Music Afrique de l’Ouest), Sipho Dlamini (Universal Music Afrique du Sud et Afrique subsaharienne), Christine Semba (WOMEX Allemagne), Mamou Daffé (Festival sur le Niger, Mali), Christine Kamau (Women In Music Forum, Kenya) et Emma Ricour (KEYZIT Africa), entre autres.

Le discours inaugural d’ACCES 2017 sera prononcé par le légendaire musicien sénégalais Baaba Maal. Les tables-rondes porteront sur des sujets tels que les maisons de disques en Afrique, la mobilité et le soutien aux musiciens africains, la distribution musicale, les médias, les femmes dans la musique, les conséquences des conflits sur la musique et l’industrie de la musique au Sénégal.

Le programme ACCES 2017 fournit également des informations sur les shows et les expositions qui auront lieu pendant la conférence ainsi que sur le concert de clôture, Music In Teranga, à la Place du Souvenir à Dakar le 18 novembre avec : Mamy Kanouté (Sénégal), Moh Dediouf (Sénégal), R-Light (Côte d’Ivoire ), Cheikh Lô (Sénégal) et Tamikrest (Mali).

Selon Eddie Hatitye, directeur de la Fondation Music In Africa : « Les conférenciers de cette année ont été sélectionnés pour offrir des discussions pertinentes sur l’état de l’industrie musicale en Afrique ».

 « ACCES a comme ambition de devenir le rendez-vous incontournable de l’industrie musicale sur le continent et nous sommes convaincus que les participants repartiront avec plus de réponses que de questions sur l’avenir du secteur de la musique africaine ».

 «Nous sommes également très heureux de présenter un line-up exceptionnel d’artistes au concert Music In Teranga, organisé en partenariat avec Teranga Jam Fest. Après tout, une conférence musicale sans musique serait incomplète ! Nous avons pris soin de sélectionner certains des meilleurs talents ouest-africains pour offrir une expérience inoubliable au public» a-t-il ajouté.

À propos de Teranga Jam Fest

Teranga Jam Fest est un festival de musique et d’arts vivants. Il sert de cadre d’echanges, de rencontres et de diffusion à une initiative de promotion culturelle éponyme (Teranga Jam).

Teranga Jam, l’initiative de promotion culturelle portant Teranga Jam Fest s’inspire et se base sur les principes de la diplomatie culturelle.

À propos d’ACCES

ACCES (Music In Africa Conference for Collaborations, Exchange and Showcases) est une conférence annuelle qui accueille des acteurs de l’industrie musicale de tout le continent africain. ACCES 2017 se tiendra à Dakar, au Sénégal, les 17 et 18 novembre et verra les professionnels de la musique converger vers la capitale sénégalaise pour échanger des idées, découvrir de nouveaux talents et accélérer la formation des acteurs du secteur sur le continent. La conférence propose des ateliers, des tables rondes, des présentations, des séances de réseautage, des expositions, des showcases, des concerts et des visites de lieux clés de l’industrie de la musique à Dakar.

Pour plus d’informations ou si vous souhaitez participer à la conférence, visitez le site officiel ACCES 2017.

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