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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Libreville, Gabon

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2016

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Magali Palmira Wora

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Magali Wora grandit à Libreville, capitale du Gabon où elle a attrapé la passion du travail et ce besoin vital d’autonomie et d’indépendance. Ses études qui l’ont fait passer par le Lycée National Léon Mba, l’emmènent à l’École Nationale Supérieure de Secrétariat en 2004, puis à l’Irma à Paris en 2006 et en 2007 où elle suit des formations courtes en management artistiques et entreprenariat de spectacles. Elle y découvre une autre vision des métiers liés à l’art qui confirmera son idée de créer sa propre structure Real Black Music. Après avoir été, secrétaire général du label Zorbam Produxion (du groupe de rap Gabonais Movaizhaleine), puis manager de l’artiste Naneth (finaliste du Prix Découvertes RFI en 2005), Magali Wora fonde Real Black Music en janvier 2006 afin d’assurer la promotion, le booking et le management d'artistes urbains sur le continent Africain et à l'international. Toujours impliquée dans divers projets culturels, elle assure tour à tour les postes d’agent artistique, directrice artistique ou d’administrateur, notamment sur le Festival Gabao Hip Hop en 2009, avant de rejoindre Rockstar4000/Sony Music Africa en tant que Régional Manager puis MTV Base Africa en 2014. En 2016 et 2017, on la retrouve dans l’organisation du show télévisé Coke Studio Africa où elle est la tête chercheuse d’artistes francophones. L’année suivante, elle assurera le rôle de directrice de casting pour The Voice Afrique Francophone saison 2. Toujours en quête de savoir et d’outils pratiques, elle suivra tour à tour une formation courte en régie générale à Yakaar (en 2009, Dakar), une formation supérieure sur le management culturel avec le Goethe Institute (2011, Hamburg) et une formation sur le leadership et la gouvernance culturel avec Arterial Network (2013, Douala). C’est ainsi, un savoir accumulé toutes ces années, entre formations et expériences, qu’elle partage habillement au travers d’atelier de formation. Véritable entrepreneuse, l’année 2019 sera marquée par la sortie de son premier livre/guide sur le management artistique. Ses projets ? Des rêves pleins la tête, deux nouveaux livres sur des thématiques toujours liés à l’exercice de l’art en Afrique, devenir maître de conférence et partager son expérience partout en Afrique et dans le monde. Magali Wora grew up in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, where she got the passion for work and a vital need for autonomy and independence. Her studies took her to Léon Mba National High School, the National School of Higher Education in 2004, and to Irma in Paris in 2006 and 2007, where she took courses in artistic management and show business. She discovered another vision of art-related professions that confirmed her idea of creating her own Real Black Music structure. After having been general secretary of the Zorbam Produxion label (from the Gabonese rap group Movaizhaleine), then manager of the artist Naneth (finalist of the RFI Discoveries Prize in 2005), Wora founded Real Black Music in January 2006 to ensure the promotion, booking, and management of urban artists on the African continent and internationally. Involved in various cultural projects, she variously assumes positions of artistic agent, artistic director, or administrator. She worked extensively on the Festival Gabao Hip Hop in 2009, before joining Rockstar4000/Sony Music Africa as regional manager, then MTV Base Africa in 2014. In 2016 and 2017, she worked on the Coke Studio Africa television show, where she is a researcher of Francophone artists. In 2018, she acted as casting director for The Voice Afrique Francophone, Season 2. Always in search of knowledge and practical tools, she took a short training course in general management in Yakaar (in 2009, Dakar), a higher education on cultural management with the Goethe Institute (in 2011, Hamburg), and a training on leadership and cultural governance with Arterial Network (2013, Douala). The year 2019 is marked by the release of her first book, a guide to artistic management. Her future projects include two books on themes related to the practice of art in Africa, as well as becoming a lecturer and sharing her experience throughout Africa and the world.

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