NEFCISA
NEFCISA

The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) is proud to announce 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 launching a new national programme designed to create jobs, address skills gaps, and strengthen 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 will recruit and train participants, match them with host organisations, and place a minimum of 1 000 workers across the country. 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 has stamped its authority as Africa’s leading music trade event. At the 2019 edition in Accra, the conference brought together more than 1 200 delegates from about 50 countries on the continent and beyond. The conference also hosted 76 showcasing artists from Africa and the diaspora, who got to perform for an influential audience at two top live venues in the Ghanaian capital. Apart from live showcases, the event features panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions, pitch sessions, Q&A sessions with prominent musicians and visits to key music industry hubs in the host city. Many of these activities will be planned for ACCES 2021, with the ACCES team already exploring a tailor-made programme that will cater for the specific needs of the local music industry amid the pandemic. ACCES is organised by the Music In Africa Foundation, a non-profit and pan-African organisation, in partnership with Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

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 claire@musicinafrica.net. 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

Chayuta

Chayuta

Solo artists
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Accra, Ghana

In operation since:

1 Jan 2019

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Chayuta

BIO

The Princess of Afrobeats, Ghana’s Sweetheart and The Phoenix Rising, these are some of the names the media has given to young and talented Ghanaian /South African singer, songwriter and performer Chayuta.
At just 21 years old, Chayuta has managed to make a name for herself in the Ghanaian and South African music scene with back to back releases and collaborations with some of the major players in the African Music Industry.

Born to a South African father and a Ghanaian mother, Chayuta spent her formative years between Belgium, Holland, England and South Africa before eventually relocating permanently to her mother’s native Ghana. Embarking on her music career at the tender age of 9 when her music teacher discovered her talent during a music exam in primary school, young Chayuta managed to convince her mother to allow her to follow her passion and she has not looked back since. Although her vision for her musical journey has changed over the years; from starting as a classical music student, to discovering the sounds of Afrobeats and Amapiano, Chayuta has now found her own unique sound in Afro R&B and the one thing that hasn’t changed is her passion for everything music and her quest to be a global icon.

Chayuta believes that her exposure to various countries and cultures at such a young age has helped her to develop a sound which transcends borders. She believes that although being a good musician starts with having a great voice, this should be trained and nurtured by having vocal training sessions and working with a coach on her stage craft, making her a very versatile artist when it comes to recording and performing. Although Chayuta loves being on any stage, her favorite type of performance is with a live band she has worked with most of the established bands in Ghana.
Her versatility as an artist has given her the opportunity to perform for high profile audiences including presidents and dignitaries.

So deep is Chayuta’s passion for music that she even managed to convince her mother to build a recording and rehearsal studio in their garage when she was just 14 and when in Ghana she records all of her music in her own studio where she has had the privilege to work with the likes of Mix Master Garzy, Phantom, Jupitar, KelvynBoy, Edem and the legendary D’wayne Wiggins from the Grammy Award Winning R&B Group Toni, Tony Tone.

Chayuta has built an impressive music catalogue over the years and released an EP titled 17 for her 18th birthday in 2022, which was well received by fans, colleagues and music critics. Since then she has continued to release singles which showcase her growth as a singer and songwriter. In 2024, Chayuta decided to reconnect with her South African heritage by spending more time there and connecting with artists and producers and she intends to live between Ghana and South Africa while working on her next immediate projects.
Her undeniable talent, versatility, stage presence and flexibility to jump on any genre makes Chayuta a natural ambassador to take African music to the global stage.

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