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Tycoon releases ‘Art of Love III’ ft. Kabza De Small, Kelvin Momo

Tycoon releases ‘Art of Love III’ ft. Kabza De Small, Kelvin Momo

Morocco: ElGrandeToto expands ‘SALGOAT Vol. 2’ with extended edition, new international collabos

Morocco: ElGrandeToto expands ‘SALGOAT Vol. 2’ with extended edition, new international collabos

Kabza De Small tops 2026 SAMAs nominations

Kabza De Small tops 2026 SAMAs nominations

Deezer launches Remix Lab, allowing fans to create authorised song remixes

Deezer launches Remix Lab, allowing fans to create authorised song remixes

SA: Iphakadelihle releases seven-track maskandi EP ‘Omahosha’

SA: Iphakadelihle releases seven-track maskandi EP ‘Omahosha’

SA: Umzulu Phaqa releases faith-inspired single ‘Unlimited Budget’

SA: Umzulu Phaqa releases faith-inspired single ‘Unlimited Budget’

SA: Digital Sangoma to release debut album on 40th birthday

SA: Digital Sangoma to release debut album on 40th birthday

SA: The Joy release new single ‘Precious’

SA: The Joy release new single ‘Precious’

Open call: Cape Maclear International Film Festival 2026

Open call: Cape Maclear International Film Festival 2026

SA: Shimza releases three-track Sunset in Pretoria EP

SA: Shimza releases three-track Sunset in Pretoria EP

Additional 5 000 tickets to be released for Scorpion Kings Live at FNB Stadium

Additional 5 000 tickets to be released for Scorpion Kings Live at FNB Stadium

SAI HLE performs at Red Bull Symphonic as duo prepares new music release

SAI HLE performs at Red Bull Symphonic as duo prepares new music release

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

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Tycoon releases ‘Art of Love III’ ft. Kabza De Small, Kelvin Momo

Tycoon releases ‘Art of Love III’ ft. Kabza De Small, Kelvin Momo

Morocco: ElGrandeToto expands ‘SALGOAT Vol. 2’ with extended edition, new international collabos

Morocco: ElGrandeToto expands ‘SALGOAT Vol. 2’ with extended edition, new international collabos

Kabza De Small tops 2026 SAMAs nominations

Kabza De Small tops 2026 SAMAs nominations

Deezer launches Remix Lab, allowing fans to create authorised song remixes

Deezer launches Remix Lab, allowing fans to create authorised song remixes

SA: Iphakadelihle releases seven-track maskandi EP ‘Omahosha’

SA: Iphakadelihle releases seven-track maskandi EP ‘Omahosha’

SA: Umzulu Phaqa releases faith-inspired single ‘Unlimited Budget’

SA: Umzulu Phaqa releases faith-inspired single ‘Unlimited Budget’

SA: Digital Sangoma to release debut album on 40th birthday

SA: Digital Sangoma to release debut album on 40th birthday

SA: The Joy release new single ‘Precious’

SA: The Joy release new single ‘Precious’

Open call: Cape Maclear International Film Festival 2026

Open call: Cape Maclear International Film Festival 2026

SA: Shimza releases three-track Sunset in Pretoria EP

SA: Shimza releases three-track Sunset in Pretoria EP

Additional 5 000 tickets to be released for Scorpion Kings Live at FNB Stadium

Additional 5 000 tickets to be released for Scorpion Kings Live at FNB Stadium

SAI HLE performs at Red Bull Symphonic as duo prepares new music release

SAI HLE performs at Red Bull Symphonic as duo prepares new music release

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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

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Essam Sasa

Essam Sasa

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Cairo, Egypt

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1 Jan 2018

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Essam Sasa

BIO

Sasa is a renowned Egyptian Mahraganat (electro-shaabi) singer from Cairo, known as one of the most-streamed artists in the MENA region on Spotify. Fusing traditional melodies with EDM, he has accumulated millions of streams with hits like "Wst Dmoo' W Gerah". Sasa, a former tuk-tuk driver, recently faced legal trouble due to a fatal traffic accident in 2024.

Key Details and Background:

Career & Style: Sasa is a leading figure in Egypt's vibrant Mahraganat music scene, characterised by fast-paced electronic beats and vocal effects. He has a massive following figure in Egypt's vibrant Mahraganat music scene, characterised by fast-paced electronic beats and vocal effects. He has a massive following on platforms like TikTok and Spotify.

Rise to Fame: Originally working as a tuk-tuk driver, he rose to become one of the top-streamed artists in the Middle East and North Africa.

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