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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

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VIMN Africa Channels Score 14 Wins at the 2014 Promax BDA Africa Awards

Music In Africa Foundation By Music In Africa Foundation

25 Nov 2014 - 09:06

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Johannesburg, 24 November 2014: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, has continued to demonstrate its leadership in creative, on-air and multimedia design by excelling at the 2014 PROMAX BDA Africa Awards in Johannesburg (21 November).

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The multimedia entertainment powerhouse took home 14 awards at the annual ceremony, including 5 Gold awards and 9 Silver awards, spanning its music, kids and family, and comedy portfolio. Impressively, the network won “Best Sponsor Integration Spot” for the fourth year running, capturing both Gold and Silver awards in this category.

Music authority MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) won a remarkable 7 awards, including 2 awards for the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and 5 for its “Made of Black” campaign, created on behalf of Guinness.

Sister music channel MTV (DStv Channel 130) took home a Gold award for Best Interactive Promotion for the “MTV Video Music Awards 2014”: Call to Action.

Kids and family channel Nickelodeon (DStv Channel 305) won 4 awards for its inspirational kids’ science and maths campaign, Nickelodeon’s Genius, executed with Melrose. Nickelodeon bagged the gold awards for Best Children’s Promo and Best Sponsor/Brand Integration.

24-hour comedy channel Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) won two Silver awards, for Best Program Title Sequence Design for “The Comedy Central Roast of Kenny Kunene”, and Best Use of Social Media for “The Fig”.

Commented Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, VIMN Africa, “Creativity is the lifeblood of VIMN Africa and our channels, and we are fortunate to have a creative team whose vision, hard work and commitment has been recognized and rewarded so comprehensively by the PROMAX judges.”

VIMN Africa is home to Africa’s largest international portfolio of powerhouse entertainment brands, delivering 8 separate thematic channels including MTV, MTV Base, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Nicktoons BET International, Comedy Central and VH1 Classic.

AWARDS SUMMARY:

MTV BASE

  • BEST PROMO ONLY USING PROGRAM FOOTAGE - MTV BASE GUINNESS MADE OF BLACK "AJUMA" (GOLD)
  • BEST ON-AIR PROGRAM CAMPAIGN - MTV BASE GUINNESS MADE OF BLACK (GOLD)
  • BEST ON-AIR PROGRAM CAMPAIGN - MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS 2014 (SILVER)
  • MAMA AFRICA AWARD - MTV BASE GUINNESS MADE OF BLACK "AJUMA" (SILVER)
  • BEST ON AIR BRANDING DESIGN: MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS 2014 ON-AIR PACKAGE (SILVER)
  • BEST SPONSOR / BRAND INTEGRATION SPOT(S) - MTV BASE GUINNESS MADE OF BLACK "AJUMA" (SILVER)
  • DSTV/MNET BEST EDITING - MTV BASE GUINNESS MADE OF BLACK OPENING SEQUENCE" (SILVER)

MTV

  • BEST INTERACTIVE PROMOTION: MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2014 CALL TO ACTION (GOLD)

NICKELODEON

  • BEST SPONSOR / BRAND INTEGRATION SPOT(S) - NICKELODEON GENIUS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELROSE (GOLD)
  • BEST CHILDREN’S PROMO - NICKELODEON GENIUS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELROSE (GOLD)
  • BEST USE OF TYPOGRAPHY - NICKELODEON’S GENIUS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELROSE (SILVER)
  • MOST OUTSTANDING DESIGN IN PROMOTION - NICKELODEON’S GENIUS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MELROSE (SILVER)

COMEDY CENTRAL

  • BEST PROGRAM TITLE SEQUENCE DESIGN - THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF KENNY KUNENE (SILVER)
  • BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA - THE FIG (SILVER).

Contact:

For more information please contact:
Maria McCloy (Tel: +27 11 428 2941, [email protected]) or Alison Reid (Tel: +33 385300636, [email protected])

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