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
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Win tickets to Up the Creek Music Festival in SA!

15 Jan 2024 - 13:03

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Music In Africa, in partnership with Up the Creek Music Festival, is giving away a double weekend ticket to this year’s event near Swellendam in South Africa’s Western Cape province from 8 to 11 February.

BCUC will perform at Up the Creek Music Festival 2024.

Established in 1990, the music festival has grown from strength to strength and returns this year after a three-year hiatus. It has always remained intimate (limited to only 2 500 ‘Creekers’) and filled with great local music, good food, short queues and a whole lot of gees.

Confirmed artists include Jeremy Loops, GoodLuck, BCUC, Springbok Nude Girls, Valiant Swart, The Dirty Skirts, Sean Koch, Droomsindroom, Rob van Vuuren, Crimson House, Jackal & The Wind, Kloudink, West Coast Wolves, Wandile Mbambeni, Veranda Panda, Zebra, Van Der Aven, Gerald Clark, 4AM, Congo Cowboys, Coasters, Crosscurrent, Beast, Black Heidi and Warongx.

How to enter

To stand a chance to win tickets for yourself and a friend, name two music acts that will perform at Up the Creek Music Festival 2024.

Submit your answer to info@musicinafrica.net with ‘Up the Creek Music Festival 2024’ in the subject line of the email along with the following personal details:

  • First name and surname
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Country of residence
  • ID/passport number (this information will be kept confidential)
  • Read the competition rules below before entering

The competition runs from 15 January to 26 January at 12pm. The winner will be contacted on 26 January.

Please read the competition rules below carefully:

Competition rules

  • The competition runs from 15 January to 26 January at 12pm.
  • You can only enter the competition once. Multiple entries will be disqualified.
  • To be eligible you have to complete all the required fields. Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
  • The winner will receive no more than two (2) ‘Just the Weekend’ tickets.
  • This tickets will grant the winner(s) access to the festival from 8am on Friday 9 February to 4pm on Sunday 11 February 2024.
  • Accommodation is not included in this giveaway and the winner(s) will need to bring own tent and camping gear.
  • The Music In Africa Foundation shall only offer the said tickets. Winners will have to provide their own transport to and from the event, arrange for their own accommodation and any other relevant expenses.
  • For entrants outside of South Africa, this competition is only open to holders of a valid passport.
  • Prizes are not transferable and are not negotiable.
  • No prize shall be exchangeable for money.
  • No employee or board member of the Music In Africa Foundation, members of their immediate family or employees of partner organisations may enter.
  • If a winner is unable to take up a prize for any reason, or if the Music In Africa Foundation/Up the Creek Music Festival has not been able to contact the winner after making reasonable efforts, the Music In Africa Foundation reserves the right to award that prize (without notice to the first winner chosen) to an alternative winner, in which case the first winner chosen shall not be eligible for any share of the prize whatsoever. The Music In Africa Foundation shall not be liable in such eventuality.
  • Automated entries, bulk entries or third-party entries will be disqualified.
  • Any violation or attempt to violate any of the above rules will result in the immediate disqualification of the transgressor.

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