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Feather Awards 2026 in SA: All the nominees

Feather Awards 2026 in SA: All the nominees

ACCES nominated for best music biz conference at MBAA

ACCES nominated for best music biz conference at MBAA

Milk + Cookies Festival to return to South Africa in January 2027

Milk + Cookies Festival to return to South Africa in January 2027

Snapchat adds AI tools that turn chats into songs for Lens+ subscribers

Snapchat adds AI tools that turn chats into songs for Lens+ subscribers

Kenya: Tommy WÁ and Labdi to perform in Nairobi as part of MobiArts Tour

Kenya: Tommy WÁ and Labdi to perform in Nairobi as part of MobiArts Tour

Roster launches Star Power tool to compare artists using public music data

Roster launches Star Power tool to compare artists using public music data

Egypt: TooFuse release debut album ‘Earth’ after Montpellier performance

Egypt: TooFuse release debut album ‘Earth’ after Montpellier performance

Sacem, Deezer launch professional music service for independent businesses

Sacem, Deezer launch professional music service for independent businesses

Benin: SIMA to hold third edition in November

Benin: SIMA to hold third edition in November

Uganda: Afrigo Band co-founder Moses Matovu dies aged 77

Uganda: Afrigo Band co-founder Moses Matovu dies aged 77

South Africa to launch Creative Biz Fund for creative enterprises

South Africa to launch Creative Biz Fund for creative enterprises

SA: Bassline co-owner Paige Jean Holmes dies

SA: Bassline co-owner Paige Jean Holmes dies

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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Aurus

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Aurus est un mystère, une hydre à plusieurs têtes, à plusieurs masques et au dense réseau racinaire. Qualifié d'ovni musical et visuel, Bastien Picot de son vrai nom, a décidé de ne pas choisir entre les effluves maloya de sa terre natale, la pop orchestrale, les acrobaties polyphoniques et les canevas synthétiques. Tout cohabite, se tresse et se tisse dans une sorte d'odyssée spirituelle.
Pour ce chanteur aux allures de shaman, performeur sur un fil, entre organique et électronique, la révolution personnelle se fait en créole et en anglais, perché sur son caillou volcanique posé en plein cœur de l'Océan Indien.

Aurus is a mystery, a Hydra with numerous heads, many masks and a dense root system. Described as a musical and visual UFO, Bastien Picot (real name) decided not to choose between the maloya rythms of his birthplace, orchestral pop, polyphonic acrobatics and synth patterns. Here everything is woven together to create a kind of spiritual odyssey. For this shaman-like singer - performing on the fine line between the organic and electronic - his personal revolution is in Creole and English, perched on his little volcanic rock in the very heart of the Indian Ocean.

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KALOUBADIA - AURUS (Official Music Video)

KALOUBADIA - AURUS (Official Music Video)

June 12, 2026
HEYOKA - AURUS (Official Music Video)

HEYOKA - AURUS (Official Music Video)

June 25, 2025
Filter Freak 🔥Realisation Aito et video Bruno Dennemont 🔥

Filter Freak 🔥Realisation Aito et video Bruno Dennemont 🔥

June 27, 2024
The Quarry #part2! Video par @brunodennemont / réalisation musicale Aito!

The Quarry #part2! Video par @brunodennemont / réalisation musicale Aito!

June 26, 2024
Mon nouvel EP réalisé par Aito sort aujourd’hui ! 🎥 Bruno Dennemont

Mon nouvel EP réalisé par Aito sort aujourd’hui ! 🎥 Bruno Dennemont

June 7, 2024
FILTER FREAK - AURUS (Official Music Video)

FILTER FREAK - AURUS (Official Music Video)

March 12, 2024
ZEN TAN - AURUS (Official Music Video)

ZEN TAN - AURUS (Official Music Video)

October 5, 2023
AURUS - STRANGE STONE LYRICS VIDEO

AURUS - STRANGE STONE LYRICS VIDEO

September 18, 2023
STILL ALIVE - AURUS (Official Music video)

STILL ALIVE - AURUS (Official Music video)

April 4, 2023
HORUS - Live session à la Bulle Verte (AURUS)

HORUS - Live session à la Bulle Verte (AURUS)

October 12, 2022
HORUS - AURUS (Official Music Video)

HORUS - AURUS (Official Music Video)

June 20, 2022
THE WELL - AURUS LIVE @ PALAXA

THE WELL - AURUS LIVE @ PALAXA

May 23, 2022
THE WELL - AURUS (Official Music Video)

THE WELL - AURUS (Official Music Video)

March 29, 2022
ELEVATION ELEVATOR - Impro with Nico Coyez

ELEVATION ELEVATOR - Impro with Nico Coyez

February 24, 2022
BENOIT

BENOIT

October 1, 2021

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