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Goethe-Institut Kenya brings Ghanaian and Kenyan artists together for MobiArts concert

Goethe-Institut Kenya brings Ghanaian and Kenyan artists together for MobiArts concert

SA: 2026 Music Exchange to focus on rights, AI and the entertainment economy

SA: 2026 Music Exchange to focus on rights, AI and the entertainment economy

Ghana: Mr Eazi teams up with MOLIY on new single ‘Comfort’

Ghana: Mr Eazi teams up with MOLIY on new single ‘Comfort’

NAAK and Vumaala to take SA electronic sounds to Amsterdam

NAAK and Vumaala to take SA electronic sounds to Amsterdam

South African music veteran Babsy Mlangeni dies aged 83

South African music veteran Babsy Mlangeni dies aged 83

SA: Moonchild Sanelly to release Afro-house project ‘The Blueprint’

SA: Moonchild Sanelly to release Afro-house project ‘The Blueprint’

SA: Sasa MSK teams up with S’Villa, Epic Minds on new single ‘Sabela’

SA: Sasa MSK teams up with S’Villa, Epic Minds on new single ‘Sabela’

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

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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Masa, le rendez-vous de la culture africaine à ne pas manquer !

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Selon le directeur général du MASA, le Professeur Yacouba Konaté, cette année, 300 diffuseurs sont attendus. Cette édition verra la participation de grands artistes comme Manu Dibango (Cameroun) et Bassekou Kouyaté (Mali) qui ont animé le 23 janvier dernier au Palais de Culture d’Abidja la cérémonie de lancement des activités du MASA en compagnie de l’artiste ivoirien Josey (Côte d’Ivoire).

Pour cette 9 édition du MASA, les musiciens sélectionnés viennent de tous les coins du continent, y participent : Marema (Sénégal), Djmawi Africa (Algérie), Bantu (Nigeria), Eddy Kenzo (Ouganda), Ray Lema en invité spécial (RDC), Gaël Manangou (Congo-Brazzaville), Msafiri Zawose (Tanzanie), Kunde Blues (Burkina Faso), Jenifer Solidade (Cap-Vert), Kyekyeku (Ghana), Groove africaine (Guinée), Balla Moussa (Guinée), Naba TT (Mali ), Amanar (Mali), Laetitia Zeenzone (République centrafricaine), Nteko (Congo-Brazzaville), Nélida Karr (Guinée équatoriale), Mwandoe (Tchad), MadoJazz (Afrique du Sud), Mingas (Mozambique), African United (Maroc) et Zeynab (Bénin). Manu Dibango (Cameroun), Bassekou Kouyaté (Mali) et Josey (Côte-d’Ivoire)

Le Cameroun sera particulièrement bien représenté au MASA cette année. En effet, outre Manu Dibango, Macase, Krotal et Danielle Eog Makedah (qui se sont produit hier 01 mars à Yaoundé lors d’un événement co-organisé par Music In Africa, en prélude de leur prochain voyage en Allemagne en Avril) sont également attendus au MASA, ainsi que Sultan Hoshiminh, Sanzy Viany, Collectif HHD et Charlotte Dipanda.

Les artistes de la Diapora sont eux aussi bien représentés avec G’ny (Guadeloupe), Thaïs Diarra (Suisse-Sénégal), Senaya (Canada), Ballou Canta (France), Awa Sangho (USA) et Capitaine Alexandre (France), ainsi que Saulo Fernandes et Ilê Aiyê de Salvador de Bahia au Brésil.

Les artistes ivoiriens au programme sont : Les Garagistes, Coro Ouatt, Spyrow, Ba Banga Nyeck et Room Services. La plupart des showcases auront lieu au Palais de la Culture du 7 au 9 Mars entre 15 heures et 18 heures.

Au-delà de la musique et des autres activités, le MASA présentera aussi des tables rondes très importantes. ACPCultures+ organise une conférence sur le thème : « La coopération régionale, un levier de développement pour les arts de la scène. Quels sont les partenariats financiers et techniques à développer pour une meilleure coopération régionale ? »

Plusieurs invités de marque feront un tour d’horizon sur les bonnes pratiques en termes de coopération régionale, financement et promotion. Parmi eux on peut citer, Rokhaya Daba Sarr de Tringa Musiques, Sénégal, qui focalisera son intervention sur l’internationalisation réussie du Festival Africa Fête, notamment grâce à des partenariats gagnants et une politique de communication efficace. Quant à Maud de la Chapelle de l’association Africultures, elle présentera « Sudplanète », un ensemble de 22 sites locaux dédiés à la culture mis en place par 21 opérateurs du secteur culturel (10 pays d’Afrique, 7 pays des Caraïbes, et 4 pays du Pacifique), tous reliés à une interface commune internationale.

Léonard-Emile Ognimba, Secrétaire général adjoint de ACPCultures + a déclaré à ce propos : « le MASA est une plate-forme unique pour présenter les résultats, l’impact et les meilleures pratiques des ACPCultures + programme, nous sommes particulièrement heureux de cette coopération qui permet à notre organisation de développer des liens plus étroits avec les professionnels de la culture. »

Le MASA a été officiellement créé lors de la deuxième Conférence des Ministres de la Culture et de la Francophonie qui s’est tenue à Liège (Belgique) en 1990. La première édition a été organisée à Abidjan en 1993 par l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et le Ministère ivoirien de la Culture, MASA est la plate-forme culturelle pour la promotion des Arts africains, ses objectifs sont entre autres, de soutenir la créativité et productions d’excellence et de faciliter la circulation des artistes et de leurs œuvres en Afrique et dans le monde entier, tout en fournissant en même temps le renforcement des capacités pour les artistes et professionnels clés dans le domaine de la production.

Pour plus d’informations, visitez le site web du MASA.

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