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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ASSALAMALEKOUM Festival

ASSALAMALEKOUM Festival

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Nouakchott, Mauritania

In operation since:

2008

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ASSALAMALEKOUM Festival

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Notre entreprise culturelle nommée ZAZA Productions, dirigée par l’artiste Monza, organise depuis 2008 le festival Assalamalekoum, qui a rassemblé entre 15 000 et 40 000 personnes selon les éditions en partenariat avec l’Institut français de Mauritanie. Depuis 2010, nous nous sommes implantés à Nouakchott dans un espace qui comprend un bureau administratif, une salle polyvalente, un studio d’enregistrement, un bureau de montage vidéo, un hall d’exposition, et une terrasse de détente qui accueille régulièrement des temps de rencontres. Dans un pays ou l’industrie culturelle est en voie de développement, nous mettons tout notre savoir-faire au service du secteur culturel et artistique par la conception de projets pédagogiques et structurants variés, favorisant le « rassemblement des compétences et la transmission du savoir ».

En 2015, nous créons l’association Assalamalekoum Cultures qui porte la politique culturelle de notre organisation et les différents projets culturels visant à stimuler la création et l’innovation artistique chez les jeunes générations mauritaniennes, dont le principal rendez-vous est le Festival International Assalamalekoum.

ZAZA Productions, label de gestion de carrières d’artistes, de productions musicales et d’ingénierie du spectacle, reste responsable de la régie technique du festival, pendant que l’association porte tous les autres aspects organisationnels, accompagnée de nombreux partenaires tels que Africulturban (Festa 2H, Sénégal), Esprit d’ébène (France), Centre Barbara FGO, Ou Bien, Arcadie et bien d’autres. Structures sans oublier les institutions tel que l’Institut français (en Mauritanie et en France), le ministère de la culture et de l’Artisanat, la Communauté Urbaine de Nouakchott, L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, le Service de coopération et d’Actions Culturelles (ambassade de France en Mauritanie) ou encore Artérial Network que nous représentons en Mauritanie depuis juillet 2016. Accueillie dans les murs de ZAZA Productions, nous expérimentons depuis trois (3) ans, un espace pilote de la Maison des Cultures Urbaines en favorisant une politique de porte ouverte où la jeunesse de toutes les communautés peut s’expérimenter à la création artistique et aux propositions de projets culturels.

Assalamalekoum Festival International est une initiative mauritanienne culturelle de démocratie des pratiques artistiques et reste aujourd’hui « la » plus grande plateforme de diffusion du mauritanienne. La constitution d’un véritable réseau professionnel permet de multiples échanges et la valorisation d’acquis par la coopération à travers un transfert de compétences dans l’ingénierie du spectacle. Assalamalekoum, dont la ligne artistique hip-hop, est à l’heure actuelle l’une des manifestations les plus importantes de Mauritanie.

Assalamalekoum Festival International a pour objectif de faciliter les échanges interculturels et la circulation des artistes africains en contribuant à la valorisation du savoir-faire en matière de promotion et de production de spectacles. Le projet Assalamalekoum a pour but de favoriser la rencontre d’artistes de divers horizons (surtout ceux résidant sur le continent africain), la formation et la collaboration des acteurs culturels de la Sous Région par le biais de résidence entre artistes de différents pays, des ateliers et de rencontres professionnelles pour valoriser la création et la professionnalisation des acteurs du milieu culturel et artistique.

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