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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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

In operation since:

2008

Contact person:

Achille Ouattara

BIO

ACHILLE OUATTARA - PARCOURS D’ARTISTE

1986
Achille né en Côte d’Ivoire de parents burkinabè. Il a 5 ans lorsque ces derniers décident de retrouver leur terre d’origine et la ville de Bobo-Dioulasso, capitale des arts et de culture.
Son enfance il la passe auprès de ses parents musiciens de gospel et de jazz qui chantent et jouent dans différentes églises. Achille étoffe sa voix au gré des cérémonies religieuses et y aiguise son sens harmonique et rythmique. Une guitare classique entre les mains, il finit rapidement par n’utiliser que des cordes basses et il se passionne pour la musique de G Benson.

1999
Agé de 13 ans, Achille vit ses premières heures de scène, basse en main, au sein du groupe de son père. Ovationné pour sa prestation, ses parents se rendent compte du talent de leur fils et l’encouragent dans son choix d’entreprendre une carrière musicale.

2002
Achille reçoit de son père sa première basse et accède à Internet, source d’apprentissage musical à laquelle il s’abreuve sans limite. Il découvre de nouvelles inspirations et autres genres musicaux. Il joue alors, seul, 5 à 6 heures quotidiennes de basse. Son grand-frère Herman l’initie au jazz.

2005
Avec son frère, ils développent leur goût pour l’afro-jazz et une véritable technique musicale qui marquent le paysage musical bobolais et qui leur permet de prester dans les concerts les plus marquants de la ville de Sya (Bobo-Dioulasso). Inspiré par la riche musique traditionnelle burkinabè, Achille Ouattara s’essaye à refaire les accords d’un n’goni ou d’un rudga sur sa basse et adapte les rythmes jazz.

2008-2009
Premier séjour à la capitale, premières désillusions, premières frustrations. Après 3 mois à Ouagadougou à suivre les artistes au Reemdoogo sans réussir à les approcher, le jeune bassiste rentre à Bobo-Dioulasso. Il se remet à travailler avec encore plus d’acharnement. Un an plus tard, aguerri, il retourne à Ouagadougou. Invité à monter sur scène pour jamer, il est repéré par celui qu’il rêvait de rencontrer : Ablo Zon qui devient son mentor.

2009-2013
Suivi par Ablo Zon et Sylvain Dando Paré (batteurs et bassistes émérites burkinabè), il s’inscrit peu à peu dans le milieu musical ouagalais et fait des rencontres décisives et influentes pour sa musique et sa carrière : Awa Melone, Hassan Dembele.
2013 marque le début des grandes tournées internationales : Afrikän Protokol (Belgique/Burkina), Erwann Bouvier (France/Burkina), Alif Naba (Burkina), Tcheik Tidjiane Seck
(Mali). Afro-jazz et fusion mandingue rythment sa vie de musicien. Cette même année, il ouvre avec son frère Hermann, qui s’intéresse alors principalement au travail du studio, une école de musique à Bobo Dioulasso : Joy Ministry.

2015
De 2015 à aujourd’hui, Achille évolue entre l’Afrique et l’Europe. Bassiste d’Afrikän Protokol, le groupe part annuellement en tournée et sort cette année son second album. Achille Ouattara est aussi directeur artistique de certains projets de la compagnie suisse Zappar sous la direction de Yannick Cochand. Ce parcours riche d’expériences humaines et artistiques l’amène aujourd’hui à la réalisation de son premier album solo : Douhaou.

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