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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Lady Ponce se produira à l’Olympia en 2020

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Lady Ponce avait quelque peu disparue de la scène, son prochain spectacle signera donc son grand retour. « Mon équipe et moi travaillons dur pour vous produire un spectacle exceptionnel. Ensemble nous allons écrire un nouveau chapitre de la musique camerounaise », indique la diva camerounaise sur les réseaux sociaux.

Désormais installée en France, Lady Ponce était depuis plusieurs mois, moins visible sur la scène camerounaise, dominée des étoiles montantes comme Daphné, Locko, et Tenor. Mais, la reine du bikutsi est toujours active et n’a pour l’heure l’intention d’arrêter sa carrière.

Pour preuve, elle avait dévoilé en avril dernier, le clip  « C’est décidé », un extrait de son dernier album Patrimoine publié il y a deux ans. En janvier, elle lançait un nouveau single « Fidélité Kmer » (le titre serait consacré à son mariage). Lady Ponce pourrait sortir d’autres morceaux avant son show à l’Olympia, le 12 avril.

Initiée à la musique par sa mère, Lady Ponce fait ses débuts dans une chorale catholique à Yaoundé puis intègre plus tard un groupe d’artistes congolais, avec qui elle donne des concerts dans les cabarets de la capitale camerounaise.

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Après un passage dans le groupe Akoak », elle décide de poursuivre une carrière solo. En 2004, elle connait son premier succès avec le titre « Le ventre et le bas-ventre », le public découvre alors son style musical, un mélange de nombreuses sonorités dont le bikutsi, le makossa, le ndombolo et la salsa.

Le morceau « Le ventre et le bas-ventre » est la chanson de son premier album Ventre lancé en 2006. En 2008, elle reçoit une double récompense aux Canal 2’or, la plus importante récompense musicale au Cameroun, dans les catégories « Meilleure artiste féminine » et « Chanson de l’année » pour le titre « Trahison », un extrait de l’opus Confession.

En 2012, elle est nominée aux Kora Awards avec sa compatriote Charlotte Dipanda, dans la catégorie « Meilleure artiste féminine d’Afrique centrale ».Le prix a été finalement remis à la chanteuse tchadienne Mounira Mitchala.

Cette même année, Lady Ponce cartonne avec son tube « Secouer secouer », un extrait de son quatrième album « La loi du talion ». En 2013, elle publie « Devine » son duo avec la star de la rumba congolaise Koffi Olomidé.

En 2015, elle revient sur scène avec un opus de 18 titres intitulé Bain de sons. « Poison fumé » est l’un des titres phares de cette œuvre. Elle fait un featuring avec le trio X-Maleya sur le morceau « Koum Koum ».

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