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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Sénégal : 10 beatmakers à découvrir

Home/Non classé/Sénégal : 10 beatmakers à découvrir

Diss

Lauréat de la WOMEX Academy 2018, Diss est le fondateur du label 2 Be Muzik. Il a posé son empreinte sur le single « Vapor Max » du jeune rappeur Maybe. Il est aussi l’initiateur de Listen2Beats, un événement unique qui propose des showcases de beatmakers à Dakar, la capitale sénégalaise.

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Bril

Dans la catégorie beatmaker/chanteur, Bril est incontournable. Le patron du studio Class’Chic Music est à la fois compositeur, arrangeur et interprète de ses tubes comme « Sama life » ou encore « Wetal ngama ».

Dans son tout dernier album, Suba, il offre le meilleur de son art.

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BBeut 

« Derrière un grand homme se cache une grande femme » dit-on souvent ; mais le contraire se vérifie bien dans le couple BBeut – OMG. En effet, les titres à succès de la jeune rappeuse sont pour la plupart produits par son conjoint BBeut, qui est un beatmaker de talent.

Boss du label DD Records, il a été le parrain de la Rap Class Competition 2019, un concours national de musique hip hop.

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No Face Undercova

À l’instar de BBeut, No Face travaille lui aussi avec sa conjointe Mia Guissé ; les deux forment d’ailleurs le couple musicien le plus en vue du moment au pays de la Teranga, les Maabo.

Polyvalent, il a collaboré avec de grands noms de la musique sénégalaise comme Coumba Gawlo Seck, Ismaël Lô, Baaba Maal, Adiouza et Jimmy Mbaye. Surfant entre hip hop et mbalakh, No Face est un des tenants du style dansant appelé jolofbeats.

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Karabalik

Vous avez sûrement mimé « Crazy love » de Akhlou Brick Paradise ou dansé sur « LNN » de Dip Doundou Guiss ; saviez vous seulement que Karabalik est l’artiste qui a produit l’instrumental de ces morceaux ?

Ce créateur hors-pair, nommé Cheikh Ahmadou Kara Diouf à l’état civil, est un pensionnaire du label Rep’Tyle Music.

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Iss 814

Meilleur beatmaker, lyriciste et artiste masculin à l’occasion des Galsen Hip Hop Awards (GHHA) en 2018, Iss 814 est un compositeur d’exception.

Il a sorti il y a un mois, le single « Tristesse », où il fait une belle démonstration de sa maîtrise du clavier.

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Omzo Beatz

Il passe la grande partie de son temps sur les claviers maîtres et les boîtes à rythmes, Omzo Beatz est vraiment passionné par son métier, le beatmaking.

Il a collaboré avec une belle brochettes d’artistes interprètes locaux comme One Lyrical, Yanko, Hakill, Thieuk ou encore Key M Ti. Illustration de son talent sur le titre « Oumyna » de Hakill.

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Passa Boss Playa Beatz

Également appelé Passa Beatz, ce beatmaker est un des plus doués au Sénégal. Initié à la composition instrumentale par Babacar Yade aka Weezyade, il produit ses premiers beats sur un ordinateur Acer Aspire, avant d’être signé sous le label African Victory où il travaille notamment sur des titres de Nix.

Passa Boss Playa a également marqué de son empreinte, le single « Dieuléti » d’Omzo dollar.

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Primus Beats

Primus Beats évolue dans le beatmaking depuis 2012. Après des études en Tunisie, ce spécialiste du son a décidé de rentrer se faire une place sur la scène pop de son pays le Séngal. 

Il a notamment travaillé avec les artistes Alien Zik (Sénégal), Techn9ne (États-Unis) et Blayze Ent (Afrique du Sud).

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Toxik Beatz

Toxik Beatz qui s’est lancé dans les métiers du son en 2009, a glané une certaine expérience dans le beatmaking.

Ingénieur chevronné, il a travaillé avec Maybe, Rex T, DaBlessed ou encore le jeune Taiji Scin, grand vainqueur du Flow Up 2017, un tremplin hip hop du Sénégal.

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