AFRIMA, AU Set To Unveil 2015 Calendar

AFRIMA, AU Set To Unveil 2015 Calender

On April 29, 2015 the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, and the African Union Commission, AUC, will unveil the 2015 calendar for the continental awards project at a cultural and media conference scheduled to hold at the African Union Commission Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This is in addition to the International Committee conference and meeting scheduled to hold on the 28 April, 2015. The cultural and media conference featuring a roundtable session with the theme: “Using Music, Culture and Entertainment as tools for a new Africa”, among other events, will witness a convergence of participants including: H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, Commissioner for Social Affairs, Africa Union Commission; Director Culture department, Africa Union Commission, Mr. Mike Dada, AFRIMA President and Executive Producer; members of the International Committee of AFRIMA; Africa Union Commission executives, 2014 AFRIMA award winners, music experts, award winning recording artistes and media professionals, discussing how to engage the shared African values and the spirit of Pan-Africanism for greater collaborations in music, entertainment and culture for sustainable development.

In addition, there will be the joint media conference to unveil the 2015 AFRIMA calendar and to recap the highlights of the 2014 AFRIMA programme of activities that climaxed with the main awards ceremony hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on December 27, 2014. The conference at Addis Ababa will reveal the dates for AFRIMA this year and entry submission.

 Elaborating on launch of the AFRIMA 2015 calendar in Addis Ababa, Mike Dada said: “The joint cultural and media conference organised by the African Union Commission and AFRIMA in Addis Ababa is aimed at taking African entertainment and positioning/ strategy to the next level and to also consolidate on the existing relationship between us. It is a privilege having the AUC believe in our dream for Africa and African music. The conference in Ethiopia will afford us the opportunity to officially present the winners of the 2014 edition of the awards to the Commission.

 According to the organisers of the pan-African music awards that celebrates Africans and African music culture, the conference in Addis Ababa will come to a close in the evening of April 29 with the Soiree/Cocktail event for social networking expected to hold in one of the prestigious night clubs in Addis Ababa.