AFRIMA on point

Africa is blessed with many natural resources which are exported to other continents where they are polished and imported to Africa at high price. This also applies to our continent’s human resources that oftentimes do not return to Africa. This is why the All Africa Music Awards, a combined effort by music professionals across the continent to recognize, promote and preserve Africa’s rich music culture and talents, is not limited to the glamorous award ceremony taking place on November 9, 2014. It will also be preceded by the following events: AFRIMA Village - a four-day music festival and cultural extravaganza featuring cultural exhibitions and music concert -November 4 & 7. Africa Music Summit; themed “Reviving the Business of Music in Africa” - November 6 & 7. The two-day conference for the music industry stakeholders to engage and deliberate on how the industry can be nurtured and be a major contributor to national and continental economies. We are looking forward to seeing you at these events. AFRIMA… For Hope. For celebration. AFRIMA Executives at Primetime Show. L-R: Mike Strano; Dayo ‘D1’ Adeneye; AFRIMA Project Officer, Vanessa Obioha and Steve Ayorinde after the interview. On Friday, August 8, 2014, two of the AFRIMA International Committee Members, Co-Producer/Regional Director, East Africa, Mike Strano and Chairman, International Media Committee, Steve Ayorinde were hosted on a popular live programme “Prime Time Show” with Dayo Adeneye at Raypower, 100.5FM Network. While on the show, Steve Ayorinde spoke on the just-concluded week-long adjudication process which commenced on July 31. The media conference to unveil the jury members took place on August 5, 2014. AFRIMA jury members representing the five regions of Africa dug into the 2025 entries submitted; screening the works all day and into the night. Mike Strano and Steve Ayorinde provided answers to loads of questions about the AFRIMA main ceremony, Africa Music Submit and lots more asked during the live show via phone calls and the Prime Time twitter handle. The International Committee Members concluded by asking fans to watch out for the nomination lists.