The All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) will unveil the 2015 calendar for the AFRIMA awards project at a cultural and media conference scheduled to hold on April 29 at the AUC Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The organisers have said that this is in addition to the International Committee of AFRIMA conference and meeting scheduled to hold a day before in the same city.
According to a statement from the organisers, the conference will feature a roundtable session with the theme: ‘Using Music, Culture and Entertainment as tools for a new Africa’.
Other events will witness a convergence of participants including: Commissioner for Social Affairs, Africa Union Commission, Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko; Director Culture department, Africa Union Commission, Mike Dada; President and Executive Producer, AFRIMA; 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 on December 27, 2014. The conference at Addis Ababa will reveal the dates for 2015 AFRIMA as well as dates for submission of works for adjudication.