Entertainment

Lagos is set to welcome top music business leaders, celebrities, business executives, and creative industry professionals from around the world as All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA (https://AFRIMA.org/), partners with bridgeAfric, and UNESCO to host the Showbiz101 Global Workshop and Music Creation Camp. The event, scheduled to take place from March 26th to 29th, 2025 aims to train young creatives, foster international collaborations, and further enhance the capabilities of creators and […]

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day this month, the film and television industry is revealing itself as a powerful arena of gender transformation, and a highly effected vehicle for empowering women. This especially the case in Africa, where women occupy several leadership roles in the industry.    These roles are pivotal, as they set the tone for the sector at large, influencing the content being created, as well as […]

In a move to safeguard Ethiopia's cultural heritage and bolster its creative economy, the Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Sport (MOCS), the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA), and MultiChoice Africa Holdings B.V. (MAH) (www.MultiChoice.com) today announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement aims to collaboratively combat piracy and enhance the protection of intellectual property rights in Ethiopia.  The MOCS is dedicated to promoting and preserving […]

Cultural Creators from three of South Africa’s neighbouring countries feature in KFC (https://Global.KFC.com) Streetwise’s new Original Feeds Original campaign, which celebrates the inspiration that feeds creativity. Windhoek fashion designer Ruberto Scholtz, Harare visual director Rowan Sakarombe and the Botswana Metalheads feature in the campaign’s epic TV commercial (https://apo-opa.co/41przaO), which stars Khuli Chana, Blxckie and 25K. The commercial’s soundtrack https://apo-opa.co/4ks07ll is a new song, the Originals Anthem, written and recorded by the rappers. “Just as […]

Cultural Creators from three of South Africa’s neighbouring countries feature in KFC Streetwise’s (https://Global.KFC.com/) new Original Feeds Original campaign, which celebrates the inspiration that feeds creativity. Windhoek fashion designer Ruberto Scholtz, Harare visual director Rowan Sakarombe and the Botswana Metalheads feature in the campaign’s epic TV commercial (https://apo-opa.co/43najWe), which stars Khuli Chana, Blxckie and 25K. The commercial’s soundtrack (https://apo-opa.co/4irtnad) is a new song, the Originals Anthem, written and recorded by […]

As governments across the MEA region are investing heavily to develop world-class tourism and entertainment infrastructure as part of their economic diversification strategies, the leisure and entertainment industry is experiencing a period of boom in the post-pandemic era. Driving growth for the industry are family entertainment centres (FECs) and theme parks, which are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 10% in the coming years, indicates […]

As governments across the MEA region are investing heavily to develop world-class tourism and entertainment infrastructure as part of their economic diversification strategies, the leisure and entertainment industry is experiencing a period of boom in the post-pandemic era. Driving growth for the industry are family entertainment centres (FECs) and theme parks, which are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 10% in the coming years, indicates […]

On Wednesday 29th January 2025, the African Union (AU) (www.AU.int) and the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) formalized its long-standing partnership in promoting Africa's creative and cultural industries, particularly in the field of music. This MoU aims to strengthen the already existing partnership since 2014 when AFRIMA launched its first Award ceremony that honours exceptional African musical talents and the promotion of African music at the international stages. Over the years […]

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the European Union and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), announces the launch of Salla Salla, a family-focused series that premiered on January 20 on the Tunisian National TV Channel Al Watania 1 and 2. This unique initiative exemplifies WFP’s commitment to strengthening national capacity and empowering communities through innovative approaches like Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC). Developed […]