The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has commended the African Union, AU, for the launch of a single, common electronic passport (e-Passport) for all Africans at the just concluded 27th AU Summit, in Kigali, Rwanda. It also applauded the ultimate goal of the single passport which is set to realize the…
In an emotion laden appeal, the meeting of experts and Ministers of Youths, Culture and Sports in Africa at the African Union 2nd Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports (STC-YCS2) which held at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from June 13 to 17, 2016 called on…
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, have paid tribute to Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa a.k.a OJB Jezreel. In a statement issued by the body, AFRIMA said it deeply mourns “the departure of an icon who played a very significant part in the evolution of…
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AU, mourns the death of Papa Wemba, real name Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba. The iconic musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, during the FEMUA urban music festival on Sunday April 24,…
As part of the activities to the build-up for the 2016 edition of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, African Union Commission, AUC, and The International Committee of AFRIMA paid a courtesy visit to the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, on Friday March 26, 2016 at his residence in…