Nigeria has won the rights to host the Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA). This decision was made by the International Committee of AFRIMA in a meeting in Lagos recently.
Nigeria will also host the event for the next three years, while countries bidding to host after Nigeria will be announced in 2015.
Matlou Tsotetsi, Brand Communication and Sponsorship Director, AFRIMA, told journalists at a press conference that “Nigeria was selected to host the pan- African music award, beating four other countries – Gabon, South Africa, Namibia and Kenya – because of the booming business of music in the country and its growing entertainment and event – hosting infrastructure.
“We took a lot of factors into consideration before Nigeria was eventually considered and nominated just like we did last year in Namibia before we arrived at the last five countries,” Tsotetsi said.
The award ceremony will begin with a two-day Pan African Music Summit on Saturday, October 25, 2014 and will be broadcast live to 84 countries on 109 television stations around the world in English and French languages.
