The President of the Republic of Senegal, Macky Sall, has promised to support the hosting of the eight edition of the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) which has been scheduled to hold in the country.

The event, tagged ‘Teranga Edition’, has been scheduled to hold in Dakar, Senegal between January 12 and 15, 2023.

Speaking while receiving the AFRIMA President, Mike Dada, at his residence in Dakar over the weekend, President Sall assured him of the government’s support towards a successful hosting of AFRIMA in Senegal.

Sall, who is also the 2022 Chairperson of the African Union (AU), said: “The present and future of Africa, particularly Senegal in this case, is very important to our government and the youths represent that future.

“AFRIMA speaks to the empowerment and engagement of young people in the creative economy as well as the celebration of our continent and global promotion of our cities for tourism benefits, hence the support and partnership from the Republic of Senegal.

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“I am very happy and honoured to host the Teranga edition of the biggest music award in Africa, AFRIMA right here in Senegal, the people of Senegal are excited about this historical feat, given that this is the first time the awards will be held in a Francophone country.”

On his part, the AFRIMA President thanked Sall, the government, and the people of Senegal for undertaking to partner with and host the eight edition of AFRIMA for the benefit of the music industry in Africa in general and the creative economy in Senegal.

Dada promised, on behalf of the International Committee of AFRIMA, to ensure that the Teranga edition will go down in history as AFRIMA’s best and biggest edition so far.

According to AFRIMA, the event is scheduled to commence on Thursday, January 12, 2023, with a host country tour, courtesy visit to the President of the host country, school visit and gift presentation (as part of AFRIMA’s Corporate Social Responsibility), while welcome Soiree will be held on the same day at Hotel Terroui -Bi, Dakar.

The four-day event continues on Friday, January 13 with the Africa Music Business Summit at Centre International de Conference Abdou Diouf (CICAD) and the AFRIMA Urban Music Fest at Grand Theatre; while the main rehearsals, media engagements and nominees’ exclusive party will be held on Saturday, January 14.

The event will climax on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at the Dakar Arena with awards ceremony broadcast by 104 TV to over 84 countries around the world.

The Star