AFRIMA unveils Ahmed Sylla, Sophy Aiida, Pearl Thusi as hosts for eighth version in Senegal

Becoming a member of Sylla on the massive stage is Aiida who’s a tv character, actress and presenter for over a decade. Her brilliance behind the microphones have taken her to nice phases together with the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa, the 2012 Nigeria Leisure Awards, and others. Aiida, who additionally hosted the All Africa Music Awards,AFRIMA in 2017, has distinguished herself throughout the broadcasting and movie trade throughout Africa. Her exploits internet hosting a chat present dubbed, Life Speak, on the Canal+ channel, in addition to the Cameroon High Mannequin actuality present on Canal 2, have demonstrated her prowess as a golden voice chaperoning black leisure programmes.

Climaxing the trio is the South African display screen goddess Pearl Thusi of Netflix’s Queen Sono fame, who brings to reveal her expertise internet hosting a number of MTV exhibits together with Lip Sync Battle Africa, Behind The Story, amongst others.

Commenting on the event, AFRIMA’s Regional Supervisor for Northern Africa, Janatte Haddadi, famous that the trio had been “a mix of wits, charisma and humor” to assist enhance the expertise of the awards ceremony.

She stated, “These are incredible selections! They’ve a maturity that’s wanted for a world occasion like this, they usually even have the humor, wits, and charisma wanted to cater to all age brackets. The Teranga Version is particular, and it’s why we’ve determined to specifically curate the comperes to maintain the magic alive on the present.”

As the entire world gears in direction of the eighth version of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, which will probably be held from January 12 to fifteen, 2023, African music lovers are inspired to maintain voting intensively for his or her desired winners, utilizing the voting portal stay at AFRIMA website and participate within the occasions on social media platforms (IG/TikTok – @afrima.official ; Fb – Afrimawards; Twitter – @afrimaofficial; LinkedIn – AFRIMA). The voting course of that determines winners at AFRIMA is audited by a globally famend auditing agency, Pricewaterhousecoopers (PWC).

As introduced on the convention, the delegates are anticipated to reach on January 11,2023. The AFRIMA ceremony is scheduled to kick-start totally on Thursday January 12, 2023, with a Host Nation Tour, College go to and reward presentation (as a part of AFRIMA’s Company Social Accountability), in addition to a Welcome Soiree within the night, in Dakar.

The 4-day occasion continues on Friday January 13, 2023, with the Africa Music Enterprise Summit (AMBS) on the Grand Theatre, in Dakar. The AMBS is Africa’s largest gathering of inventive professionals within the music trade and it options workshops and panel discussions on points and alternatives throughout the African music trade.

The eighth AFRIMA will proceed with excessive momentum on the AFRIMA Music Village on the Grand Theatre, which will probably be a free-to-enter live performance that includes stay performances from the largest music stars throughout the continent.

On the eve of the awards ceremony, on Saturday January 14, 2023, the occasions will start with Principal rehearsals, Media engagements and a Courtesy Go to to the President of Senegal. There may also be a stay recording sales space on the venue for musicians throughout all 5 areas of the continent, and within the diaspora, to probe for collaborative recordings. The day’s actions will climax with a Nominees unique get together.

Lastly, the eighth AFRIMA will wrap up on Sunday January 15, 2023, on the 15-000 capability Dakar Area, in Dakar, with the stay Awards ceremony broadcast by 104 TV Stations to over 84 international locations all over the world.

In partnership with the African Union Fee, AFRIMA is the head of African music globally.

Chinonso Ihekire

Communications Supervisor