Category: Events
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The TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa Returns: Here Are The 2025 Nominees
The 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa are back to honour the creators, artists, and trendsetters who’ve defined our feeds in 2025. Taking place on 6 December 2025, in Johannesburg, the unforgettable night will be filled with entertainment, creativity and inspiration with creators from across Sub-Saharan Africa. This year will be remembered as one where African…
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Entertainment Week Africa (EWA) presents the 2025 Deal Room: Accelerating Capital Access and Creative Innovation Across Tech.
EWA is Africa’s leading multi-sector creative summit, convening over 53,000 attendees and 240+ speakers across industries. Its Deal Room is a three-day accelerator followed by a final Demo Day, where founders and creatives sharpen their business models, refine investor-ready pitches, and connect directly with the investors and institutions shaping the future of Africa’s $20 billion…
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Shakara Festival Set to Redefine ‘Detty December’ with Groundbreaking Four-Day Music and Culture Experience in Lagos
LAGOS, NIGERIA – [4th November 2025] – Lagos is set to host its first-of-a-kind outdoor multi-day music festival, Shakara Festival, from Thursday, December 18th to Sunday, December 21st, 2025. The groundbreaking event will take place at Nautica Beach Resort, Lekki, Lagos, offering a four-day immersive celebration of music, culture, and lifestyle designed to take African music to the world. Shakara…
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Vuga Music Partners with Indvstry Exchange to Champion African Creativity on the Global Stage
Vuga Music Inc., a leading global music publishing company dedicated to empowering African artists and independent record labels, proudly announces its collaboration with Indvstry Clvb on the groundbreaking Indvstry Exchange — a cross-continental creative program connecting Africa’s leading and emerging voices in music, fashion, art, and digital storytelling. The initiative, themed “Building Beyond Borders,” seeks…
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Goodbye 2 Activ. Summr: The Night Activ.Yard and Ballantine’s Let Lagos Stay True to the Sound
In Lagos, music doesn’t just fill the air, it defines it. It’s how people speak, how they move, and how they mark moments. And as summer came to its golden close, that rhythm found its loudest echo at Goodbye 2 Activ. Summer, a one-day gig at Encourage Park, Ikoyi, that turned into a living soundtrack…
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Martell spotlights the women shaping culture at Afrobeats Live event
Paris, France – October 4, 2025: Building on the success of its launch earlier this year, Martell’s Afrobeats Live returned to Paris for its second edition with a bold celebration of the women defining the genre’s sound, style, and future. Launched in June 2025, Afrobeats Live is Martell’s global cultural platform dedicated to bringing together…
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Severe Nature and Spotify Ignite Lagos Fashion Scene with ‘Afrobeats Culture in Motion’
Creative powerhouse Severe Nature, in a landmark partnership with global audio streaming giant Spotify, last night redefined the relationship between music and fashion with Afrobeats Culture in Motion. Launched at Spotify’s Greasy Tunes Cafe in Lagos, the immersive showcase translated the genre’s global pulse into a new visual language, presenting four of Nigeria’s most innovative designers, Móye…
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Fela Kuti: Afrobeat Rebellion Exhibition Comes Home To Lagos
From 12 October – 28 December 2025, Lagos will host the Fela Anikulapo Kuti: Afrobeat Rebellion immersive exhibition for the very first time in Africa. A Whitespace Creative Arts (AWCA) Foundation, with the immense support of the French Embassy in Nigeria and the Kuti family, will reimagine and present the landmark exhibition at the EcoBank…
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Nigeria’s Next Wave of Creative Entrepreneurs Embraces AI to Build Digital Careers
Nigeria’s emerging creative entrepreneurs are strategically leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to establish careers in the digital economy. Rising searches for “how to start creating content” and a +160% spike in interest for “how to learn AI” signal a new era of digitally-savvy entrepreneurship, a trend explored when Google and HandleItAfrica recently brought together leading creators.…
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WeTalkSound Becomes a Curator on Apple Music, Amplifying African Music to a Worldwide Audience
LAGOS, NIGERIA – August 22, 2025 West Africa’s leading cultural collective WeTalkSound (WTS) is proud to announce its official entry into Apple Music’s Curators’ Program. As part of this program, WTS will curate a series of editorial playlists focused on the diverse evolving soundscape of Africa, with an emphasis on Afrobeats and other African genres.…