December 9, 2015 – One of the nominees for the KORA All Africa Music Award will take home a total sum of $ 1 million in addition to the KORA plaque.
“It is also noteworthy that winners from every category would not only be going home with the coveted KORA plaques but cash prizes ranging from twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to a million dollars ($1,000,000)”, the organisers have said.
A total of 26 categories were announced for the 2016 edition which is taking place March 20 at the Windhoek Country Club, Namibia. The event will be televised live on Soundcity TV Africa.
A number of Nigerian artistes have already been nominated for the awards. They include Reekado Banks nominated for Most Promising Male Artist of Africa; Yemi Alade for Most Promising Female Artist of Africa and P-Square for Legendary Award.
Tiwa Savage, Flavour N’abania and Korede Bello have been nominated for Best Video; Lara George for Best Female – Spiritual Music; Flavour and Davido were nominted for ‘Best Male – West Africa while Tiwa Savage is also nominated for ‘Best Female – West Africa.
The group Bracket is nominated for Best Group of Africa while the group BNG is nominated for Best Group – Spiritual, while Mavins’ Adaobi is nominated for Best Collaboration.
The Namibian government who would be playing host for the March 20th ceremony has thrown her weight fully behind the 2016 edition of the Award.
In a press statement, the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism in conjunction with the Ministries of Education, Arts & Culture; and Information and Communication Technology expressed the belief that the creative industries play a key role in contributing to the economy adding that in doing so, it furthers poverty alleviation agenda through tourism, the cultural arts and the creative industries.
‘These programmes are designed to ensure Namibian’s participation in this landmark event, and assure that the country’s tourism, ICT and art industries benefit directly from the events being hosted in Namibia. As such, we are pleased to endorse the KORA AII-Africa Music Awards and anticipate the positive impact it will have on Namibia’s creative economy.
“It is our further belief that the KORA All-Africa Music Awards also represents a unique opportunity for public-private partnership to jointly collaborate in the delivery of a landmark event, and as such, encourage role-players in the private sector to explore partnership opportunities with the event”, the statement noted.
