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| AMAA team with Gov. Ambode of Lagos |
RwandAir, Rwanda Development Board and
Radisson Blu are partnering with the organisers of the Africa Movie
Academy Awards to host a very successful Nomination Night in Kigali.
Other partnership for the event which
had been scheduled to hold on the weekend of May 13-15, 2017 include
the Kigali International Convention Centre according to a press
statement signed by Mr. Tony Anih, the Director of Administration of
the awards organisation.
Mr. Anih said further that AMAA will
host a Creative Entrepreneurs’ Workshop in Kigali on May 13th which
will precede the nominations gala night on May 14th, 2017 as part of
activities for what has been described a ‘Weekend Get Away to
Kigali.”
The nomination gala night where
nominees into the 28 categories of the awards will be announced will
be headlined by the Nigerian Musical Artiste, KCEE and other talents
from Rwanda.
“We are very happy with our
collaboration with RwandAir, Rwanda Development, Radisson Blu and the
Kigali Convention Centre and this is in the spirit of value creation
and integration within the continent which the Africa Union is
promoting and AMAA holding the nominations in Rwanda this year will
promote tourism and bilateral relations between Nigeria and Rwanda.”
Meanwhile, AMAA with the support of the
Lagos State Government, the official host state for the 13th edition
will hold a Sponsors’ Night in Lagos on May 4th, 2017 where former
President of Malawi, Mrs. Joyce Banda is expected to deliver a
keynote address where she will speak on the topic: The Imperative of
the Creative Economy for Africa's Socio-Economic Development
The sponsors’ night is designed to
seek corporate support for the event holding in Lagos and the
creative sector in Nigeria in general especially the film industry.
Business leaders and top government officials are expected at the
event.
The main award event is scheduled to
hold in Lagos on Sunday June 18th, 2017 and will attract delegates
and nominees from over 50 African countries and from Europe, North
America, United States and South America. It will be recalled that
the AMAA nomination Night had previously held in Accra, Nairobi,
Johannesburg, Banjul, Lilongwe, Ouagadougou and Los Angeles.
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