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The Government of Senegal has accepted and undertaken to host the 8th edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) at a joint world media conference .
The awards ceremony will now be held from January 12 to 15, 2023, in Dakar, Senegal; shifting the previous date up by four weeks as jointly announced by The International Committee of AFRIMA, The African union commission and The Republic of Senegal. This also means that the voting deadline for the nominees will now be shifted till January 13, 2023. This will be the first time the main awards ceremony will be held in a francophone country after past editions.
The event is scheduled to commence on Thursday January 12, 2023, with a courtesy visit to the President of the Host Country, while a host city tour, school visit and gift presentation (as part of AFRIMA’s CSR), as well as welcome soiree will be held on the same day. The 4-day event continues on Friday January 13, 2023, with the African Music Business Summit and the AFRIMA Urban Music fest with the live awards ceremony broadcast by 104 TV Stations to over 84 countries around the world