Afrobeats, a genre of music created by the late music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was a major talking point at this year’s Midem, the leading international event for the music ecosystem. After organising a successful Midem Africa Forum in Lagos, which focused on High-Potential Growth Markets, Spotlight Entertainment, 6060 Music, Cream Entertainment and Enspire Management teamed up with Midem to put together a thrilling Nigerian/Afrobeats programme in France, including a panel and pavilion exhibition space. The programme took place at Midem’s annual conference event in Cannes, France from Tuesday June 5 – Friday June 8, 2018. Speaking on the event, Midem Director, Alexandre Deniot said, “the focus on Africa was to strengthen the exchange between national and international music executives and businesses and increase Africa’s participation in the global music ecosystem.”He informed that Midem was passionate about Africa and African music and as an ex musician, he welcomed the partnership with the Nigerian/Afrobeats executives. With an array of workshops, panels, showcases and activities and thousands of participants from around the globe, the African programming did not disappoint with the Nigerian/Afrobeats team presenting an engaging panel discussion themed Africa: The New Music Frontier, Open for Business. The panel was moderated by Radio and TV host Adesope Olajide and included African music executives Vannessa Amadi, CEO of high profile PR firm VA-PR and Partner at Stealth Management home to Davido, Chinedu Okeke, Entertainment Entrepreneur and Director of the biggest festival in west Africa, Gidifest; Andre Hackett, Artist-Manager for chart topping artist FuseODG and Co-founder T.I.N.A (This is New Africa); and superstar Artist–Entrepreneur Seyi Shay. #afrobeats #afrobeat #dancehall #music #dance #africa #nigeria #ghana #hiphop #naija #soca #afrohouse #london #shakushaku #reggae #afrobeatz #chopdaily #afrobeatsuk #michygist_blog #afrobeatsofficial #africanmusic #afrobeatsmusic #afro #afrobeatmiami #afropop #afrobeatnights #southafrica #worldmusic #afrobeatdancer #djtunez
