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YouTube Music Gives Financial Grants to Two Nigerian Firms
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YouTube Music Gives Financial Grants to Two Nigerian Firms

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Last updated: 2021/12/02 at 6:19 PM
Fesadeb Published December 2, 2021
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Two Nigerian companies have been given financial grants by YouTube Music to support African creative voices and boost the continent’s creative economy.

The two firms given the support were Briteswan and iManage Africa Entertainment Limited and in addition, they will receive capacity development training and advisory.

The assistance was given to the duo to help them scale up their initiatives to develop music creatives on the continent.

This move is set to directly impact an estimated 300 participants in initiatives led by these organisations.

Briteswan, through its The Audiogirl initiative, seeks to economically empower women by closing the gender gap in the music creation segment, while the Music Business Academy for Africa (MBA) initiative of iManage Africa is dedicated to developing a more informed and empowered workforce for the African music and entertainment industry.

YouTube’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, Addy Awofisayo, while commenting on the support, stated that, “We are committed to exporting African music to listeners across the world and want to continue to play our part in the development of the continent’s rapidly growing creative economy especially with respect to music.”

Access to the internet has opened up opportunities for African creatives to display their talents to a global audience, thereby, creating jobs that can boost national economies.

In Nigeria, the creative industry accounted for roughly N730 billion (roughly $1.8 billion) of Nigeria’s GDP in 2020.

Through this initiative, YouTube will enable the two organisations to scale their ongoing work to help more young African creatives learn and acquire the skills to improve their craft and export their music to the world.

“The rise of Nigeria’s globally celebrated musical artists points to the opportunities that exist in the creative economy. As we work towards the post-COVID-19 recovery of industries, it is important to be intentional about unearthing brimming talent and potential among creatives – many of whom are young people.

“YouTube Music’s dedication to the growth of music creatives in the region is well-timed and commended,” the Minister of Youths and Sports Development,” Mr Sunday Dare, stated.

Over the past few years, YouTube has helped spotlight African culture and export it to global audiences. Burna Boy who won the Grammy’s Global Music Award in 2021 with his album, ‘Twice as Tall’ and who has now been nominated for the third time for a Grammy Award, was spotlighted by YouTube as an Artist on the Rise in 2018.

In 2019, YouTube announced an initiative to support Nigerian artists in collaboration with Mr Eazi’s empawa Africa to support 10 local artists to develop their craft. Tems and Bella Shmurda were also selected to be part of YouTube Music’s international artist development program, Foundry in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

YouTube Music also deepened investments in Black communities by opening applications to the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022, aimed at enabling Black artists, songwriters and producers worldwide to commercialise their work. Eight African artists, songwriters and producers were admitted to the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022.

“We see the support given to the two Nigerian pan-African organizations as a partnership for the advancement of music creatives in Africa who in-turn will be key players that contribute positively towards the emerging creative sector in the continent”, Awofisayo concludes.

source:  p¥good eveni

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