Jerry Chiemeke

1 week ago | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Jerry Chiemeke

Leading African music executives, Olamide (Founder/CEO, YBNL Nation), Temi Adeniji (Managing Director, Warner Music Africa), Ben Akinbola (Head of Growth, AWAL), and Franck-Alcide Kacou (CEO, Universal Music Africa), have been named to Billboard’s prestigious 2025 Global Power Players list. The annual list of Billboard Global Power Players celebrates industry leaders driving the music business outside the United States, contributing to nearly 60% of recorded-music revenue generated globally.

2 weeks ago | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Jerry Chiemeke

The 2025 shortlist was chosen from over 11,750 films submitted by more than 7,500 filmmakers across 158 countries and territories. The shortlisted African films are:Before 16(Loic Niyonkuru & Floriane Kaneza, Burundi) – A woman recounts her experiences raising her child after a traumatic assault at age sixteen. Angel in the Stone(Faith Olaewe & Doyinsola Ajayi, Nigeria) – Shalewa, a reclusive autistic teenager, uses her metalworking skills to save her family from ruin.

2 weeks ago | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Jerry Chiemeke

For this year’s festival, the organisers opted for events in Nairobi, Kenya, in January and in Accra, Ghana in May. The Nairobi leg celebrated award-winning Kenyan poet, playwright, and performing artist Sitawa Namwalie, who is known for her unique dramatized poetry performances, which combine poetry and classical Kenyan musical traditions. The Accra leg of the festival will celebrate Ghanaian diplomat, poet, and scholar Ambassador Prof Abena Busia whose life bridges continents and causes.

2 weeks ago | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Jerry Chiemeke

The winners were selected after this year’s prize attracted a record-breaking 7,920 entrants. The winning stories tackle challenging themes head-on.

2 weeks ago | thebritishblacklist.co.uk | Jerry Chiemeke

Apple Music has just announced one of South Africa’s most exciting new voices in Afro-Folk, Jabulile Majola, as the latest artist to be featured in its Up Next artist development programme in South Africa. The announcement coincides with the release of his Isitifiketi EP, an emotive storytelling project blending folk, acoustic and traditional sounds.