After four fanstatic years,  the African Music Development Programme has officially ended in 2017. The impact of the project was huge for both partners and beneficiaries: dozens of students from all over the continent have increased their skills and enlarged their horizons, technicians have learned from each other’s skills, IMPACT Music Conferences have offered a […]

The African Music Development Programme, a cooperation project implemented since 2014 under the leadership of the IMC with the support of the European Union and the ACP Group of States, is still expanding its participants’ network and enhancing its commitments after three years of activity. Following its main goal, the strengthening of professional capacity within […]

In the framework of the African Music Development Programme, the International Music Council in partnership with the MTN Bushfire (held from 27th to 29th of May) festival in Swaziland, offered two capacity building opportunities to young African professionals. Pursuing its mission to build up a sustainable music sector in Africa, the African Music Development Programme […]

The African Music Development Programme (AMDP) is organizing the second IMPACT Music Conference centered on the convergence of music and technology in Africa. The conference will run over two days during the Festival des Musiques Urbaines d’Anoumabo (FEMUA)  in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) and will feature talks, panel discussions and presentations by some of the most […]

(Picture taken by EMC )   I am a guy who loves travelling so much but it’s quite ironic that by this time last year, I had only visited one country apart from my motherland (Malawi) and that is our neighbouring country, Zambia. However, I have been so lucky this year to visit Zimbabwe and […]

The IFCD is a multi-donor fund established to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries through support to projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector.    

The AMDP Impact Music conference at HIFA 2015 took place last 29th and 30th of April. The aim of the conference was to develop a space to discuss, act, share, learn and understand that space where technology meets the music industry. For more insights about what happened there here is video with highlights of the […]

Harare, Zimbabwe, April 29th & 30th — The African Music Development Programme (AMDP) is organizing the inaugural IMPACT Music Conference centered on the convergence of music and technology in Africa. The conference will run over two days during the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) and will feature talks, panel discussions and presentations by […]

In the framework of the 5th edition of « FEUX DE BRAZZA » and with the support of AMDP the regional group of the international Music council – the African Music Council (AMC) organized the 11th session of the African Music Rostrum. The African Music Rostrum was initiated in 1975 and is bound to provide […]

In the wake of the cultural renaissance launched by the African Union since 2008, the African Music Council (AMC) – regional group of the International Music Council, NGO official partner of UNESCO – will organize the 11th session of the African Music Rostrum in the framework of the Pan African traditional music festival « FEUX […]