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 […]

Is there a gender problem in the music industry ? The International Music Council will bring together some of the leading names in the fields of music, marketing, policy and technology will meet at Alliance Française d’Accra for the 3rd Impact Music Conference. The aim of the conference is to develop a space to discuss, […]

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 […]

After a successful first edition at the Harare International festival of the Arts (Zimbabwe) in 2015, the African Music Development Programme held  its annual IMPACT Music Conference in Abidjan 2 months ago. Under the AMDP umbrella, the Festival des Musiques Urbaines d’Anoumabo (FEMUA) together with the Institut Français de Côte d’Ivoire hosted the « IMPACT Music […]

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 […]

Training courses on Marketing, communication, media and sponsors In the framework of the African Music Development Programme, the International Music Council in partnership with “ LE KOLATIER “ implemented from October 5th to October 8th at Yaoundé, Cameroon a training session designed for young African music professionals. Participants were selected through an online application process. […]

The Music Festival LE KOLATIER will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroun from 7th to 10th October. AMDP will be operating there for its first time and many activities will be and are already put in place, such as short term and long term internships, workshops, conferences etc. This is probably one of the biggest “move” for […]

Le African Music Development Programme (AMDP) est fier pour la rentrée 2015 d’étendre son réseau de partenaires sur le continent africain et de diversifier son action en s’inscrivant toujours plus dans l’actualité du secteur et en s’associant au dynamisme des festivals de musique qui comptent sur le continent ! C’est ainsi que nous serons les 25, […]

Music In Africa is an information and exchange web portal whose main purpose is to communicate on the African music sector. They kindly uploaded on their website some of the workshops and conferences material we had at hand, pending the signature of an agreement with them. Find below the link to the page. http://www.musicinafrica.net/users/african-music-development-programme-amdp#contributions-list