Leading and top-level Africa music industry players converge in Lagos, for the maiden edition of Lagos Music Conference 2016.
The purpose of the event was to connect music business professionals in Africa continent, to rubs minds on the growth of the industry, network with each others, discussed various issues that is affecting the growth of the industry and also an avenue to showcase several technology tools that will help the growth of the music industry in Africa.
The Lagos Music Conference 2016 are carefully curated and focus on practical topics in different areas of the music business: A&R, Management, Branding, Endorsements, Sales and Distribution, Music Technology, and Copyright Law. LMC’s technical workshops are tailored to empower professional sound/audio engineers, producers, artists and DJs to take their expertise to the next level.
The agenda of the event is to discuss topics such as Indie vs. Major — Who’s wining in Africa?, Brands & Music: Successful Partnership Beyond Endorsement and Keynote: Music Consumption & Music Trends across Africa.
The maiden edition has speakers such as Raphael Benza (MD & Head of A&R at Vth Season South Africa) , Abiola Oke (CEO at Okayafrica US, Nigeria & South Africa), Benjamin Lebrave (Founder & CEO at Akwaaba Music, Ghana), Marek Fuchs (MD at Sauti Sol Entertainment, Kenya) , Michael Ugwu (GM at Sony Music West Africa, Nigeria), Piriye Isokari (Founder & CEO at Aristokrat Records, Nigeria), AKA (Award-winning Artist, Musician & Songwriter, South Africa) , Osagie Alonge (Editor-in-Chief at Pulse Nigeria), Marek Fuchs (MD at Sauti Sol Entertainment, Kenya) and others.
Here are exclusive pictures from Lagos Music Conference 2016 in courtesy of Pulse Nigeria.
Photo Credit: Pulse Nigeria.