Africa Music Summit holds November 4th
The organisers of Africa Music Summit, Calabar 2020, have announced that the summit would hold on November 4, 2020 at the Cultural Center Calabar and would be declared open by Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River State.
The summit is expected to be graced by government dignitaries, renowned musicians, entertainment promoters and influencers, among others.
As part of the preparations ahead of the summit, Eric Anderson, commissioner for Culture and Tourism Development, Cross River State, on September 8, 2020 took the local organising committee of the Africa International Music Summit (AIMS) on a tour of the event venue.
Anderson commended the organisers of the event, saying that the summit would unravel the business potential in music. He reinstated the resolve of Governor Ayade to continually support initiatives that seek to challenge people, especially the youth to engage in entrepreneurial activities, including music and entertainment.
“The summit will unravel the business potentials in music, as music goes beyond just entertainment. The music industry is an economy and those involved need to know and understand the business aspect of it to be able to breakthrough in it,” the commissioner said.
Michael Odiong, the summit director, AIMS LOC, explained that Calabar repeatedly came up as the preferred choice and promised a smooth working relationship with the ministry to make the event a successful one.
Effiom ‘ Trombone’ Bassey, the lead organizing director, AIMS LOC and special assistant to Governor Ben Ayade on Entertainment, said the music summit would educate music artistes especially in Cross River State to redefine their perspectives about the business of music, understanding that it goes beyond performances, their immediate environment, and that they can make it from anywhere.
After the tour, Bassey told journalists that the conference would host about 200 guests, despite its 2, 500 seating capacity and in line with social distancing measures, while speakers and guests will participate remotely from their locations.
The initially planned 3-day music summit, according to the organising committee, was supposed to hold in July 2020 at three different locations in Cross River, but for the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic.