AU,AFRIMA BACK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

L-R: General Manager, Metro FM, Cordelia Okpei; AFRIMA 2015 Best African Rock Artiste, Paulo Albuquerque of M’vula (Angola); AFRIMA Associate Co-Producer, Efe Omorogbe and Best Male Artiste in Northern Africa, Ahmed Soultan (Morocco) during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia.   L-R: AFRIMA 2015 Best Artiste in Reggae, Ragga & Dancehall, Stonebwoy (Ghana); Best Male Artiste in Central Africa, Stanley Enow (Cameroon); General Manager, Metro FM, Cordelia Okpei and Best African Rock Artiste, Paulo Albuquerque of M’vula (Angola) during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia.   L-R: AFRIMA 2015 Best Artiste in Reggae, Ragga & Dancehall, Stonebwoy (Ghana); Best Male Artiste in Central Africa, Stanley Enow (Cameroon); General Manager, Metro FM, Cordelia Okpei and Best African Rock Artiste, Paulo Albuquerque of M’vula (Angola) during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia. takeholders and artistes in the creative/entertainment industry will heave a sigh of relief as the African Union is set to implement policies of its Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO). L-R: Head of Culture Division, African Union Commission (AUC) and member of the AFRIMA Jury, Ms. Angela Martins; Director of Literature Performing and Fine Art, National Centre for Arts and Culture, Sheik Omar Jallow; Director, Sponsorship and Communications, AFRIMA, Matlou Tsotetsi and AFRIMA Jury Member, Mr. Laolu Akintobi during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia.   Panelist/Discussant and Participants during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia.   Panelist/Discussant and Participants during the AUC-AFRIMA Joint conference recently held in Banjul, The Gambia. This was disclosed on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, by the Head of Culture Division, African Union Commission, Ms. Angela Martins, during the AUC/AFRIMA Joint conference which held in Banjul, Gambia to discuss and proffer solutions to the challenges facing the African Music Industry. The 26th Assembly of the African Union established PAIPO in January 2016. The conference, which was part of activities marking the 10th anniversary of the AU Youth Charter, had the theme, "Using Music, Culture and Entertainment as tools for a new Africa.