Channel O partners Vodafone Ghana Music Award
Multichoice
Ghana this week, announced that Channel O will sponsor the 2013
Ghana Music Awards Festival, which takes place in Accra on the 18th of May 2013. The Ghana Music Awards
is considered to be the biggest and most important event on the Ghanaian music
industry calendar, and comprises of a series of events which will climax with
an awards night on 18th May 2013 at the Accra International Conference Centre at which a representative of
Channel O will present an award to the winner of the Best African Act category.
The channel is well known for its interactive programming,
most notably O-News, Volt, Speaker Box, Introducing and Featuring as well as
the production of the Channel O Music Video Awards, also known as Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards are Pan-African
music awards which were first held in 2003 under the name Reel Music Video Awards.The following Ghanaian artistes
have won awards at the Channel O Music
video Awards: D-Black (2012 Channel O Music Video Award for Most Gifted
West African Video), Samini (2011 Channel O Music Video Award for Most Gifted
Reggae/Dancehall Video) and VIP (2005 Channel O Music Video Award for Best Group in Africa).
Commenting on the sponsorship,
Leslie Kasumba, the Channel Manager for Channel O expressed her delight
with Channel O’s involvement in the 2013 Ghana Music Awards. “Ghana has
one of the most interesting music industries on the continent at
the moment, with some of the most prolific rappers and vocalists. You can make
mention of Azonto, a dance style and music genre which has become an international
craze. At this point, I wish all nominees the best of luck”.
She also took the opportunity to encourage Ghanaian musicians to submit their
videos at any
of the three Multichoice Ghana offices nationwide to be considered to be aired
on Channel O. Having sponsored the Ghana Music Awards in 2013 and also
several times before, Channel O will continue to maintain a long standing
relationship with Charterhouse for the Ghana Music Awards and other great
initiatives.
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