Sensational gospel diva, Herty Borngreat aka Herty Rapper has called on her colleague musicians to support the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) and as well pleaded with all gospel ministers to pray for the success of the event.

“As Christians, we should not forget that the things we say with our mouths must be positive. So instead of condemning and speaking about only the shortfalls of the VGMA, we should rather be saying, confessing and professing positive things about the event.

“As ministers of the gospel of Christ it is expected of us to say special prayers for the success of the music awards. We should not get carried away by the negative media basing and all that because at the end of the day that is one of the leading awards events for musicians we have and we must all protect it, support it, pray for it and make sure it is successful and even grows bigger and better,”

Film makers and participants interested in being considered for the 2013 GIAMA nominations must be residents of any African country, or an African descendant living in the Diaspora, in order to be considered eligible.

Film makers and participants interested in being considered for the 2013 GIAMA nominations must be residents of any African country, or an African descendant living in the Diaspora, in order to be considered eligible.

GENERAL
The GIAMA Awards of Merit shall be awarded annually and will recognize outstanding performances and achievements in theatrically released films in the African film industry.
The Awards of Merit shall be presented in the form of a gold plaque with an imprint of GIAMA on the statuette, and will be provided to all the winners for each categories listed below:

ELIGIBILITY
All eligible films, unless otherwise stated, must be a feature length (defined as over 60 minutes running time).
All films to be considered must be shot or released between January 2012 and May 2013. Films that were previously submitted for 2012 GIAMA consideration are not eligible.

Eligibility for all awards will first be ascertained by credits as they appear on the screen and/or as provided in the submission form to the GIAMA organization by the producing companies. Final determination, in the event of credit discrepancies, will be made by the GIAMA in conjunction with the producers or publicists of the film production company.

In the event of any dispute concerning credits, the GIAMA maintains the right to declare any achievement ineligible or, alternatively, to reject all claims to credit, list credits as being in controversy and withhold any award until the dispute is resolved.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Every submission shall be conditioned upon the delivery to the GIAMA in a DVDor Blu-ray format.

Interested filmmakers should contact the appropriate contacts as stated below, and complete the required form while submitting a preview copy of their movie(s) for GIAMA Awards consideration.

In submitting a film for GIAMA Awards consideration, the film owner(s) are deemed to have conveyed to the GIAMA organization the right to choose excerpts from the film for incorporation into the GIAMA telecast for the year in which the film is in competition.
The preview copy should be submitted between the recommended dates April 6 through May 31, 2013.

The first and only African DJ awards ceremony ‘African Global DJ Awards’ created to recognize and celebrate the talent of the greatest DJs in Africa would be held on  May 4 at the Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg, South Africa. This event is billed to hold annually.

The DJs are nominated in sixteen categories including a category for the females. The winners will be decided by popular Fan votes while the event will be hosted by the lifestyle show presenter Lerato kganyago and Ugandan rapper Navio.

Acts billed to light up the night are Tear Gas, R2bees, Navio, Efya, Duncan Mighty, AKA, Ice Prince,Camp Mulla, Dj Oskido, Dj Aly and Fila, Dj Xclusive, Dj JimmyJatt, Dj Tbo Touch, Dj Kess, Dj Black and a host of other acts

Before the awards, a lot of opportunities will arise for the fans to interact with their favourite DJs from around the world who have been nominated. Fans and DJs can chat and share pictures via our facebook page (www.facebook.com/agdaawards ), Hangout via googleplus (+agdaawards) and share opinions, pictures and video skits via twitter (@agdaawards, using the hashtag #AgdaAwards), Instagram (agdaawards), youtube (agdaawards) and keek (agdaawards). Fans can also send in questions or their views regarding the event and our nominees via these media and all questions will be answered. 
The nominees’ parties will hold in 3 different cities before the event proper and these are:
· Accra, Ghana on the 12th of April 2013
· Lagos, Nigeria on the 18th of April
· Nairobi Kenya on the 20th of April

  GALA NITE This will be a night before the award: DJ Networking Gala

Date: May 3rd, 2013Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

Time: 7pm
After Party: 10pm
(This event is strictly by invitation)

MAIN EVENT

· African Global DJ Awards

Date: May 4th, 2013

Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Time: 7pm

After Party: 11pm

Live FM before its transmission is working indefatigable to gain most Ghanaians to listen to their network. According to enewsgh, American star Akon will be hosting a show on the radio station when it starts its transmission.

It’s been confirmed! Award-winning Senegalese-American artiste Akon will present a show on Live 91.9 FM, when the station starts proper programming next month.

The arrangement, which would see the Konvict Music boss host his pre-recorded internationally-syndicated weekend show called Akon Hit Lab, is one of many on-air packages driven at getting a solid listenership base for the station.

Akon Hit Lab would air Saturdays, 6pm to 8pm and would be heavy on music, featuring the biggest hits, celebrity interviews and music from new artistes.

Akon’s Hitlab is a weekly syndicated 2 hour radio show currently being broadcasted on radio stations in 15 different countries around the world, reaching millions of listeners each week. It fuses the biggest top 40 dance/ club hits, talented, new, up and coming artists and one-of-a-kind access to celebrities and recording artists around the world.

Born Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, he has sold millions of albums around the world and collaborated with countless pop and hip-hop icons such as Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Snoop Dog and Eminem.