The Zanzibar International Film Festival, in partnership with TRACE Mziki, has announced the East African Music Video Award, a new category that will honor the directors and producers who make East African artists look good. The award for best video will not only celebrate East African artists with the vision to create quality music videos, but also the behind-the-scenes teams that make these videos possible. For a number of years, ZIFF has recognized that music videos are, in fact, short films and should be treated as such within the confines of the film festival. “This award is a way to promote…
Author: NBM CORRESPONDENT
Last month’s third edition of Propak East Africa exhibition and conference that took place at the KICC in Nairobi received raving reviews from both visitors and exhibitors. With 3095 trade delegates visiting the event over the three days, Propak cemented itself as the leading industry exhibition for the wider East African region. The event, focusing on packaging, printing and plastics was an honest reflection of the regions current popularity with participants from 43 different countries throughout Africa and the rest of the world. During the event, 123 exhibitors met with regional industry buyers to network and discuss future and existing…