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#Empawa30: Mr Eazi announces the return of Empawa Africa program, starts August 15
Nigerian Afropop star Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade a.k.a Mr Eazi has officially announced the “EmPawa30” accelerator artists program which will kick off on 15th August.
The new project will be funding 30 emerging artists, 10 out of the 30 will get to spend 2weeks with the Mr Eazi and the Empawa mentors in South Africa for a recording & mentorship session. 1/4 of the selected acts get $50,000 to $200,000 funding to start their careers.
Giving more details on Twitter, the SUPANOVA hitmaker wrote:
This Month we start the new Empawa Program #Empawa30
— Don Eazi (@mreazi) August 1, 2019
Recently, Global search engine, Google pledged to support ten emerging Nigerian musicians through Mr Eazi’s ’emPawa Africa initiative.
Google partners Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa to support 10 emerging Nigerian artists
Ghana’s J Derobie and Nigeria’s Joeboy are success stories from the first edition of the program. Mr Eazi also shared details of how they both benefitted from the program.
We invested $50,000 in @jderobie on an 80/20 split in his favour! Man dropped a fire single, got himself a Popcaan Remix, a @betPawaGH endorsement deal, his own Label & is due to drop his 2nd single prod by @Killertunes_Tii all in the space of 6months
— Don Eazi (@mreazi) August 1, 2019
We invested $100,000 in @joeboyofficial 1 single in! Boy has his own team of producers! No 1 song Across Charts in Nigeria, top ten in charts across Uganda, Kenya, Started Touring both in country & Continentally 2nd single prod by @Killertunes_Tii drops this month #empawaafrica
— Don Eazi (@mreazi) August 1, 2019
Mr Eazi’s ’emPawa Africa’ is aimed at discovering talents across Africa and provide them the opportunity to become the next global superstars.
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