Ghana’s seasoned radio personality, Antoine Mensah returns to host this year’s ACCES music conference. The 3-day event set to take place in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania is in its 5th year running. The annual conference brings together musicians, tour agents, managers, labels, distribution agencies, and music industry stakeholders for a series of workshops and sessions. Antoine Mensah returns to host the conference for the third time since the 2019 edition in Ghana.

The Music In Africa Conference For Collaborations, Exchange, And Showcases, or simply ACCES, is the leading pan-African platform for music industry players to exchange ideas, discover new talent and accelerate the shaping of a vibrant music sector in Africa.ACCES is held in a different African city every year, attracting delegates from across the world. The event offers a dynamic program designed to benefit local participants and visiting delegates who typically represent the whole music value chain. The festival will take place from the 24th to the 26th of November, 2022.

Antoine Mensah who started off his radio career 12 years ago at Choice 102.3 FM has since grown his influence in the music business landscape across Africa. His career has seen him run in Vibe, Live FM, and recently Atlantis Radio. As co-founder of the music streaming platform aftownmusic, Antoine comes to the table with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the music business, having worked in artist management, festival directing, label administration, business development, and marketing.

His role as a new media & event consultant has him hands-on with major projects with Global Citizen, Ayoba, and a new pan-African TV station, MX24. He currently hosts the Smooth Alternative on Atlantis Radio in addition to his podcast series. 

Award-winning fashion influencer and walking artist Samuel Glenn Semakor popularly known as GlennSamm has remarkably launched the maiden edition of ‘The Tsadidi Street Art Festival at the just-ended Hogbetsotso Festival ’22.

After a successful launch, GlennSamm together with his abled team KvngsOfTheNewSchool extended their utmost gratitude to the elders, patrons, participants, and all who supported in making the maiden edition of the festival fruitful beyond reasonable doubt and pledged to pull a stunning show next year.

As the name implies, the Tsadidi festival commenced with a brass band procession from Vui through Dzelukope, Abutiakope, and Kedzikope and ended at Fort Prinzenstein in the Keta-Volta Region on the 5th of November.

The Tsadidi Street Art Festival was curated as part of events to provide recreational and tourism activity to celebrants of the Hogbetsotso festival of the Anlos.

The Festival is a day that reminisces Ewe history based on mystical powers, and heroic acts by men of courage and foresight that liberated the Ewe-Dogbo people from the rule of the tyrant King of Kings Torgbui Agorkorli of Nortsie in Togo.

However, the launch and median edition of the 2022 Tsadidi Street Art Festival witnessed activities such as art processions, fashion/art exhibitions, and the mural graffiti around the Keta fort prinzentein which saw patrons taking pictures and socializing.

In an interview with GlennSamm who birthed the Tsadidi Street Art Festival, he says the dynamics of the 2022 and the following year’s festivals will continue to unfold a lot of creativity on Street Art for people who come for the Hogbetsotso festival to have more fun and enjoy an educative and well-structured show.

Next “year’s Tsadidi Street Art Festival will provide more activities for patrons, and a variety of entertainment with a focus on Street Arts. After observing the traditional rites, we will still have a lot to engage celebrants, 2023 has a lot on the table, plans are already being looked at by the team and myself, and am confident it will be massive. I am using this medium to welcome companies and individuals on board to support this very successful and ongoing initiative.
This is to ensure an impactful festival and also strengthen the growth and influence of African festivals worldwide” the 2022 Pulse Influencer Award Winner said.

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