AFRIMA receives record-breaking 9,076 entries for 2022 awards

The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) says a total of 9,076 entries have been received for possible nominations at the 2022 edition of the awards ceremony.

Chinonso Ihekire, Communications Manager, AFRIMA, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

“AFRIMA in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC) is pleased to announce a total of 9,076 entries received for possible nominations at the 2022 edition of the awards ceremony.

“This is the highest number of entries received by the awards body, since its inception in 2014,” he said.

Ihekire said that the figure, which was garnered from entertainers across all five African regions, Europe and North America, represented a 2.2 percentage increase from the 8,880 entries recorded in the 2021 edition.

He noted that the entries submission began on May 30 and closed by midnight on August 5.

“Interestingly, from the array, Eastern African region led the trail with 2,890 entries, representing 31.8 per cent; while West African region followed closely with 2,863 entries, representing 31.5 per cent; and Southern African region joined in the race with 1,659 entries, representing 18.2 per cent.

“Central Africa comes fourth with 941 entries, representing 10.3 per cent; complementing the 373 entries from Northern African entertainers who represented 3.8 per cent, while the remaining 349 entries from the diaspora represented 4.1 per cent of all total submissions,” he said.

According to him, in line with the AFRIMA 2022 calendar, a 13-member jury is expected to arrive Lagos on August 11, for an eight-day adjudication process that will select the nominees across all existing categories.