Africa will soon be hosting the very first, star-studded MTV Africa Music Awards which will take place at the Velodrome, Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday, 22 November 2008.

Combining performances from top African and international stars with award presentations and an international superstar host, this is set to be one of Africa’s top events.

Pan-African entertainment network, MTV Networks Africa, and international telecommunications giant, Zain, have joined forces to launch the MTV Africa Music Awards, a celebration of Africa's music talent.

The MTV Africa Music Awards honours the passion, creativity and artistry of the African music industry, and will showcase the best of African talent, music and artists to a global audience, providing a promotional platform for the African music industry.

Alex Okosi, senior vice president and managing director, MTV Networks Africa, commented, "The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain will create an unprecedented global platform for African musicians to shine and to spread the word about Africa's extraordinary music talent.

We are very excited to partner with Zain to realise our vision of creating an MTV awards ceremony for the artists and music fans of the African continent."

The MTV Africa Music Awards will be preceded by four concerts celebrating the musicians nominated for the awards.

These concerts will feature both international musicians and local nominees and will take place in Johannesburg (5 November), Nairobi (8 November), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (13 November) and Lagos (15 November).

The awards will broadcast around the world on MTV TV, online, mobile and radio platforms, including pan-African TV channel MTV base (DStv Channel 322 and GTV), MTV2 (USA) and African terrestrial TV channels STV and AIT (Nigeria), TBC (Tanzania) and TV3 (Ghana), and selected partner radio stations across the continent.

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