{Ikirezi Group Ltd & Yes Africa Ltd y have held a consultative meeting with the highly valued stakeholders as part of the strategies to make Salax Awards Edition 7 better and reflective of stakeholder’s interests and expectations.}
The Consultative Meeting, dubbed: ‘Consulting for Better Salax Awards Edition 7 ‘ took place at Five to Five Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda, yesterday 29th May 2016 with an aim of making the Edition 7 more stakeholder-centered.
Emma-Claudine Ntirenganya, the Chairperson of Ikerezi Group Ltd and the Principal Spokesperson of the Salax Awards Edition 7, said; “this consultative meeting shows our commitment to valuing stakeholders. We cannot achieve a colorful and successful Salax Awards without the insightful ideas of the media, musicians, producers, sponsors and the general population.”
She revealed that Salax Awards Edition 7 will be unique, and the consultative meeting will play an important role in informing the general population that “Salax Awards is back, with new approach and new awards.” She therefore asked participants to be candid in sharing with prtners how to effectively implement the Salax Awards Edition 7 better.
The Consultative Meeting is structured in a way that valuable feedback will be generated and accordingly incorporated in the Salax Awards Roadmap and the implementation strategy. The participants to the consultative meeting will focus on draft proposals: categories and criteria guiding the awards.
Commenting on categories and criteria, Mike Karangwa, the Coordinator of Ikirezi Group, said: “letting participants in the consultative meeting review and refine the proposed Salax Awards categories and criteria reveals our openness and willingness to learn, adjust and apply for quality Edition 7. ”
Partnership for results, early preparation, right timing of the final awards (23nd December 2016) are some of the uniqueness of the Salax Awards Edition 7.
The Managing Director of Yes Africa Ltd, Willy Mugenzi said the two companies are committed to translating the guiding objectives of Salax Awards into better results for a wide range of actors: musicians, producers, sponsors and other players in the music industry.
Yes Africa will continue to work with stakeholders in positioning music and art industry as a key contributor in achieving excellence and sponsor’s value for money. As our motto states, Salax Awards should be ‘happiness in the making.’
Willy Mugenzi added : “music is a powerful tool for achieving greater societal development outcomes by public sector, civil society operators and private sector actors.”
After going through a systematic review and refining by the participants to the Salax Awards Consultative Meeting came up with the 15 categories for awards in the 7th Edition:
1. The Salax Awards Artist of the Year;
2. Best Male Artist;
3. Best Female Artist;
4. Song of the year;
5. Album of the year;
6. Best Music Group;
7. Best Gospel Choir;
8. Most Valuable Player;
9. Best Gospel Singer;
10. Best Hip Hop Singer;
11. Best RNB singer;
12. Best New Artist;
13. Best Afro Beat Singer;
14. Video of the Year;
15. Best Audio Producer.
On 30th November 2014, Ikirezi Group Ltd and Yes Africa Ltd signed the 5-year partnership agreement aimed at upgrading Salax Awards in Rwanda and East African region.
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