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My Video award category is dedicated to the MeTV digital generation, recognizing music videos created for and by MTV viewers.
The initiative will reward music fans who create their own videos in the privacy of their homes, providing a platform for them to share the limelight with the giants of the African music industry at the MAMAs ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria on 22 November.
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The awards are sponsored
by leading Telecommunications Company in Africa and Middle East, Zain. Zain Nigeria's Chief Marketing Officer, Norman Moyo, explained that the award category gives MTV viewers the opportunity to unleash their creative instinct and share the limelight with notable faces from across the continent. He said Zain's sponsorship of the inaugural MTV Africa Music Awards is consistent with the company's goal of empowering youths, developing musical talents across the African |
Moyo further hinted that Zain Nigeria would continue to support artistes, adding that the company will always throw its full weight behind musical initiatives like MAMAs and Advance Warning.
Commenting on how potential music video creators can apply for the awards, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, MTV Networks Africa hinted that music fans are required to send in a 1-minute music video clip to MTV.
The clips, according to him, can be on any theme in so far as they contain music and video, adding that “clips must include original composition, a spoof of your favourite music video (chosen from a shortlist provided by MTV), or anything in between.
Funny, deadly serious, outrageous or just pure audiovisual magic you are the director and you decide what you submit, and MTV fans across Africa and the world will decide the ultimate winner by voting for their favourite clip online and on mobile.”
The winner of the My Video award will earn a VIP trip to Abuja, with a friend to collect their award as well as attend the after party of the event.
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4GMF(aka 4G Forum or 4G Summit in industry) is a global initiative for sharing technological innovations and business insights in the emerging 4th generation open mobile and wireless communications focusing on applications, services, OS, mobility, networking, signal processing, radio frequency and system architecture.
By demonstrating the 4G open mobile offerings at 4GMF, companies, members and speakers can secure their global technical leadership amongst the peers and potential buyers, and market their business solutions throughout the 4GMF events and the global promotion as well as collaboration vehicles both on-line and on-site.
The 4GMF plenary meeting is a two-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends disrupting the global 4G mobile convergence in more cost-effective ways.
The Plenary features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases.
The 4GMF's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities, industry solutions and investments in this emerging 4G open mobile technology movement.
The 8th Annual
Offshore Communications Conference and Exhibition, which holds November
4-6, 2008 in Houston, Texas, USA will present insight into the challenges
of connecting offshore operations in exploration, production, and drilling
and well servicing projects, addressing the digital tools required, and
the real-time monitoring, surveillance and optimization of production
and drilling cycles.
A special focus this year will be on instant communications with well
work-over and servicing operations and access to maintenance records from
deepwater sites.
Also addressed are offshore oil and gas projects relating to ultra-deepwater
operations, fiber optic networks and the logistics of remote management
and optimization of personnel and asset utilization.
The program will feature key players in the communications services arena,
including operators, manufacturers, value-added resellers, distributors,
and retailers, participating in round table discussions and technical
presentations.
TSC and GVF again join forces to develop hard-hitting content on how key
broadband solutions apply to offshore Oil & Gas, Emergency Management
and Maritime applications. The event will feature a 3-day Technical Program
and 2-day Exhibition.
This annual award ceremony honours the individuals and companies who are successfully utilizing and leading the development of the mobile channel. These are the best of the best from across the globe.
Regardless of your current level of activity or knowledge in mobile marketing, you and your organization will benefit greatly from attending the forum and awards.
Date:
15-16 November 2008
Venue: Maputo, Mozambique
The Mozambique ICT Exhibition has been initiated by the Ministry of Science
& Technology to provide an educational platform for all government
ministries, departments and organisations, as well as all major private
sector enterprises and SMEs.
They will meet together over two days to share knowledge, learn from local
and international experts and network with each other in both the conference
and the exhibition.
Date:
22-24 October 2008
Venue: Cotonou, Benin
The conference aims at impulsing a new dynamics to the telecommunications
sector through taking into account the concerns of consumers regarding
quality and services rates at the national and regional level.
The conference will also deal with all the aspects related to the regional
regulation in term of telecommunication, the settlement of the West African
ICT Consumer Associations Network as well as the advocacy techniques to
be used during the campaign which will be conducted towards sub-regional
institutions. The conference is funded and supported by the Open Society
Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
Date:
30 - 31 October 2008
Venue: Chatham House, London, UK
Technology is now recognized as having the potential to transform the
lives of millions in the developing world. This major international conference
will seek to identify best practice for achieving the successful implementation
of new technology.
Date:
November 9 - 12, 2008
Venue: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE
To stake out a leadership position in today's marketplace, network operators
need to deliver outstanding levels of network quality and performance.
End-users won't tolerate poor call performance, and neither can you. You
already know what your challenges are, what you want to know is how to
resolve them effectively, while maintaining low operational costs and
steadily increase your revenue.
2nd Annual Mobile Network Optimization Summit is the only conference in
the region that is strategy driven, enabling you to build up the competitive
edge that you need for your mobile network.
By attending this summit, you will be able to clearly differentiate your
network quality from competitors, and know how and where to improve your
networks. You will be able to fine-tune your network, maximize capacity
and reduce associated costs while enhancing call quality.
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The latest
installment of IDC's prestigious IT in Government Roadshow is set to roll
into the Middle East and Africa (MEA) in October, opening in Rabat, Morocco.
The Conference series will then move on to Midrand, Nairobi, Abu Dhabi,
Riyadh, Ankara, and Abuja, before coming to an end in Cairo on December
1st.
A release by Newswire Nigeria said IDC's IT in Government Roadshow will
examine the key factors driving IT investment in the Middle East and Africa,
and will explore how to maximize the utilization of new technologies adopted
in recent years. Whether involved in projects looking at mobility, enterprise
resource planning, citizen portals, interoperability, or security, ICT
decision makers are responsible for shaping the future of MEA public sector
operations.
With case studies from several of the region's largest public sector organizations,
as well as presentations from leading ICT players, IDC's IT in Government
Roadshow will provide attendees with the necessary knowledge to drive
change in their own organizations.
“Information sharing and interoperability create new opportunities
for improved government service delivery and call for new business and
decision-making models to maximize IT value,” says Jyoti Lalchandani,
Vice President and Regional Managing Director of IDC MEA.
“Driven largely by public safety needs and riding on a wider array
of interoperable communication protocols, government organizations are
increasingly sharing information in order to create greater program outcome
value. Technology has enabled the early phases of improved citizen interaction
with government, but has stopped short of integrated interaction and service
delivery.”
IDC predicts that technology innovations and architectures will drive
big changes in government business and IT investment decisions in the
coming years, and that the government sector will become much more aggressive
in replacing legacy systems.
Aimed at CIOs, CTOs, IT Department Heads, IT Managers, and other members
of the government sector's ICT community, this conference will examine
the hottest topics currently facing governmental organizations, including:
Secure computing in government, the advantages of business continuity
planning, Effective mobile device management to optimize cost efficiency
and Outsourcing in the public sector Improving service and technical expertise.
IDC has partnered with a host of leading regional and global vendors to
ensure that the very latest technology developments will be covered by
the roadshow.
The Abuja event comes up November 27, 2008.