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The 2016 Broadcast, Film and Music Africa (BFMA8) conference will open next week in Nairobi and is expected to unlock millions of dollars in film, music and arts deals with high voltage networking sessions involving government, venture capitalists, music distributors and broadcasters.
It is also expected to champion further development of the Kenya and East Africa’s content industry in the post-digital migration period, through an interaction with experts from Kenya and 31 other countries around the world.
The discussions will touch on a range of pressing issues related to regulation, content, copyright and royalties in the Kenya arts industry.
The conference is the first meeting of broadcast and content professionals in East Africa since the digital migration in the industry and comes at a time when the country is grappling with new legislation seeking to tighten regulation.
Sangeeta Patel, Chief executive of AITEC Africa which organizes the BFMA conference series has confirmed the participation of the leading professionals in film, TV, Radio and content distributors from the region at the event in which officials from the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture will attend.
“This year’s conference will give film makers, artists and original games developers a launch pad to premiere their short films, music, original animations and home built games to an audience of international delegates, venture capitalists and broadcasters,” he said.