The Awards which featured movies from all around the continent on its nomination list is the first of its kind to bring movie producers around Africa together.
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Ayorinde has been the Chairman of the Governing Council for AMAA for over 10 years and a pioneer member of the Academy, who has been with the Academy for 10 years.
Before his death, Prof. Akinwale was famous for his roles in a lot of Nollywood historic movies such as Sango, Ladepo Omo Adanwo and Iranse Aje
“The Delivery Boy” and “King of Boys” snagged the most nominations for the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
Afolayan told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the television series would be an epic Yoruba drama capturing 16th century tradition of the ethnic group.
Nominations will be announced on April 2018, while the 14th Edition of the AMAA will be held on June 2, 2018 and televised globally.
The awards, officially hosted by the Lagos State Government, had over 4,000 people in attendance and delegates from 40 countries within and outside Africa
The pan-African event, which will hold in Lagos on July 15, 2017 at the Convention Centre of the Eko Hotel, is expected to bring together award nominees and professionals in the film industry from over 50 countries within and outside Africa
The Nominees Party is a precursor to the main awards, which will hold in Lagos on July 15, 2017 at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre and it is being officially hosted by the Lagos State Government as part of a year-long celebration of Lagos @ 50
The city, with its beautiful landscape and great visible development, was made more active and alive as big and well known movie icons from all parts of Africa and beyond, ranging from Olu Jacobs and his wife, Joke Silva, Doris Simon,Victor Osuagwu, Osita Iheme (Paw Paw) and Chinedu Ikedieze
The Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, who represented the State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, at the AMAA 2017 Sponsors’ Night on Thursday, made the call when he said the government of the state is prepared to make the awards this year a very beautiful experience
This was contained in a statement by Tony Anih, the Director of Administration of the awards organisation
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, accepted the hosting right during a courtesy call by the leadership of AMAA to his office in Lagos, where he also announced that the award event will hold at the National Arts Theatre, iganmu, Lagos
Entries for the 2015 edition opened on September 1, 2014
The governor, who also used the occasion to regale the captains of industry present at the event about his achievements in office in the last two years, said his administration wants to develop the economy of the state beyond oil
Further investigation revealed that the two star actors have been enjoying wonderful patronage and reception from the Presidency since the beginning of the current administration
The honour, which was well lauded by many of those at the awards ceremony in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, was followed by Gabriel Afolayan’s emergence as the Best Supporting Actor in Africa for his role in Hoodrush