PRESIDENT’S NEWSLETTER, JANUARY 2025

AMAN Set To Partner With More Agencies & Individuals To Shape The Creative Industry Better, As AMAN Clocks 30 Years, Prepares For 2nd Edition Of The AMAN AWARDS

With gratitude to God for sparing our lives and blessing us with good health, I welcome you, our members, to a new AMAN year 2025. This particular year holds nostalgic significance for us all as AMAN CLOCKS 30 YEARS OFFICIALLY THIS YEAR.

Even more inspiring is the knowledge that we will be holding the 2nd edition of the AMAN AWARDS as part of the activities marking the grand celebration of AMAN AT THIRTY.

As a mark of gratitude to everyone who made 2024 count positively for AMAN, a recap of some of the activities of AMAN in 2024 are listed below to remind us all that AMAN remains a vital force as … Springboard To Stardom for creatives who cease every opportunity that AMAN offers for their professional growth within the creative industries in Nigeria and beyond.

AMAN AT A GLANCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2024

1. AMAN ACADEMY IS BORN OFFICIALLY
2. AMAN AWARDS MAIDEN EDITION POST EVENT APPRECIATION MEDIA TOUR TO VARIOUS MEDIA ORGANISATIONS
3. AMAN INDUSTRY NIGHT AT KULTURE YARD, IKEJA
4. AMAN STAGE PERFORMANCE TECHNICS FOR ARTISTES WORKSHOP HELD IN VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
5. AMAN PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL SPOKESPERSON OFFICIAL VISIT TO TEN STRINGS MUSIC SCHOOL, AJAH, LAGOS, SEEKS COLLABORATION TO TRAIN AMAN MEMBERS PROFESSIONALLY IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MUSIC
6. AMAN BEGINS SPECIALISED TRAINING FOR MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT CREATIVE SKILLS OFFICIALLY
7. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF HIPTV
8. AMAN PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL SPOKESPERSON FEATURE ON “WHAT’S TRENDING” IN HIPTV, FOR MEDIA SPOTLIGHT ON AMAN ACTIVITIES
9. AMAN ACADEMY ONE MONTH INTENSIVE ONLINE TRAINING FOR MEMBERS
10. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF OGIDI STUDIOS
11. AMAN MEMBERS FREESTYLE AT OGIDI STUDIOS
12. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (COSON)
13. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF PERFORMING MUSICIANS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (PMAN) HEADQUARTERS, LAGOS
14. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF THE JONZING WORLD
15. COLLABORATION FREESTYLE SESSION OF AMAN MEMBERS AT THE JONZING WORLD STUDIOS
16. AMAN ACADEMY STARS ATTEND THINK POSSIBILITIES WITH KARIFEST DUCHESS MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP
17. AMAN PARTNERS WITH UNDISKOVAD, HOSTED BY MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING DJ BIGN TO FEATURE OUR MEMBERS DURING DIFFERENT EDITIONS OF THE UNDISKOVAD TALENT HUNT PROGRAM
18. AMAN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNDISKOVAD YIELDS POSITIVE RESULTS, AS DJ BIGN, SIGNS AN AMAN MEMBER (IRAWO), AS HIS ARTISTE
19. AMAN SPRINGBOARD LIVE IS BORN
20. AMAN PARTNERS WITH FREEDOM PARK LAGOS, TO FEATURE AMAN MEMBERS EVERY MONTH ON THEIR PLATFORM
21. AMAN HOLDS PRESS BRIEFING, PHOTOSHOOT, AND WORKSHOP 2024
22. AMAN UNVIELS A NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE
23. AMAN ARTISTES AZEENA AND TIENIEL, OPEN SHOW FOR NASBOI DURING THE NASBOI LIVE CONCERT, LAGOS
24. AMAN CREATIVE INDUSTRY NETWORKING TOUR OF MUSICAL COPYRIGHT SOCIETY NIGERIA (MCSN)
25. VENUE FOR AMAN AWARDS 2ND EDITION AND AMAN AT THIRTY CELEBRATIONS, EKO HOTEL & SUITS, LAGOS, SECURED AND FULLY PAID FOR
26. AMAN CREATES FIVE CREATIVE HOUSES FOR MEMBERS
27. AMAN PRESIDENT SPLASHES CASH AND GIFTS ON MEMBERS AT DIFFERENT TIMES AS SUPPORT, REWARD FOR GOOD CHARACTER, HARD WORK, PROGRAMS PARTICIPATION SUBSIDY AND PALLIATIVES
28. AMAN REWARDS CONTEST HOLD FIRST OFFICIAL EDITION
29. AMAN IMPACT MAKERS COMMUNITY CREATED
30. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT (278) NEW MEMBERS JOINED THE AMAN COMMUNITY IN 2024.

With all that we achieved in 2024 as an organization, I have no doubt in my mind that together, we will achieve greater milestones in 2025.

Hence, I am eagerly looking forward to a more robust creative year in 2025.

Yours sincerely,

Collins Ifeanyi Onwuneme Ajereh Enebeli,
Mavin Grandpa Worldwide (MGW)

President and Chairman, BOT, Artiste Managers Association In Nigeria (AMAN).