The African Union Commission (AUC) in partnership with the International Committee of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), has unveiled the calendar of events for the 2022  edition of the awards ceremony.

Mrs Cisse Mohamed, AUC, Director for Social Development, Culture and Sports Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.

She said that the unveiling event took place at a world press conference on Wednesday, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

According to her, media personnel and the general public were shown the line-up of preceding events before the main award ceremony starts from Nov.3 to Nov.6.

Mohamed said that importantly, the calendar for the year begins with the entries of submission which starts May 30 and closes on Aug. 5.

She noted that the submissions could be done on behalf of the talents across the continent and in the diaspora, by their representatives (talent managers, record company personnel and  producers, among others.)

According to her, a world media announcement  will take place on Aug. 17, to publicly unveil the nominees.

She said that by Aug. 24, the AFRIMA Academy as well as music fans and followers around the globe would begin to participate in the public voting process.

She explained that this would be conducted on AFRIMA’s website, during which the nominees will receive votes that could lead them to emerging winners in the various categories of the awards.