Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage has launched the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation (TSMF), a non-profit initiative focused on closing the skills gap within Africa’s growing music industry.
The foundation’s flagship initiative, the “Berklee in Nigeria: Tiwa Savage Intensive Music Programme,” will provide tuition-free professional training for 100 selected participants in Lagos.
The programme was unveiled during a black-tie ceremony at The Delborough Hotel in Victoria Island. It is being organized in collaboration with the renowned Berklee College of Music.
Scheduled to run from April 23 to April 26, the four-day programme will focus on four core areas: live performance, songwriting, music production, and the business of music. Organizers say the goal is to strengthen the professional structure that supports African artists.
According to a statement signed by the foundation’s Senior PR Manager, Joy Teddy, the initiative aims to support the often-overlooked professionals who keep the music ecosystem running.
“The Foundation is built on the belief that Africa’s music industry needs more than great artists. Producers, sound engineers, songwriters, entertainment lawyers, publishers, and executives are the infrastructure behind the music, and structured access to training for these careers across Africa remains limited. TSMF was created to change that.”
Savage also stressed that the programme is designed to make high-level music education more accessible to African creatives.
“Talent is universal, but access is not. For too long, African creatives have been perceived as late to global systems. Education changes that. Access changes that. Ownership changes that.”
The singer explained that the scholarship-based model ensures every selected participant receives world-class instruction without financial barriers.
“We don’t lack talents in Nigeria, we have so much talents. What I want to do is to be able to create access so that people that have the talent can find the right infrastructure, education and can also be a bridge and pipeline to the rest of the world.”
Applications for the programme are currently open and will close on March 20.
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