Lagos love Damini: UK government partner with burnaboy
The United Kingdom government has held a meeting with the organisers of Burna Boy‘s ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ concert towards exploring a partnership that would shore up the entertainment sector in Nigeria,
The meeting held with British Deputy High Commission in Lagos on Friday.
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In attendance were Kaycee Kennedy, the CEO of Wonder X, organisers of Burna Boy’s concert; and Chim Chalemera, country director of the UK department for international trade.
What birth the meeting was the “success” recorded by Burna Boy’s January 1 concert — which also came under fire over poor coordination and a late appearance by the singer.
In an apology to his fans, the ‘African Giant’ crooner blamed the organisers, alleging that they “did an abysmal job”.
At the meeting to discuss partnership for subsequent shows, Kennedy said the ‘Lagos Loves Damini’ show “was the biggest outdoor music concert with over 30,000 audiences in Africa.”
“It also had the biggest car parking in an event – over 11,000 cars – and was also the pioneer single source online ticketing via wallet,” he added.
Kennedy pointed out some other major positives to include the fact that there were no reported casualties, theft, sexual assault or sexual harassment.
He, however, observed that in spite of the positives, there were some challenges and learning points.
He said that the desire to address the main challenges and negatives encountered at the Lagos show necessitated the visit to the British deputy high commission to meet with the UK department for international trade and discuss possible collaboration for future events.
Also discussed was the need for logistics support in areas such as infrastructure which includes equipment hire and the standardisation of such equipment in a bid to meet minimum international standards.
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