Beverly Bond, founder, CEO and executive producer of BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, joined the BET Experience Africa (#BETXAfrica), the ultimate urban music and lifestyle festival held in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 12 December 2015 to announce the launch of BLACK GIRLS ROCK! AFRICA TM (BGR! Africa).
Following the successful model of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
platform in the United States, Bond will soon bring her dynamic
visionary empowerment movement to the African continent. BLACK GIRLS
ROCK! AFRICA is a multifaceted digital, media, and lifestyle platform
that will continue to elevate Black women and girls in Africa and
beyond. In addition to partnering with community-based organizations to
spearhead outreach initiatives on the continent, Bond is also
collaborating with VIMN Africa/BET (Africa) to develop a pan-African BGR! awards show in 2016.
“The purpose of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! AFRICATM platform
is to recognize, support, and celebrate the diversity and dynamism of
Black women in Africa and the African Diaspora,” says Bond. “BLACK GIRLS
ROCK! AFRICATM will
tap into our growing international market by illuminating the vibrant
cultures and valiant narratives of our African sisters who are (s)heroes
and trailblazers.”
At
the BET Experience Africa this weekend, BGR! AFRICA hosted a BLACK
GIRLS ROCK! featuring live interviews with Tanzanian supermodel Millen
Magese, radio host and style icon Bonang Matheba and actress Nomzamo
Mbatha. In addition, Beverly Bond participated in the Genius Talks
series at BET Experience Africa along with media mogul President of
Programming at BET Networks, Stephen Hill, Khanyi Dhlomo, NBA Vice
President and Managing Director for Africa, Amadou Gallo Fall, and Kaya
FM radio media strategist Greg Maloka.
As #BETXAfrica’ s main stage DJ,
Beverly Bond also opened the festival’s closing concert, which featured
an all-star line-up of artists, including Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Maxwell, AKA, Flavour and Diamond Platnumz.
