The African Union Commission and the international committee of the All Africa Music Award have announced that a total of 8,880 entries have been received for the AFRIMA 2021 edition.

In a press release sent out on Monday, this year’s entries were received from 50 African countries and 10 countries from Europe and North America including Spain, the United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Portugal, among others.

According to the head of communications and partnerships, AFRIMA Zineb Seyad, the increase in numbers serves as a source of encouragement to the organization, Qed reports.