It’s exciting times for African music as the 4th edition of the biggest African music awards in the US—the Africa Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) 2017 Awards & Music Festival—rolls into town. Western Union has joined forces with AFRIMMA to further boost the image of African music on the global stage. With the giant strides being made by African artists in recent times and the burgeoning popularity of the genre, Western Union is excited to help bring this event to life.
This year’s edition of the prestigious AFRIMMA awards will take place at the House of Blues, Dallas on October 8, 2017 and will be a three days festival of African music and culture. Top African artists from Angola, South Africa, Congo, Nigeria, Botswana, Jamaica, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Burundi and more will be lighting up the city of Dallas. The AFRIMMA 2017 Awards & Music Festival promises to be a historic event.
About Western Union
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is a leader in global payment services. Together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment services, Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments and to purchase money orders. As of June 30, 2017, the Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined network of over 550,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories and over 150,000 ATMs and kiosks, and included the capability to send money to billions of accounts. In 2016, The Western Union Company completed 268 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $80 billion of principal between consumers, and 523 million business payments.
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