Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage has unveiled the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation, a new initiative designed to discover, nurture, and train emerging music talents across Africa.
Unveiled on March 9, 2026, at The Delborough Lagos, the foundation will focus on developing skills across various areas of the music ecosystem, including film scoring, music publishing, music therapy, production, and sound engineering.
This is everything to do with music, film scoring, music publishing, music therapy, production, sound engineering,” the award-winning singer said.
The foundation’s inaugural programme, in partnership with Berklee College of Music, will select 100 African creatives for a four-day intensive training in Lagos from April 23 to 26, 2026.
Participants will receive hands-on training in songwriting, live performance, music production, and the business side of the industry, completely free of charge.
Tiwa Savage emphasised that the foundation aims to bridge the gap between raw talent and access to professional training and global opportunities.
“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,” Savage said.
The foundation also aims to provide mentorship, training resources, and long-term career pathways for young African creatives.
“We are going to be picking a 100 talents, and we are paying for this foundation, they don’t have to pay anything. The 100 that gets chosen will get world class education in four days and we will pick a few of them that we will actually sponsor the full scholarship to go to Berklee and accommodation,” she said.
The launch event drew a star-studded crowd, including media mogul Mo Abudu, talent manager Bose Ogulu, TV personality Toke Makinwa, and musicians Darey Art Alade and Johnny Drille.
Other notable attendees included entrepreneur Shade Okoya, business executive Florence Ita-Giwa, and cleric Bolaji Idowu.
Prominent business and political leaders also showed their support, including Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Olasupo Olusi of Bank of Industry, Adaora Umeoji of Zenith Bank, and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria.