April 16, 2021
The Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt, Senior Officials of the Ministry and the Ambassador of Entertainment, Kao DeNero have held a virtual discussion with organizers of MTV Awards to host the event in Sierra Leone in 2022.
The MTV Mama award is a global award for Africa that attracts celebrities the world over that grace the event. The hosting of the MTV awards here in Sierra Leone presents an opportunity to sell Sierra Leone globally. The event has been hosted in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa and Sierra Leone is the prime location of the MTV Mama Awards in 2022.
Giving her input, Minister Pratt started by thanking the organizers of the project which she considers exciting and an opportunity for Sierra Leone in the promotion of Tourism and Culture.
She assured that Sierra Leone is ready to host the event, and with the Ambassador of Entertainment and the music industry the country will play a successful host to MTV awards. She maintained that the hosting of the MTV awards in Sierra Leone will change and open the country to a lot of opportunities, noting that there is enough time to plan to make the event a success.
The Ambassador of Entertainment, Kao DeNero expressed gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the Sierra Leone music industry for the opportunity to host the event. He noted that the President and the first lady are excited about this, suggesting that it is but prudent for them to have a physical meeting with the MTV team here in Sierra Leone in order to map the way forward to make the event a huge success.
He said it is a blessing for Sierra Leone to host event of that magnitude, stressing that the country would benefit a lot in terms of what MTV has to offer.
The organizers of the MTV Africa Awards in their presentation mentioned that Sierra Leone is a good location to host the event and that they would work closely with the Ministry and the Ambassador of Entertainment to bring MTV awards to Sierra Leone.