MTV Africa Music Awards
The 2009 event happened in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya each of the premiere awards were created and executive produced by Alex Okosi and Jandre Louw.After these three initial events, the show had a three-year hiatus, returning for the 2014 and 2015 editions in Durban, South Africa.The 2009 event took place in Nairobi, Kenya at the Moi International Sports Centre in October 2009.The fifth event took place at the ICC, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 18 July 2015, and on 23 August 2016 it was announced that the sixth edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards would take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 22 October 2016 at the Ticketpro Dome.Alex Okosi, Executive Vice President of Viacom International Media Network Africa said the company is working to reinvent the MAMA to create a deeper music experience for the 2018 edition of the award[1], which didn't happen.