French Ambassador H.E. Anne-Sophie Avé To Assist GHAMRO To Collect Royalties For Artistes
French ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Anne-Sophie Avé has expressed strong interest in helping Ghanaian artistes to collect their music royalties.
The collection of royalties for the players in the Creative Arts industry, particularly musicians, has over the years been a challenging effort for the collection institution.
The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO), established with responsibility to collect and distribute royalties on behalf of authors/composers and other right owners, is saddled with lots of difficulties in executing their duties.
The Creative Arts players, once again musicians, have bitterly complained about they not receiving their royalties and seemingly have stopped pursuing it since there appears to be little to no hope in getting the royalties.In an exclusive interview with astute broadcaster and host of Okay FM’s drive show “Ekwanso Dwoodwoo, Gilbert Aggrey, popularly known as “Abeiku Santana”, the French Ambassador indicated, as part of her immense contributions to the growth of Ghana’s Creative Arts industry, she is negotiating to have an effective French system of collecting and distributing royalties adopted in Ghana.
The French Ambassador has won the hearts of Ghanaians due to her active participation and interest in Ghanaian activities and helping to make the nation, particularly the entertainment industry, better.
She has organized various activities and concerts in Ghana and France where she has showcased and keeping showcasing Ghanaian talents in order to foster international relations between talents from France and Ghana.
Noted for her affable relationship with local artistes and all Ghanaians, H.E Anne-Sophie Avé has gained a Ghanaian name; she is affectionately called Akosua.
Source:peacefmonline
