SAE Magazine 13-2

380 Capetown +++ SAE Cape Town’s Workshop W n SAE Cape Town is continually pursuing ways to provide support and facilitate knowledge-sharing through workshops, seminars and presentations to students wanting to pursue careers in the music and film industries in Africa. While the entertainment industry in Africa is one of the fastest growing in the world, the continent still lacks the skilled personnel needed to help it realise its true potential. In 2012 the school organised and hosted Young Guru, known as Jay Z’s engineer and DJ, for a se- ries of workshops in Cape Town. It also founded and launched the Young Guru Scholarship. https://capetown.sae.edu/en-gb/campaign/494 During 2013 the Cape Town Team has partnered with the international NGO Bridges for Music to fa- cilitate workshops with prolific international stars like Skrillex, Richie Hawtin and Luciano. Bridges for CampusNews SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // INTERNATIONAL NEWS SAE Cape Town’s Workshop Wonders Music focuses on the res electronic music in disadv world in order to create po ing bridges between comm The workshops were hos Town and Johannesburg. by race the workshops pro to bring people together a form to share industry kno SAESouthAfrica’sHeado who spearheads the initiat tal to be a part of develop at a fundamental level, to education as a key factor the film and music industri He added: “South Africa’s talented young people w have the potential to bec who contribute constructiv

SAE Magazine 13-2

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