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Integrated financial services group, Old Mutual, would be a major sponsor of this year’s Harare International Festival of the Arts.
Old Mutual group Chief Executive Officer Jonas Mushosho said his organisation would continuously seek ways of contributing towards the development of the arts industry in Zimbabwe.
“We are proud to be associated with the continental’s premiere arts festival, this year we also entered into a relationship with National Arts Merit Awards and we invested into theatre through the Old Mutual Theatre at Alliance Francaise where artists can come and perform without incurring high charges for the venue,” said Mushosho.
The festival that will run from April 29 to May 4 will go under the theme “Switch On”.
Rewcently the organisation unveiled new members of its board with former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda, as the chairperson of the board of trustees and Manuel Bogorro is returning as the artistic director.
Masunda has promised to bring in innovations to the annual arts festival.
“I am going to do my best for HIFA.
“My hope is to bring in more corporates because of my involvement with most of them, and hopefully we will get more support from embassies who have shown their interest in the festival.
“The key thing is that we want to give any artist, an opportunity to showcase their talents,” he said.
HIFA is a six-day annual festival and workshop programme that showcases the very best of local, regional and international arts and culture in a comprehensive festival programme of theatre, dance, music, circus, street performances and spoken word.
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