About The Project
Most music programs want you to be ready before they let you in. Indiba works differently. We find artists who are not finished yet and we help build the foundation while the music is still being made.
The Indiba Project Series is a music incubator under SIRYUS A.M, a creative collective dedicated to finding, developing and launching independent artists across Africa. Each edition brings together a curated group of rising artists for a structured season of collaborative recording, direct mentorship, and a professional release campaign with real strategy behind it. Not a one-time session. A full process with real outcomes.
What Artists Actually Get
Through Indiba, participants work alongside producers, songwriters and fellow creatives to make music that reflects where they are and where they are going. Every artist receives mentorship on career strategy, brand building and the business side of the industry. At the end of each cohort, SIRYUS A.M selects a group of participating artists to come together on a collaborative album. That album, the Indiba Volume series, is co-owned by the artists and SIRYUS A.M. Each volume is the product of a cohort, a document of what independent African artists can build when they are given the right room.
Beyond the music, artists get access to live performance opportunities, distribution support and industry introductions that open doors beyond the series.
The People Who Have Been In The Room
The first cohort of the Indiba Project Series brought together a group of artists and facilitators that made the scale of this thing clear from day one. Artists who came through include Hidaya Morgan, Max Prodigy, Winny Ezeme, Couronne, Aine Arsene and Chriss D.
The facilitators who poured into that first cohort include some of the most credible voices in the African music industry. Eddie Hatitye, Executive Director of the Music In Africa Foundation and founder of ACCES, Africa's leading music trade event, brought pan-African industry infrastructure and connections that most independent artists never get access to. Julz Ossom, Deputy Chairperson of the Music In Africa Foundation and founder of African Music Week in Toronto, brought the bridge between African music and the global diaspora. Marlon Grigsby, technology strategist and board member of the Music In Africa Foundation, brought the lens of digital transformation and music business sustainability. Bob Ngene, Nigerian music marketing strategist and talent manager known as Bobby Ceezar, brought ground-level expertise on artist development and organic growth in the African market. Kofi Black, New York-based singer, songwriter and producer known for his work alongside Wyclef Jean and Timbaland, brought a high-level creative and production perspective that pushed the artists in the room to think bigger. Winny Ezeme, Gospel Icons Africa Season 1 winner, contributed her story and voice to the cohort as both artist and facilitator.
The series has also drawn international recognition including acknowledgment from hip-hop legend Dana Dane, one of the architects of hip-hop culture.
Why It Works
Indiba does not hand you a platform and walk away. The structure is what makes it different. Artists go through the process together, which means the network they build inside the series is as valuable as the music they make. The collaborative album at the end is not just a release. It is proof that the work happened.
Who It Is For
Vocalists, producers, instrumentalists. Any independent artist who is serious about their craft and ready to do the work that turns raw talent into a sustainable career.
