By ForeMedia Group

The BT UK being a fast growing, mega success startup competition show, have organized an avenue for young African talents to display their talents on a global scale. Our aim is that this talents and ability reaches the eye and ears of billions of people all over the world. Brains and Talents by ForeMedia is a Global Talents Digital Competition Show that has been set up to empower many young Black artists and creators. It has been placed on the list of high-profile events to showcase African talented creators in the field of Entertainment and Media.
We aim at having a wide and broad reach as our creatives are very talented and would inspire and also draw the attention of people worldwide. Our contestants will magically become household names and open many golden doors to the worldwide, colossal opportunities in the spheres of Entertainment and New Media. This programme has provided an opportunity for young Africans to showcase their skills on the National and Global scale, thereby empowering them to become world renowned and respectable in their field of art.
We are designed for a massive global audience potentially in the billions and we promote corporate sponsors and partners. Whether you’re a professional or a beginner in your field of art, you’re invited to be part of BTA UK. We have a unique ‘Equality for All’ policy, which aims at offering UK black talents an opportunity to showcase their unique skills and talents on National & Global TV in front of billions of people thereby exposing them to a lot of opportunities like fame in their field, continued and new training, a high chance of sponsorship and mentorship and the potential to establish a lifelong employment.
To be eligible, your origin must be from Africa. You also have to be between 16 to 40 years of age and be interested in either Music, Acting, Singing, Producing Movies or TV Shows, Video Gaming Development, Art, Journalism or Literature. 

An average African youth is blessed with so much gift and talent that are distinct and all unique. These talents crosses across different categories. Some unknown and queer and some common and normal. Whatever category it is, we at ForeMedia are seeking those young Africans to come up and put their talents in use. We appreciate diversity. We appreciate intelligence and we appreciate talent.
We have a vision of bringing people together, collaborating with partners and multinational brands to empower African Young Talents. Whether our creatives are professional amateurs, they are appreciated with their respective unique talent and ability and they are welcomed to be part of us.
We have provided a platform whereby all, irrespective of their social background and social class can be a part of this fantastic opportunity to showcase their unique skills on National & Global TV in front of billions of people thereby empowering them to gain a high level of recognition and fame, be offered new and continuous training and to stand a high chance at sponsorship and mentorship.
We are designed for a massive global audience potentially in the billions and we promote corporate sponsors and partners. Forming a partnership with the ForeMedia Group’s Talent Initiative, Brains & Talents Africa (BTA), is a long-term win-win situation because the ForeMedia group is a group with mega success, ethical digital media and an entertainment start-up which is already on a winning track due to its constant upgrading of cutting-edge technology, and well-established leading entertainment programs. Our partnership programme is open to companies of all sizes, and in all sectors.
Here at ForeMedia, we operate a creative economy and the creative economy is generally made up of cultural & creative industry sectors that generate annual revenues of US$2,250 billion & global exports of over US$250 billion.
This is a reason to partner with us. The cultural & creative industries also provide nearly 30 million jobs worldwide & employ more people aged 15−29 than any other sector thus, helping to transform suffering societies, and aid in the great Africans and Africa transformation.
At the ForeMedia Group, we are also very committed to first-class corporate governance that promotes the long-term sustainability of our business, and provides a solid Board of Directors, Investors and Stakeholders. We have a solid relationship between these parties and it has helped to strengthen accountability and help build public trust in the Company.

Brains & Talents, also known as BT is a Reality TV Talents Show. BT is designed to inspire the lives of young black individuals by showcasing their innovative talents, and thus giving them a chance to get into various rewarding career pathways in the fields of New Media and Entertainment.
The broad range of sectors that talents can be involved in, include Music, Movie Production, Acting, Screen Writing, TV Presenting, Podcasting and Publishing. All professional training is designed to be at a world-class level. Its production is exclusive to the stables of ForeMedia Studios and viewing on ForeTVHub – Live.
BT is an innovative high tech global digital enterprise that has been set up to empower countless young talented sub-Saharan African artists & creatives gain lifelong employment in the field of digital entertainment & media. – A much needed mission that will also provide real opportunities for under-represented communities, as successful participants will be able to bring much needed wealth into their regions, as they expand their business.
It is open to receive sponsorship and partnership as it will be launched soon across every county in Africa and in the United Kingdom.

Rivalling the American Oscars, the Annual BTA Academy Awards has been placed on the list of high-profile events to showcase African talented creators in the field of Entertainment and Media. It will be shown across continents to an audience which is expected to be in the millions.
We are dedicated to promoting young talent, and that investment will draw substantial rewards for them as they grow. Driving the ethos of industry-wide entertainment and innovation to promote multiculturalism and inclusion on an ever-demanding global stage, the visionary creators of the ForeMedia Group and BTA, have spent several years designing this second-to-nonhigh tech digital platform.

Brains & Talents Afrika, West Africa was named to exemplify the crucial importance of keeping young, gifted individuals who have Great Brains and Enormous Talents, in Africa. – That is to say, empowering them with the success they want, and the careers they need, in their homeland.

Outstanding Participants from a Broad Range of Categories Whether you are a professional or keen amateur, as long as you’ve got magical, star quality: a panel of
well-known judges, the BTA team, & a global audience of potentially billions of people, are really excited about seeing what your special talents you have.

Categories:

Digital Movie and TV Production
This category describes entrepreneurs who are liable for overseeing the financial and business decisions relating to a digital movie or made-for-television digital show or production.

Digital Music
Genres and sub-genres of African and worldwide music include, but are not limited to: soukous; afrobeat; highlife; ozzidi; fuji; juju; jaija; mbalax; zilin gnawa; mbaqanga; chimurenga; ubongo; dance; blues; country; classical; drill; drum & base (AKA jungle); easy listening; and EDM (electronic dance music).

Singing/Podcast
Individual’s singers (who in the case of jazz and popular music) are referred to as vocalists; perform music (songs, recitatives, arias, and so on), which can be sung with, or without musical accompaniment.
While it must be said that everyone is vocal range is unique to their voice, the majority fall under six common voice categories. These comprise soprano; mezzo soprano; alto; tenor; baritone, and bass.
Acting
This is an activity through which a story is relayed to an audience via its enactment by actors who take on the roles and personalities of certain characters.

Dancing
Various genres of African and worldwide dance styles incorporate, but are not limited to: shaku shaku; odi; gwara gwara; rosalina; pilolo; malwedhe/Idibala; wakanda; stepping, stick; bologo; boge; kompa; kizomba; vosho; tap; swing; waltz; foxtrot; tango; quickstep; salsa; mambo; bossa nova; rumba; bachata; samba; cha cha; jive; ballet; contemporary; hip hop; jazz; disco/electronic; street, fusion; bogo lelo dance, interpretive; ecstatic; free; ceremonial; historical dance; novelty and fad; social and folk.

Designing & Producing Digital Video Games
Video game designers develop user-friendly games that can be played on smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, handheld consoles, and home consoles.

TV Presenting/Journalism
This form of presenting involves acting as the public face of television by hosting a range of television programs that incorporate a large spectrum of subjects from news to entertainment, to documentaries, to historical events, and beyond.

Publishing
This describes the activity of generating a broad spectrum of content, software, music, literature, information, and so on, to make it available to the public. In turn, they will either pay for it, or receive it without paying due to the incorporation of ads, etc.

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In accordance with the ForeMedia Group feature (LiveTV) commitment in covering and curating exhibition of real-time live events of diverse Afro-centric content, we are excited to announce our partnership with Tunde Odunlade Art and Connexions and the official media partner of the 1st edition of the International Exhibition of Multimedia Arts and Cultures.

The spotlight on Nigeria’s religious landscape could not be any brighter than at the Tunde Odunlade Arts & Culture Connexions in Ibadan, Nigeria. Instead of reading or hearing about Nigeria’s diverse religious beliefs, visitors get to immerse in diverse work of arts, programmes and services with a theme – Religion.

In a climate of religious intolerance and ideological conflicts worldwide, the exhibition, featuring ten artists, is an example of how freedom of expression and religious tolerance strengthens a nation by enriching its cultural, political and artistic narratives. Side by side, these ten artists incorporates beliefs from, Christianity, Islam, Yoruba tradition belief, Buddhism, Confucianism. Their diverse interpretation and mix of materials is a symbol of Yoruba’s integration of hybrid spiritual practices and modern values.

The Exhibition serves as an attempt at rediscovering and reinforcing the Yoruba uniqueness and perception of religion as an intervention in the heavily politicized and intolerant environment that is emerging in present day Nigeria.

That hybrid of modern values and religious diversity is most evident in the works of Visual Artist and Theatre Production Designer, Tolulope Ajayi. Tolulope’s central message for the exhibition is that; ‘whatever you do or practice as a religion, either a Christian, muslim, freethinker, just be a good person.’  Her recent experiment and discovery of the ability to paint with stones, which has birthed a new art movement, STONISM which she pioneers.

The exhibition also features works by Kola Akintola a Christian pastor and lecturer. Using sculpture and vain painting (a technique he innovated in 2004), Kola urges each person to re-examine the meaning of the cross in their own lives. The cross represents sacrifice and he admonished everyone to embrace the sacrificial living and know that their action or omission has a direct consequence on the other person.

Upon entering the exhibition, one is engulfed in curtains of fairies made of textile draping over walls and tree-like monuments by Tunde Odunlade. Tunde’s projects are an exploration of felinity using textiles. Not only is religious co-existence possible, but the Yoruba culture is an example of a how spiritual plurality is integral to a thriving society said Tunde Odunlade. Tunde Odunlade further opines that; religion is a personal thing, a thing of the heart that should be privately and not become a thing of imposition on other individuals.

The works of Atayero Samuel defies artistic genres. It’s easy to see the performer in him through his bold and expressive creations. He enjoys expressing himself through embroidery with needle and thread, batik resist techniques in textile designs. For Atayero; his work seeks to re-establish the fact that no religion is bad, there are only bad people. Every religion preaches moral obligations and civil duties to one another but most observant of these religions neglect to do these. And it is only in doing this that we practice true religion. Religion is a two-way traffic, one to God, one to your neighbour.

Among the artist is Ogini Bernard. A pidgin playwright, pidgin scholar, translator, theatre artist and thread artist. His works are very striking as he depicts ordinary day-to-day events captured in Art. As viewers moved freely through his work, he expressed the need for everyone to have a “clean belle” and embrace love, which is the fundamental thing for all religion. Love will make us all cohabit peacefully and make the world a better place. He is also proud to have the public participate in the exhibition.

The artistes spoke to us on their thought process while creating their masterpieces and the message they were conveying with each artwork. This will in turn dovetail into a documentary series where viewers get to experience art at its finest and correct the lenses with which they gaze at Religion.