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Tiwa Savage Launches Music Foundation, Teams Up with Berklee to Empower African Creatives
On Wednesday, February 25, 2026, Tiwa Savage took to her Instagram with the message “After years of building globally… It’s time to build at home”. She also announced the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation and a partnership with Berklee College of Music.
The 46-year-old Afrobeats star is on a mission to give young African creatives something she once had to travel far to find: access to formal music education. The first step is a fully funded four-day intensive programme called Berklee in Nigeria: Tiwa Savage Intensive Music Program, taking place in Lagos from April 23 – 26, 2026, for 100 selected participants, tuition-free.
This is also a historic moment. It will be one of the first major Berklee-led programmes in West Africa.
“I know this personally because at the age of 24, I was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music,” she said “It made me realise that talent alone isn’t enough. Structure, education, and exposure are what allow creatives to compete globally.”
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Live performance, songwriting, music production, sound engineering, and the business side of music. But Tiwa also made it very clear that this is not just for artists. “An industry cannot stand on artists alone,” she said. “Behind every global sound is an ecosystem of producers, engineers, entertainment lawyers, publishers, innovators, composers.”
“As technology reshapes music, we must be prepared,” she said. “The question is whether we will be educated leaders in this space, or observers left behind.”
Berklee President Jim Lucchese described Tiwa as “one of our most accomplished and dedicated alumni and called the programme “a tremendous and unique opportunity for global artists.”
Applications opened up February 24, 2026 and will close March 20, 2026. It is open to musicians, producers, songwriters, sound engineers, and music creatives across Africa.
For years, African artists have travelled the world chasing an opportunity like this, but this time Tiwa Savage is bringing the opportunity home.
