The long-running BBC series is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month.
'Knowing how to safeguard your intellectual property and collect royalties is incredibly important for the huge amount of talent in Africa who are permeating across the world.'
The conference will form a key part of the Brighton festival in May.
Matthew Herbert, Tansy Davies and John Rutter CBE were among those honoured.
The move will help accelerate royalty payments to PRS's 165,000-strong membership collective.
The PRS for Music CEO was honoured at the London awards ceremony today (10 November).
Next year's awards ceremony will take place on 4 February in LA.
11 UK-based artists will receive financial support from this latest round of funding.
The funding will help UK artists and SMEs to continue growing British music in international markets.
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