High Court Judge Herman Oosthuizen has ordered Ernest Adjovi, Tonata Shiimi and Mundial Telecom, which is based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to pay back over N$23 million in public funds, money that was to be spent on hosting the awards during 2016 in Namibia, which never materialised. The Namibia Tourism Board, brought an application before the high court to recover the money paid to organisers of the Kora All-Africa Music Awards in 2015.