King Kanja Releases New Music

King Kanja

THE multi-talented Kenyan artiste, King Kanja, has released a new single titled Cathy featuring the soulful Ava Lov and Big T.


This comes right after his successful showcase at 2016 SXSX (South by South West) festival in Austin, Texas. The harmonious and melodic song is an ode to inspiring young women to keep at success and focus.

It was produced by Grammy-nominated hip hop and R&B producer, Chucky Thompson, who also produced One Mic by Nas, among other hit records.

King Kanja says, “I love Cathy because of the message. To my Africans and East Africans, I want you to know I ride hard for Africa and especially at home in Kenya, the 254. The song is inspired by Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, who I met and worked with through his mentor, the late Tony Washington.”

The video wasdirected by 1ST Impressions was shot in Miami, Florida. Cathy shows the musical and personal growth of King Kanja and working with Chucky reinforced his growth as a recording artiste.

Macha Talanta Festival Targets Young Talents

THE Macha Talanta Festival, a new talent search event, is aiming at identifying and nurturing varied young talents.

The festival, to be held on March 27 at the Machakos People's Park, is a collaborative community-based initiative between the county government of Machakos and record house T-Sound Records. 


Says MC Ndama from Machawood: “We came together in this project with a primary aim of identifying and groom young talents in music, dance, spoken word and modeling. We these talents to grow so that they can help eradicating poverty among our communities. We want them to be independent through bringing meaningful benefits out of their many talents.” 

At the talent search show, winners and participants will be awarded with recording deals at T-Sound Records and certificates among other goodies.

Sauti Sol Release Collabo Video With Ali Kiba

EAST African music giants, the award winning acts, Sauti Sol (Kenya) and Ali Kiba (Tanzania) have released the new single/video titled Unconditionally Bae. 

Sauti Sol.

The song is poised to unite fans across East Africa and Africa at large, through dance and its strong message. The video has a surprise twist that will get fans excited. It's a danceable love ballad. In the song Sauti Sol and Ali Kiba sing about the difficulty of finding love in the modern day world. 

Shot in Kenya’s beautiful North Coast of Mombasa at the English Point Marina, the official video was shot by the South African video director Justin Campos of Gorilla Films. The song was written by Sauti Sol and Ali Kiba, and produced by Sauti Sol.

Ali Kiba. Photo: I-View Studios

Sauti Sol said in a statement: “We are thrilled to release this song. Our fans have been waiting for it, even demanding it, and it's time to honour that. Africa, we hope you love our first collaboration with Ali Kiba as much as we do. Ali Kiba is a legend and we are honoured to work with him.”

Ali Kiba said, “From the first time I met Sauti Sol I knew I had to work with them. I admire their style and I found that they loved mine too. It was so much fun and seamless working on this project. My Bongo family and fans across Africa, we present this to you.”

Watch the video here...

 

Lizz and Alex Konstantaras Celebrate Son Hitting One-Month-Old

STAR Kenyan actress Lizz Njagah's son, Apolo, is one-month-old.

Lizz and Alex.

This is the message she shared with the world, as she and hubby Alex Konstantaras, celebrated their first born baby hitting the one-month-old mark.

Baby Apolo.

The photo above of the adorable little boy accompanied Lizz's post on Facebook where she wrote: "My very baby (Alex coined this phrase and I just love it) just turned one month old. The joy he has brought into our lives is beyond measure. I'm awake most of the time while he sleeps just staring at him. (Kinda explains why I am exhausted all the time. LOL) We thank God every day for you, our greatest gift. ‪#‎mommylovesyou‬ ‪#‎daddylovesyou‬ ‪#‎GodBlessYouMyLittleOne‬ ‪#‎HappyOneMonthBirthday‬ ‪#‎MommyToThisLittleAngel‬ ‪#‎YiorgosApolo‬"

Forbes Rates Dangote Richer Than Trump, Abramovich, Oprah Put Together

ALIKO Dangote, president of Dangote Group, is now richer than Donald Trump, Republican front runner; Roman Abramovich, owner of Chealsea FC and Oprah Winfrey, the richest black woman, put together.

Aliko Dangote

Dangote, who came in at the 51st position of the 2016 ranking by Forbes Magazine, is also richer than the combination of all other Nigerians who made the list.

Despite losing $300 million from $15.7 billion (N3.1 trillion) to about $15.4 billion, (N3.05 trillion) in the latest rankings, Dangote remains the richest black billionaire anywhere on the planet.

At $15.4 billion, the 58-year-old is richer than Abramovich ($7.6 billion), Oprah ($6.2 billion) and Trump $4.5 billion.

The Nigerians who made the list are Mike Adenuga ($10 billion), Femi Otedola ($1.8 billion), Folorunsho Alakija ($1.6 billion) and Abdulsamad Rabiu ($1.1 billion), who came in at 103, 1,011, 1,121 and 1,577 respectively.

Bill Gates remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of $75 billion, “despite being $4.2 billion poorer than a year ago. He has been No. 1 one for 3 years in a row and topped the list 17 out of 22 years”.

Amancio Ortega moves up to the second spot for the first time, displacing Mexico’s Carlos Slim, who slips number four, while Warren Buffett remained steady in third position.

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg had the best year of all billionaires, the 31-year-old adding $11.2 billion to his fortune and moved up 10 places from 16 to the sixth spot.

The global economic volatility and plunge in commodity prices also affected the billionaires’ list, as the 16 billionaires fell of the list.

“Volatile stock markets, cratering oil prices and a stronger dollar led to a dynamic reshuffling of wealth around the globe and a drop in ten-figure fortunes for the first time since 2009,” Forbes said.

“For our 30th annual guide to the world’s richest, we found 1,810 billionaires, down from a record 1,826 a year ago. Their aggregate net worth was $6.48 trillion, $570 billion less than last year.

“It was also the first time since 2010 that the average net worth of a billionaire dropped – it is now $3.6 billion, $300 million less than last year.”

Alakija was negatively affected by the fall in oil prices, while Dangote took a hit due to a fall in the Nigerian currency, naira.

“Her first company was a fashion label that catered to Nigeria’s elite women, including the wife of former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who awarded Alakija’s company an oil prospecting license. Alakija’s net worth has fallen in the past year as a result of lower oil prices,” Forbes said.

As Africa’s largest cement producer, Dangote owns about 90 percent of publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company, a percentage that exceeds the 80 percent ownership ceiling set by the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

In 2015, Dangote and 61 others were richer than 3.5 billion people around the world.

Credits: www.thecable.ng

Watch Octopizzo's Brand New Video, PREZIDENTIAL, Here

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The Sawasawa Festival Is On Again!

THE annual Sawasawa Festival is going down on March 18&19 at the Sarakasi Dome.
Great music, great interactions, HUGE benefits!