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Koffi Olomide barred from entering his 'second home' Zambia
Congolese Rhumba star Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba a.k.a Koffi Olomide has suffered another major blow after being barred from entering Zambia, a country he once referred to as his "second home".
According to reports, this is after some accusations that the artist had assaulted a photojournalist during last tour in the country. He has also been accused of sexually assaulting his dancers, kidnapping them and employing them without valid permits in France.
The French Embassy in Zambia had earlier called for the arrest of the artist over the allegations threatening to seek the help of the Interpol to effect the arrest.
He was scheduled to visit Zambia for a concert but through a local radio station he sent out his apologies to fans saying he will not be able to attend.
In 2016 Koffi was deported from Kenya after he was caught on camera kicking one of his dancers at the airport.
In 2008, he was accused of kicking a cameraman from DR Congo's private RTGA television station and breaking his camera at a concert in the capital, Kinshasa, following disagreement over recording rights forcing the speaker of the national assembly to intervene and reconcile the two.
Mohammed Hersi appointed Group operations Director for Pollman's tours and safaris
Veteran Mombasa based hotelier Mohammed Hersi is now the Group operations Director for pollman's tours and safaris.
Hersi who spoke to one of the local dailies noted he is happy and excited about his new job at the leading tour operator.
Before joining Pollman, Hersi was the Chief Executive Officer at the Sun Africa Group of Hotels he has also served at Sarova Whitesands as General Manager and Heritage Group as the C.E.O. He is also the current national chairman of the Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF)
All set for 2018 Mombasa ASK Show (Video)
Preparations for this year's Mombasa International show are in top gear , according to ASK Coast branch chairperson Anisa Abdhalla preparations are in top gear and already 450 exhibitors have expressed their interest in the show.
The number is four times that of last year. The show is scheduled to run from August 29 to September 2.
Addressing members of the press at the show ground, Anisa revealed that students will this year have an opportunity to be trained on Agri business at the show.
Magix Enga to take a break from music
He is among the top music producers in the country currently if not the top most. Magix Enga a.k.a the beat king has produced for and partnered with an array of artists in several hits currently riding the wave.
Among the artists that he has worked with includes Khaligraph Jones, Naiboi, P Unit, Otile Brown, Prezzo, Nyashinski among others.
With now over eight years experience in the industry the multi talented producer and videographer thinks its time he takes a break and go back to class to learn more about music.
He broke the news through his instagram page by posting "Bad news for artists and good news for producers . Magix Enga on the beat will be back 2019/2020, its time i go back and learn more about music beat making".
Apart from just being a producer Magix Enga who studied professional music production at the Tapev Music School is also an artist.
Q Chief to make a comeback with "Kichwa Kimsavu"
In a new turn of events, veteran Tanzanian singer Q Chief has announced that he will be soon releasing his new track , this comes just few months after he went public to reveal that he was quitting music due to misfortunes,.
Through his official social media handles Q Chief posted " Wakati umewadia zimebaki siku 5 nenda you tube kasubscribe official Q Chief. Ahsanteni wote munaondelea kussuport kazi yangu".
This is however good news to his fans who had been pleading with him not to quit and instead soldier on despite the challenges that he went through including drug abuse.
The new song is titled "Chuma kisamvu".
MOOKH set to present Africa's first online pop up festival in launch of new domain
One of Kenya’s leading platforms: MOOKH, specializing in E-Commerce Digital payments is launching a new iteration of their innovative offering – a portal aimed at enabling sales and payments for third-party businesses.
Launching MOOKH.AFRICA
The company has great pan-African ambitions and has over the past 12 months been working on a major upgrade to the system with support from partners like Microsoft 4Afrika and Facebook. This upgrade will allow its existing database of over 800 sellers to:
- Enjoy increased reach and sales opportunities, with a more robust online directory.
- Have 24-hour access and control of real-time activity on their stores from an easy-to-use, merchant-centric backend dashboard.
- View advanced sales insights and consumer analytics right from their backend dashboard.
- Use a single online account to setup stores for event ticketing, product sales, and sale of digital content, with the ability to have multiple users in each.
Africa’s First Online Pop-up Festival
To showcase the revamped MOOKH site, MOOKH has partnered with the sellers on the platform to host Africa’s First ONLINE POP-UP FESTIVAL on Friday 27th July 2018 on www.mookh.africa
Pop-up retailing (or flash retailing) is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces – and pop-ups provide a great way to access new brands and products – often at bargain introductory prices.