Nigeria’s Multi-platinum ‘Afro & B’ artist Darey has announced his anticipated return with new single ‘Jah Guide Me’, accompanied by a stunning official music video, out 14th August on Livespot Entertainment.

Exploring the importance of hope and inspiration in these difficult times, ‘Jah Guide Me’ sees Darey utilise a feel good, relaxed production, filled with warm percussion and uplifting brass arrangements to bring his message to life that, even on a good day, everyone is looking to the higher powers who will help and guide us to a better and brighter future.

The striking visual, shot on location in Lagos and brought to life by Darey himself alongside director Mex Ossai, seeks to explore the vision of Africa from an African’s perspective.

Showcasing the creativity and vibrance of the people, young and old amidst the stunning surroundings of the white sand and beaches Nigeria has to offer.

The video see’s Darey guide us through sanctuaries to the fields and waters whilst encapsulating the essence and beauty of those from across the country.

“My latest single “Jah Guide Me”, represents a return to what I love best, creating and telling compelling stories that resonate with everyone,” Darey explains.

Adding “The song comes at a critical period in our humanity where we have been reminded of just how fleeting life is and how supplication, prayer, spirituality, and the belief in a higher power often sees us asking for guidance as we navigate these tough times.”

Also discussing the music video, Darey enthuses; “the approach is carefully styled and curated and exudes a vibe I term Afrofuturism. Edgy, cultural, cosmopolitan yet very relatable as it mirrors life for the ordinary person.”

The son of the legendary African Jazz Musician and entertainer Art Alade, Dare Art Alade, professionally known as Darey is a multiple award-winning singer, musician, songwriter, music producer, showstopper extraordinaire and entrepreneur.

Since gaining exposure across Africa as runner up in the 2004 season of Music talent search reality TV show, Project Fame, Darey has made an indelible mark on the Nigerian and African music scene.

As a seasoned live performer, he has graced the stage alongside Beyoncé, Wizkid, Jay Z, Ciara, Cardi B, Burna Boy, Sean Paul, Usher, R Kelly, Akon, Lionel Richie and many more.  

His albums “From Me 2 U,” “unDAREYted,” and “Double Dare” have sold several million albums cumulatively and helped him amass millions of fans across Africa and the diaspora.

Also a creative entrepreneur, Darey is the co-founder of Livespot360, a 360º creative collective responsible for 2019's Livespot X Festival which saw Darey bring Cardi B to Africa for the first time as she headlined across its Lagos and Accra events.

Following the success of the 2016 album 'Naked', Darey makes a triumphant return with 'Jah Guide Me' , and proves to be the kind of musical escapism we need during these turbulent times.

'Jah Guide Me' was written and produced by Pheelz and Darey.

Ghanaian rap icon, best known as Sarkodie will be putting on one of the most exciting and innovative outdoor virtual concerts on Sunday 16^th August full of hits exclusively streamed on Ceek.com.

The “Black Love” virtual concert will hear Africa’s finest MC feature a heavy-duty line up performing tracks taken from his recently released album of the same name at an iconic location in Accra for the very first concert to be performed at this location.

Along with a few surprise guests, Sarkodie will be bringing through some of Ghana’s finest musicians, who also featured on the album such as King Promise, Efya and KiDi to Joey B and Legend Amakye Dede.

With the presence of African music royalty, this definitely won’t be a show to be missed and will also be available on DSP’s after the concert.

Sarkodie’s latest single “CEO Flow” ft. E-40 took over a billboard in the one of the most iconic places in the world, New York’s Time’s Square, a monumental moment for him and Ghanaian music. He’s also in the Top Requested Artists on MTV for a 5^th week in a row, showing his fierce presence in the today’s fast-paced music industry

Multi-talented producer and musician Jack Rooster has released “Afrika Disco'' a new music video and the third single off his “Nyumba” album featuring the sultry vocals of rising star, Khuhani.

The upbeat club banger reminds us of a time before the pandemic when we would gather and dance freely and will have you immerse yourself in the uniqueness and vibrancy of African club culture.

Afrika Disco on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC9PdB3l9hc

Jack Rooster also a renowned radio host and DJ says, “Through the music video of “AFRIKA DISCO,” we relive the moments we’ve had and look forward to those yet to come” – Jack Rooster.

The video features shots of performance scenes representing the vibrant Nairobi music scene and teleports you onto the Afrikan dance floor, a place where freedom of expression reigns supreme.

Stream album: https://linktr.ee/jackrooster

Rooster’s debut 11-track NYUMBA (means House in many African languages) album is a blend of different genres from House, Hip Hop and R&B among other Kenyan classic genres.

Jack delivers a stellar project that truly and authentically reflects the Kenyan spirit, vibe and uniqueness.

The album, mixed and mastered by Musyoka of Decimal Records, includes collaborations with The Decimators, Kevin Grands, Nuru and Terrianne Iraki.

About "Thank You"

“The song is about thanking God. Many times we make requests to God but we forget to thank Him after He fulfills them. This song was specifically to just thank Him for everything and praise Him for His wonderful deeds” - Nzisa.

How Nzisa and Didi Man got to work together

“When I went to the studio to record my first song “Hakuna Hasara”, Didi was also there. I had a hard time putting my ideas together and he came through. Since then we have been friends and he has helped me write and re-arrange a lot of my songs. So when I was planning to release my third single, I thought of it being a collaboration, and Didi Man was the first person to come to my mind because of our musical chemistry, his versatility (he can both sing and rap), and his great songwriting skills.” – Nzisa.

Watch 'Thank You’ on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/vUKvzPx81Zk

Editor's Notes

Nzisa Bio

Born Susan Nzisa Muange, Nzisa is a 21-year-old Gospel singer from Nairobi, Kenya signed to Golden Hour Production. She grew up in Machakos and began singing in church at a very tender age. Nzisa released her first song ‘Hakuna Hasara’ this year, on 30th January 2020 and besides music, she is a student at the Jomo Kenyatta University pursuing a degree in procurement.

Didi Man Bio

Gospel singer Silvanus Otieno, popularly known as Didi Man, formerly of the now-defunct Kelele Takatifu music group is not new to Kenyans. As a group, they released a series of hits like “Itakuwa Ngori” and together won several music awards including the Group of The Year Award in 2016 Groove Awards. The group later broke up in 2017 and since then Didi Man has been releasing songs as a solo artist.

Kenya’s smartphone sphere continues to shift with the entry of new players bringing on board great experiences in terms of gadgets that are taking the markets by storm.

The world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand around the globe, realme, announced its official entry into the Kenyan market as part of the brand’s global growth and expansion strategy.

According to Counterpoint’s second quarter global smartphone shipment report, realme, has become the world’s fastest-growing mobile phone brand for four consecutive quarters, and with a year-on-year growth rate of 11%, it has become the only global smartphone brand which achieved double-digit growth.

The realme brand which has consistently registered double digits growth for 4 consecutive quarters landed in the country with their realme C3 Game Monster model that is likely to give competitors a run for their money given its affordability and the features it comes with.

As the Kenyan phone market continues to expand, consumers are increasingly looking for a wider range of options and features to consider before deciding to buy a phone. One of the most common features that phone lovers are looking for include the camera.

realme C3, to meet the demand of the current consumer, comes with AI triple camera with great zoom that gives the user an amazing opportunity of taking images both near and at a distance and by giving clear distinctive features of any image taken.

The Entertainment King also rocks with a 5000Mah massive battery, a Helio G70 Processor, a 6.5’’ mini-drop full screen and a 3-card slot. A key and unique feature here is a 3-card slot. Most consumers are used to having a 2-card slot phone.

Rarely will one come across a 3-card slot phone. With 3 slots for cards, it means the user, for instance, can use any Telcom provider’s line at the same time in the same phone.

The 1st flash sale of realme C3 which was priced at 11,999 KES took place on August 10th at 9:00 am online on the Jumia platform which sold out 600+ units in only 2 hours after its release into the Market. This shows that realme C3 has been welcomed well by the young consumers in the Kenyan Market.

The 2nd and last flash sale will be on August 17th 2020 at 12:00pm on the Jumia platform. Both flash sales will have limited quantities on first-come-first-served-basis. On August 18th 2020 the brand will start the online and offline first sale, which is 13,999 KES.

According to the phone giant, realme, the entry of realme C3 into the Kenyan market is just the beginning. Three more products are on the way; realme C11, realme 6 and the realme band, set to be launched on August 25, 2020 at 11.00am on the realme social platforms.

The realme 6 which is The most powerful 64Mp quad camera under 30K KES will feature 64MP Pro Camera, Pro Display, 90hz Smooth Display, Helio G90 T and 30W Flash Charge. While the C11 9999KES Entry level King will feature a Bigger Battery, 5000mAh Massive Battery, 6.5”, Mini-drop Fullscreen and a Nightscape Dual Camera.

The launch of the three more brands will increase the presence of realme models in Kenya to three as it positions itself to sweep across one of the most competitive markets in Africa. Kenya, according to a report by Communications Authority in 2019, had a 91 percent penetration of mobile subscription.

realme has entered the top five rankings in 9 global markets. In Southeast Asia, the fourth largest mobile phone market in the world, realme has also become the fourth mobile phone brand with a market share of 12% and a year-on-year growth rate of 102%. It is working to achieve its goal of 100 million units in global smartphone sales in two to three years

 About realme

realme is a technology brand officially established on May 4, 2018, by Sky Li. realme aspires to provide products with a comprehensive superior experience for the young, and realme is committed to being a trendsetting technology brand.

It brings consumers products with trendsetting technologies, features and trendsetting experiences that are first applied in the price segment. realme’s global users have reached 40 million and its sales volume of AIoT audio products broke the record of 1 million in 2020.

According to the statistics of Counterpoint global smartphone shipments in Q1 of 2020, the emerging smartphone brand realme still ranks 7th with a year-over-year growth rate of 157% which ranks the first in the world as well. As the world's fastest-growing smartphone brand, realme stands firmly among the mainstream smartphone brands.

WCB record label has signed a new artist under their stable and will be unveiled to the public soon.

This has been revealed by one of the managers at the label Sallam Sharaff in an interview with Wasafi tv.

According to Sallam, their attention is currently on their newly signed female artist Zuchu before they unveil the new artist.

"Tayari tuna msanii ambaye tumesaini lakini bado hajatangazwa , atatangazwa hivi karibuni kwa sababu kwa sasa tumemuacha kwanza Zuchu, anafanya vizuri kila mahali " said Sallam.

In the interview Sallam also explained why he snubbed Harmonize at the funeral of Babu Tale's wife.

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"Mimi sikuwa na matatizo na Harmonize kabisa. nishaeleza mara mingi kwamba mtu wa kwanza kumpeleka Harmonize Nigeria ni mimi, UK ilikuwa ni mimi na sehemu zote nilikuwa naenda nafanya kazi naye bila tatizo lolote. Tatizo lilikuja kwa watu ambao wanawea kusema walivyona lile tukio lilivyotokea kwa mazishi wakachukulia ooh Sallaam anamind sababu Harmonize kwa label."said Sallam.

Adding "To clarify that, Harmonize hakuwahi kunisalimia kama miaka mitatu hivi ilivyopita au miwili hivi toka yuko WCB, kwa hivyo sikuwahi kuona umuhimu wa yeye kuja kunipa mkono pale siku ile wakati ashawahi kuniruka sehemu kibao tu, sikuona umuhimu wa siku ile kwa nini tudanganye umma, na navyoendeleaga siku zote husema mimi si mnafik. Mimi sina tatizo na yeye hata akisema aje kistarabu aniambie bwana yaliyopita si ndwele nakusalimia sasa hivi kiukweli na si unafik sawa , hauwezi kuja ukanipa mkono tu mimi kama punda umemuona barabarani "

Her further went ahead to reveal that he advised him (Harmonize) on starting his own label , Konde gang.

"Hata siku ambayo anakuja matatizo ambayo yanatokea ya yeye anatak kuanzisha label yake nikampa the whole picture how he can open his label and use the WCB fan base. Ukimwaga ugali au ukimwaga mboga mimi nabeba ugali naondoka nao.

Tanzanian artist Harmonize has for the first come out to reveal the reason why he broke up with his ex girlfriend Jacqueline Wolper.

Harmonize who was performing in Dodoma said Diamond was the main reason why he broke up with Wolper.

According to the  'Uno' hitmaker, Wolper made some moves at Diamond Platnumz promising to bear him a son, Diamond was dating South Africa-based Ugandan socialite Zari and they only had one kid, Latiffah.

“We were at a party at Diamond's house and without shame she made some moves at him. Speaking from my heart, I have never said this but I am saying it so that she knows that I know" said Harmonize.

Adding "She is not aware that I know. She told him she was just with me so she can get close to him. After i had left, Diamond called me and told me to be at his house first thing in the morning. He couldn’t face me so he had to drink alcohol in order to tell me the whole story".

Harmonize noted the reason why he was reaveling this information is beacuse Wolper has been reffering to his Italian wife Sera Michelloti as 'sponspor'.

"I have never told her, I was not planning to, but when you call my wife a sponsor, it hurts. Everytime she appears for a media interview she refers to my wife as a sponsor" noted Harmonize.

He also exposed Wolper for cheating him with several men.

He charged "There is a time I went to the US and she went to Burundi, and there is a guy that was driving her and she told me that he was just a brother and nothing more. Before that, she went to China and I gave her 30 million to take stock for her fashion house.At the time, I didn’t have anything. And when she went there, she was with a man and she told me that she could not date him. Right now, they are lovers, they started dating long time ago".

All this inspired Harmonize rto record the song 'Nimechoka'.

He further revealed that his wife Sera is currently expectant and they are expecting a child anytime soon.

In a previous interview with a local Tanzanian radio station, Wolper accussed harmonize of cheating her with Sera.

"I don’t want to talk much about my ex-relationship with Harmonize, but of all my relationships, he hurt me the most. We never had an issue posting photos of us together on social media. However, when Harmonize asked me not to post photos of my birthday party, which he threw for me, I was suspicious. I later learnt he was back with Sarah"

"Sarah called me demanding to know what I was doing with Harmonize. She also claimed she was pregnant with his baby" she added.

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Search engine giant google has honoured Kenyan freedom fighter Mnyazi (Mekatilili) wa Mwenza with a special doodle on it's homepage.

Mekatilili who was from the Mijikenda community  now becomes the fourth Kenyan to be honoured by google after Wangari Mathai, Margaret Ogola, and Kimani Maruge.

Among the many things that Mekatilili is remembered for is the Mepoho’s prophecy which was about the coming of strange people who had hair like sisal fibres and moved in flying vessels as well as those moving on water and land.

Every August 9, there is an annual celebration in her honour at the Malindi Cultural Festival, this will however not be possible this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic being experienced worldwide.

Mekatilili's leadership contributed to uprisings by the Giriama against the British in 1913 and 1914, and despite her multiple arrests and imprisonments, her campaign of resistance proved successful. This led to  British relaxing control of the region, effectively granting the demands for which Menza and the Giriama had tirelessly fought.

She was born in the Giriama village of Mtsara wa Tsatsu in coastal Kenya during the mid-19th century.  She travelled from village to village spreading messages of opposition, performing the ecstatic native dance of kifudu to draw large crowds and then unleashing her powerful oratory skills to garner support.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed satisfaction with the measures being taken by stakeholders in the hospitality sector to protect tourists from Covid-19.

He said Kenya is ready to receive tourists and, encouraged local and foreign travellers to take advantage of the prevailing low rates to visit the country's famous tourist sites.

"I want to take this opportunity to encourage every single Kenyan to take advantage and to travel...You can travel, you can move," the President said.

"And now as you know, we have also opened up our skies and flights are coming. We welcome all those who choose to come," he added.

President Kenyatta spoke today at State House, Nairobi during a virtual meeting with elite Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge.

Mr Kipchoge is Kenya's new goodwill ambassador for tourism and is in the Masai Mara Game Reserve with his family to witness this year's annual wildebeest migration.

The President urged Kenyans as well as visitors to continue observing the Covid-19 containment protocols saying safety is not a government responsibility but an individual choice.

"Safety is not really just a Government issue. It is an individual choice. To remain safe and by so doing, keep everybody else safe," he said

The Head of State thanked Mr Kipchoge for choosing to represent his country as a 'Magical Kenya' brand ambassador saying the marathoner's decision was an act of patriotism.

Mr Kipchoge said he was grateful to represent his country as a tourism goodwill ambassador and assured the President that he will do his best to promote the country as a top travel destination.

He encouraged Kenyans to visit the country's tourist destinations saying Covid-19 should not limit people from enjoying the country's tourist attractions.

The virtual meeting was convened by Tourism and Wildlife CS Najib Balala and attended by Narok Governor Samuel Tunai.

Also present were Tourism and Wildlife CAS Joseph Boinnet, Principal Secretaries Safina Kwekwe (Tourism) and Prof Fred Segor (Wildlife) as well as Athletics Kenya Chairman Jackson Tuwei.

CS Balala thanked the Head of State for the Covid-19 stimulus package earmarked for the tourism sector saying part of the money will be used to directly pay rangers in conservancies so as to ensure the country's conservation agenda remains on course.

The Cabinet Secretary said hotels in the Maasai Mara were fully booked for the current high season, mostly by local tourists, and encouraged Kenyans and foreign travellers to visit destinations across the country.

Governor Tunai said his County Government was providing free testing for Covid-19 to all service providers in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve so as to ensure the safety and wellbeing of visitors.

On his part Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei said Athletics Kenya was working with the Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders in the sector to promote sports tourism in the country.