Tanzania rap kid Young Killer has partnered with Kenyan vocal powerhouse Dela in his latest release titled 'Wakipekee'.

The Music video was shot in Tanzania by super talented East African Video Director Musa Msafiri of Kwetu Studios Lovely African Tune Produced by Gitu Amba & Mr t Touch.

Watch the video below

The first Wasafi festival outside Tanzania finally went down last night at the Mombasa sports grounds.

The event organised by Nrg radio included performances from Kenyan artists apart from the wasafi acts.

First to take on stage was Mombasa based Susumila who performed most of hit songs and was followed by Wasafi first lady Queen Darleen who did not disappoint the revelers and kept them entertained especially with her dance moves and stage theatrics.

She at one time shouted she would love to leave Mombasa with a baby(pregnant), inviting  male fans to the stage for a dance.

The man of the night Diamond Platnumz took to the stage some minutes to 2 am with his four dancers causing the crowd to go wild, the boy from Tandale did not disappoint his fans either.

He performed almost all of his hits and engaging the crowd showering Kenyan ladies with praises and giving another hint that he will be getting married to his Kenyan presenter Tanasha(video attached below).

He however did not perform the controversial song 'Mwanza'  featured by Rayvanny despite the crowd yelling for it.

Other artists who also performed at the show includes Arrow Boy, Khaligraph Jones, Mboso, LavaLava, Rayvanny and Harmonize.

Among the VVIPs who attended the event includes Kenyan ambassador to Uganda, Kiema Kilonzo, former Gatanga Mp Peter Kenneth, Mombasa County speaker Aharub Khatri and Mombasa businessman Abu Joho who is also the elder brother to the Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho.

The Wasafi team will now be heading to Nairobi for the Wasafi festival Nairobi edition on new year's eve (31st December ) which will also be headlined by Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage.

NRG Radio will also host a Yatch party on 29th and the ultimate NRGShowdown party on 31st December featuring SautiSol and Ali kiba and NRG Radio fave DJ’s Dj Wesley, Dj Xclusive, Dj Kace and Dj Niche at the same venue

The Mombasa Sports Club will host the biggest festival in the region where Diamond, Harmonize, Queen Darleen, Rayvanny, Lavalava and Mbosso of the Wasafi crew drop down south tomorrow 26^th of December for a massive showdown.

Kenya’s very own Khaligraph Jones, the BaddestRedsan, Naiboi, Timmy T-Dat and Susumila will come up against the Tanzanian heavy weights in what will prove to be the best way to end the year.

The team from WCB is already in town (Mombasa) ready for the show tomorrow. The Tanzania National Arts council (BASATA) yesterday released a statement lifting the ban they had earlier imposed on Diamond and Rayvanny not to perform outside Tanzania, this means that the party must go on.

The show promises to kick start the #NRGWave in a massive way with hits such as Kwa Ngwaru, Hodari, and Jibebe which have rocked the nation all year long.

The Kenyan contingent promise to hold it down as well by serving up the best in Hiphop, the best in Dancehall coupled with various street anthems. So get your party sandals ready and make your way to the Kenyan coast for the Wasafi Festival.

In a week of festivities. NRG Radio will also host a Yatch party on 29th and the ultimate NRGShowdown party on 31st December featuring SautiSol and Ali kiba and NRG Radio fave DJ’s Dj Wesley, Dj Xclusive, Dj Kace and Dj Niche at the same venue

Top Tanzanian performer Diamond Platnumz and his Wasafi crew have confirmed that Wasafi Festival concerts scheduled for 26^th December at Mombasa Sports Ground and 31^st December at Uhuru Gardens will proceed as planned.

This is in addition to the concert Platnumz will headline in Embu County on 24^thDecember 2018. Diamond, who has been dubbed the “King of East African Pop” enjoys a large fan base in Kenya and will be joined on stage by Jamaican Reggae band Morgan Heritage to perform their collaborative hit Hallelujah at the Nairobi concert.

“There has been a lot of speculation about whether the concerts will take place following communication from the Tanzanian music regulatory board (Basata), we want to assure our fans and partners that we will not let them down,” said Wasafi manager Babu Tale.

He explained even as they appreciate the concerns raised by Basata, a lot of groundwork has been done and resources used to prepare for the concerts.

“We are open to dialogue and will seek out Basata officials after we fulfil our contractual obligations to the partners we are working with for the series of concerts,” said Tale. 

From Wasafi crew, Rayvanny, Queen Darlen, Mbosso and Lavalava will perform alongside Platnumz to give their fans a great sendoff of the year 2018. Kenya’s Naiboi, Band Beca, Nadia Mukami will also perform.

“We are excited to complete the year with an appreciation of Bongo, Reggae and Kenyan music. The love and support we get from our Kenyan fans is immeasurable and we look forward to interacting with them all over the country" said Diamond Platnumz

"This has been a special year for my Kenyan fan base since I launched my album in the country back in March, I hope they will turn up in large numbers,” he added .

The concerts will set the stage for yet another successful year for the Kenyan music scene.

Mombasa's fast rising artist Masauti is back with another banger.

The new song is titled 'Kiboko' and has been produced by Motif Di Don.

Listen it below.

Tanzanian female singer Vanessa Mdee has finally achieved one of her dreams.

The artist today launched by shoe line 'Born Star by Vanessa Mdee'.

According to her, the shoes are designed for all African young girls.

"Today we launched #BoraStarByVanessaMdee I designed this for all the Afrikan girls dreaming out loud. Anything is possible. Available in all Bora stores.' she stated

The cruise ship terminal at the Mombasa port is expected to be ready by August 2019, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has said.

Speaking after a visit to the terminal this morning, Balala noted several cruise liners have alreday shown interest in visiting the port.

"We have seen good interest by cruise liners attracted to call at Mombasa port. We expecting a return call by MS Nautica operated by OceaniaCruises on 24th December visiting with about 700 visitors" said Balala.

Balala was accompanied by the Chairman of the Kenya Ports Authority board Gen (Rtd) Joseph Kibwana and the Managing Director Daniel Manduku.

The project which started in 2016 costs 100 million.

The port of Mombasa captured headlines in June when the World Travel Awards voted it as Africa’s best cruise port.

The cruise ship terminal at the Mombasa port is expected to be ready by August 2019, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has said.

Speaking after a visit to the terminal this morning, Balala noted several cruise liners have alreday shown interest in visiting the port.

"We have seen good interest by cruise liners attracted to call at Mombasa port. We expecting a return call by MS Nautica operated by OceaniaCruises on 24th December visiting with about 700 visitors" said Balala.

Balala was accompanied by the Chairman of the Kenya Ports Authority board Gen (Rtd) Joseph Kibwana and the Managing Director Daniel Manduku.

The project which started in 2016 costs 100 million.

The port of Mombasa captured headlines in June when the World Travel Awards voted it as Africa’s best cruise port.

Kenya has become the first country in Africa to install a solar system at an airport to reduce aviation carbon emissions by planes during take-off.

The ground-mounted 500kW solar power generation facility which was launched at Moi International Airport - will help reduce at least 1,300 tonnes of carbon emissions (CO2) through providing pre-conditioned air and compatible electricity that runs on solar energy to aircraft during ground operations.

The solar project will also have savings on electricity hence efficient operations at the Airport.

Currently, planes use their auxiliary power unit (APU) powered by jet fuel or airport ground power units (GPU) fueled by diesel to run on-board systems and cooling before departing for the next flight.

“It is not only a transformative development in Kenya’s aviation sector – and of the continent – but also an inspiring model of how such change can best be accomplished”, said Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Captain Gilbert Kibe, Director General of Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said the initiative enabled the development of Kenya’s State’s Action Plan for Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Aviation.

It also identified the use of solar energy at airports as a measure to bolster global efforts to minimize aviation’s carbon footprint.

” KCAA recognizes the importance of the global warming issues which took centre stage at the COP 24 Conference in Poland. As such we have been making aggressive efforts to address Green Gas House (GHG) emission from Aviation with the financial, technical and strategic support of ICAO and the European Union,” said Capt. Kibe

Kenya Airports Authority Managing Director, Jonny Andersen, was excited to note that the authority is the first in the region to have the Solar PV system installed.

“This project will  make a big difference on how we consume energy in our Airport. Our target is to among others to operate on zero-carbon emissions by 2020.”

This pilot project was implemented by ICAO and funded by the European Union (EU) as part of a €6.5 million initiative, entitled “Capacity Building for CO₂Mitigation from International Aviation.”

The initiative targets 14 States - 12 of them from the African region and two from the Caribbean region – to address carbon emissions in the aviation sector.