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Mombasa Youth Benefit From Vocational Training Funded By Shahbal Foundation
A total of 40 youth drawn from Mvita Constituency have benefited from a vocational and technical training empowerment project funded by the Suleiman Shahbal Foundation.
The foundation has partnered with Iqra Youth Foundation in the project that will see the youth get trained in different technical courses to give them the necessary skills required to match the market demand.
Speaking during the launch of a 1.2 million sponsorship cheque for the six months program, the foundation’s director Malusha Abedi said that the project now in its pilot stage will be replicated in other sub-counties of Mombasa targeting 300 youths.
“Today we are issuing this bursary cheque worth Sh 1.2 million for the 40 students drawn from Mvita constituency, we plan to roll out the program in the county targeting to benefit at least 300 youth,” said Abedi.
Malusha added that after their six months training, the youth will undertake their internships at the Buxton housing project after which some will get the chance to be fully absorbed into the project.
He added that the foundation patron Suleiman Shahbal was also looking into using his business network in the country and outside to secure more job opportunities for the youth.
“We are hoping to absorb some of them in the buxton housing project, and also through our patron, we hope to secure more opportunities in other parts of the country and outside especially the in the Gulf countries,” said Abedi.
The director of Iqra Youth Foundation Abdalla Khalid said that the training will go a long way in helping to deal with the issues of joblessness among the youth, drug abuse, insecurity, illiteracy and above all develop the youth to improve their community.
“The aim of this project is to ensure that these youth will be in the job market very soon meant to empower them to be self reliant and help curb societal vices bedevilling the youth,” said Khalid.
He added that they were aiming to create an online platform to market the youth with different skills to be able to cater for customer needs with the click of a button.
“We are also targeting to market and link the youth with clients and customers using online platforms, this is because we desire for people to get quality and reliable services at the comfort of their phones,” said Khalid
Fletna Kenya Launches Campaign Dubbed 'Fletna Face'
Africa's leading E-commerce site Fletna have announced the 2021 Fletna Face contest set to run between 1st September and 15th October.
The competition aims to find the best 12 finalists, who will be Brand Ambassadors for Fletna representing Fletna for a period of one year.
This year's top winner will go away with 3000$ and monthly skin care packages.
Fletna is the leading e commerce website that sells Nature-rich products from the infamous Korean 10-step skin care routine to some of the world’s finest moisturizers and masks,
For a full list of eligibility criteria and more information visit https://fletna.ke/pages/fletna-face-2.
The competition which is in its third year has a prize fund of 3,000$ distributed as follows :- Grand Prize 2000$, quarterly prizes 250$ and monthly skin care packages.
The competition is open to all persons of 18yrs age.
In addition to the monetary prize the finalists will work with Fletna as its brand Ambassadors for a period of one year.
Aleksander Jerinc, Co-Founder and COO of Fletna spoke about the contest, "This year, Fletna has expanded its reach and with it the Fletna Face competition is now running in Kenya and Tanzania, as we celebrate our expansion in East Africa.”
Adding “We foresee a high turnout and look forward to seeing everyone's hard work and creativity in action. Our current finalists, Irene and Naomi, have been a pleasure to work with and we look forward to meeting more amazing people and connecting with them through Fletna Face 2021."
The admission fee is 25$ worth of products purchased via the Fletna Website or Instagram shop using the 10% discount code Fletnaface 2021. The last day for content submissions to be accepted is October 15th.
Participants will be required to post their skin care routine on IG or TikTok as a post tagging @fletnaafrica and using hashtags #fletnaafrica #fletnaface.
Entrants will then register for the competition via the form on https://fletna.ke/pages/fletna-face-2 using their email address, phone number and links to your skincare journey post.
Details are available on the Fletna website.
BLXCKIE Drops B4 Now Deluxe Album, Visuals For 'Mama Its Bad 2'
Dubbed a GOAT in the making, new wave trap artist Blxckie has released an extension of his debut album with B4Now Deluxe.
Having received a roaring response to his debut album globally, Blxckie has returned to drop an extension of his the album with 8 new songs on B4Now Deluxe.
He releases this deluxe alongside the visuals for Mama Its Bad 2 – a new version of the emotively detailed introduction to B4Now.
Building increased popularity with his cult-like fanbase, Blxckie further stamps his place in the game and establishes himself as newcomer of the year musically.
He’s ongoing traction has earned some international clout with hit songs like trap RnB song Hold, Hip Hop heavyweight Ye x 4 ft Nasty C, amapiano influenced Sika, and AfroBeats fused love song, Joy with Nigeria’s Oxlade.
In his deluxe of B4Now, Blxckie presents additional new tracks with features from Clout Internet Boyz teammates Alone and Leodaleo; Pop and RnB singer - Rowlene who appears on a duet feature; and super producer Christer ties up the extended project alongside Blxckie on Tired.
Blxckie’s B4Now Deluxe album is out now across all platforms. Be sure to watch Mama Its Bad 2 visuals on YouTube!
Blaqbonez Set To Release New Track, 'Fendi'
Nigerian rapper Emeka Akumefele popularly known as Blaqbonez is an artist everyone should have their eyes on.
The Chocolate City signed star is today (13.08.2021) releasing a spanking new video to his banger ‘Fendi' ft emPawa superstar Joe Boy.
‘Fendi' is off his album latest album Sex Over Love.
The ‘Fendi' video was directed by TG Omori and just like the title, Blaqbonez and Joeboy are all about that Fendi drip. The glittery video also features
Speaking on the video of Blaqbonez said, “Fendi is about having fun and living your best life. I think the director really captures that energy and vibe; Ball till you drop, no strings attached. Of course, having Joeboy on set is always fun so that also really created the right synergy.”
The 25 year old has one of the hottest rap albums in the continent titled ‘Sex Over Love'. Released in April 2021, this 14 track album has garnered over 50 million streams. The work of art boasts of collaborations with the likes of Nigerian songstress Tiwa Savage on ‘BBC (Remix)', South African rapper Nasty C on ‘Heartbreaker' and Nigerian hitmaker Joe Boy, fast rising Nigerian artist Laycon just to mention a few.
‘Sex Over Love' leans heavily into his Afrobeats, Hip-Hop, and Trap influences, which results in a number of party-ready songs with widespread appeal.
Blaqbonez also known as Mr. Boombastic started exploring his rap skills when he was a teenager and his prowess on the mic has seen him release eight EPs so far and capture the attention of music lovers on the continent.
The ‘Shut Up' crooner is known for making controversial statements like self proclaiming that he is the best rapper in Africa. In early 2020, Blaqbonez made headlines when he beefed with Kenyan rapper Khaligraph Jones over who is the baddest rapper in Africa. This was following Khali's best hip-hop act win at the 2020 SoundCity MVP Awards.
Blaqbonez will be in the country for his maiden Kenyan media tour from Monday 16.08.2021 courtesy of Hurricane entertainment.
Mombasa Born International Boxer Okwiri Back In Action
Kenya's Africa middleweight champion Rayton Okwiri (6-0-1) returns to the ring on Saturday to take on Columbia's Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (39-25-1) in an eight round non-title fight in Portland Maine in the United States of America.
Okwiris's fight is being promoted by Michael Reyes of Reyes Boxing Inc.
The Kenyan 2016 Rio Olympics quarter-finalist is now based in Boston on a five-year managerial contract with Raynelo Management who are partners with Reyes Boxing Inc.
Okwiri left the country in May for more intensive training in the United States in preparation for a series of fights lined up for him in the United States and in East Africa.
He first landed in Cancun, Mexico for intensive physical conditioning training with Namibia's Walter Kautondokwa before moving to Boston for sparring camp.
"I liked the physical conditioning camp in Mexico but the hot weather was not favourable for my training. In Boston everything is okay. Promoter Michael has taken good care me, I'm living very well like a champion, I thank Mike for all this and I promise not to let him down on Saturday,'' said the 35-year-old Okwiri nicknamed Boom Boom.
Okwiri is not shaken by the record of his Columbian opponent Fidel Munoz who has won 39 fights, lost 25 and drew once. The 33-year-old Columbian fights from the orthodox stance and turned professional in 2006.
"I'm not bothered by my opponent, he won't last eight rounds because I'm in good shape now,'' said Okwiri who has dedicated Saturday's fight to Commissioner General of Kenya Prisons Service Wycliffe Ogallo, his deputy Benjamin Njoga, sports coordinator and Olympic marathon silver medallist Catherine Ndereba, Kenya Professional Boxing Commission chairman Reuben Ndolo and secretary-general Franklin Imbenzi.
Okwiri, a sergeant at Prisons Service, said he's grateful for the support from his employer.
"The Commissioner General (Wycliffe Ogallo) his deputy Benjamin Njoga and Catherine Ndereba have boosted my morale in every way possible. I appreciate their kind gesture to allow me turn professional and retain my job, I'm still in their payroll.''
The Kenyan southpaw boxer last fought on December 14, 2019 at Nairobi's Charter Hall, retaining his ABU title by outpointing Augustine Matata from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a 10-round fight dominated by Okwiri.
Okwiri has won all his six fights including 4 KOs and one draw since turning professional in February 4, 2017 when he KO'd Tanzania's Salehe Mkalekwa in the Fox Sports Promotion card at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nairobi. In his fifth fight on June 8, 2019 Okwiri captured the vacant Africa Boxing Union (ABU) middleweight title with a third round KO over Tanzania's Hussein Itaba at the Charter Hall.
Promoter Michael Reyes is impressed by Okjwiri's progress so far in training.
"Rayton has been improving everyday. He has learned to sitdown on his punches and is going hard in sparring,'' said Reyes, and went on, "Based on the current middleweight breakdown with great champion I believe Rayton will be in the mix and a top ten in the world by this time next year.''
Okwiri said his burning ambition is to become a world champion before he's 40 years.
"Between now and 40 I promise my fans I'll win a world title, that's my eventual goal in pro boxing, I'm capable of doing it judging from difficult opponents I've beaten in amateur boxing and in Aiba professional boxing.''
He said he prefers training in the US because of tough sparring partners unlike in Kenya where he lacks stiff competition during sparring sessions.
Some of his sparring partners in the US include WBO champion Demetrius Andrade who in April this year defeated Britain's Liam Williams on a unanimous decision to retain his WBO middleweight title in Florida. Andrade is unbeaten in 30 fights, and is now keen to take on the division's other champions such as Gennady Golovkin and Jermall Charlo.
Mombasa Targets To Train Youth To Harness Blue Economy Opportunities
The county government of Mombasa is targeting to build capacity of the youth to help them explore the many opportunities existing in the Blue Economy sector.
According to county officials, many of the youth are not aware of the existing opportunities and could not comprehend what the Blue Economy entails and as such fail to exploit it.
Speaking in a Mombasa hotel where the county commemorated the International Youth Day 2021, the chief officer Department of Youth, Gender and Sports Innocent Mugabe said that they were focused on training the youth to take up the opportunities created by the sector as a way of solving the issue of unemployment.
The theme for this year’s celebration was Transforming Food Systems with the county choosing to localise it and focus on the Blue Economy sector.
Mugabe said that the sector contributed a lot on the food value chain especially on the part of fishery and transportation of food through the sea.
He noted that exploitation of the sector was going on at a slow pace thus the need to train more youth to harness the sector.
“We are putting in our focus as a coastal county to make sure that our young people are able to harness the opportunities and this will contribute in a big way towards eliminating issues of poverty and radicalisation of our young people,” said Mugabe.
Mugabe added that there was more to be exploited especially in the fishing industry to ensure that the youth are fully engaged to be able to contribute to the economy.
“We are financing people wanting to do the seafarers course through bursaries and also offer revolving funds for the youth who would want to partake in business to ensure that we be the pioneers in the issues of exploiting the blue economy across the east Africa,” said Mugabe.
He also said that the county was going to work hand in hand with the national government in their quest to train 1000 youth every year drawn from the six coastal counties on deep sea fishing by helping in training and recruiting.
On August 4th, the Agriculture CS Peter Munya was at the Liwatoni Fishing Complex to officiate the flagging off of twenty youth aboard two vessels FV Seamer II Longliner and FV Miss Jane Longliner who were going to undertake their practical trainings on deep sea fishing.
The training is expected to to ensure that there are adequate skills and experience among the Kenyan youth to be used by the growing fishing industry to exploit the vast fish resources.
“There exists a lot of potential in our marine waters which has now a key focus by the government , it is out of this realisation that the government is making deliberate efforts to explore these resources for socio-economic growth of the coastal communities and nation at large,” said Munya
Meet Ojayy Wright, The Talented Singer Taking Nigeria's Industry By Storm
Ojayy Wright real name Oluwagbenga Amu-wright is a music sensational who is taking the Nigeria music industry by storm.
Ojayy the son of popular veteran actress, Bukky Wright, started his music career 2016 with his debut single dubbed “MOFO”.
In 2020, the singer offered his 2020 debut EP titled 37 Degrees In Lagos, an 11-track mixtape that featured artists like Ice Prince, Chidinma, CDQ among others.
This year, Ojayy Wright unveiled his sophomore project, a 7-track body of work named Commander in Chief and his collaboration with Teni De Entertainer on “Fuji Pop” being the centerpiece.
In a recent interview, the singer revealed that he used to act before getting into music.
"I acted in my first ever movie when I was 10 or 11, I was in high school then. That movie never came out actually, it's called Remilekun. We might have to reshoot it because the storyline was very beautiful. However, for my music, my greatest influence of all time is Micheal Jackson. " he said.
On his 'Commander In Chief " Ep , the singer said "I think for the first time in my life, I can genuinely say I've not seen any bad reviews about the EP yet. So far, I just love the fact that people cannot pick one song from the EP. It's hard for anyone to say that they have a favorite song and that gives me joy. As a producer, I'm satisfied, and as a consumer, I just want you to keep wanting more."
Check out on of his songs below.
Nadia Mukami And Arrow Bwoy Love Imekolea 'Kolo'
Kenyan singers Nadia Mukami and Arrow Bwoy have finally confirmed that they are an item after keeping it a secret for quite some time.
This comes just days after thetwo who are currently in Zanzibar shared a photo kissing each other with Arrow Bwoy flaunting his masculine body, while Nadia arching her back.
“My hardworking, patient, pure-hearted handsome man! Baba Safari aka kindu wakwa,” captioned Mukami.
On his part Arrow Bwoy posted "“You are my smart, intelligent boss mama! Mama Safari. My beautiful thing,”
In a joint Insta-live session on Wednesday morning the two confirmed that they are an item.
“Are we dating? Yes. I have been Arrow’s/Ali’s girlfriend for some time now. I have been dating. We have been together for a longer time that people can actually guess. when I met Arrow I was in a relationship, so when I started dating him I was in another relationship” said Nadia Mukami.
The Maombi hit maker went on to explain why they have decided to go public.
“Why we came out is coz I feel sai niko more mature… right now naweza handle pressure yenye inakuja na hizo." she said.
Arrow Bwoy or Ali as Nadia likes to refer to him responded to a fan asking Nadia " muhindi alienda wapi" jokingly saying "muhindi angeezana na hii mali" boy isn't love lovely but Nadia further clarified the Asian guy was only a video model and nothing more.
She also revealed that the two have been seeing each other for quite a long time. Sema Lowkeyy!!
Arrow Bwoy insisted that he would like to keep things between them private by not revealing more information after fans started enquiring about their love life.
They clearly insisted that their relationship isn't about clout chasing, they are just two people madly in love with each other
Uhuru Leads Politicians In Mourning Ex- Kwale County Woman Representative Chidzuga
Former Kwale County Woman Representative Zeinab Chidzuga is dead.
Chidzuga who served as Kwale Woman representative from 2013 to 2017 died on Thursday, while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital.
She is the mother to former KTN and K24 news anchor.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has led other leaders in mourning the former legislator.
In his condolence message, Kenyatta eulogised Chidzuga as a women’s rights champion.
“I have received the sad news of the passing away of Hon Zainab Chidzuga with a heavy heart. The ugly hand of death has robbed our country of a highly influential grassroots mobiliser and leader who was a role model to many women." said Kenyatta.
Adding "“Mama Zainab Chidzuga was a passionate advocate of women empowerment whose many achievements as an activist, legislator and mentor will continue shaping the gender agenda in our country for generations,”
On his part deputy President William Ruto described her as a selfless and and visionary leader.
"We have lost a selfless and visionary leader who served the people of Kwale with dedication. Mheshimiwa Zainab Chidzuga was progressive, steadfast and focussed. We will remember her as a champion of women empowerment." Ruto mourned.
"Clouds of sadness hang over the coast as we mourn the passing on of our beloved sister Hon. Zainab Chidzuga the former Kwale County Women Representative. She was a true champion who always stood up to improve the lives of the people of Kwale." said Mombasa governor Hassan Joho.
Tanasha Donna Lands Ambassadorial Deal With Samsung
Kenyan singer Tanasha Donna has bagged a new ambassadorial deal with smartphone company Samsung.
The mother of one shared the news with fans on her instagram live session.
"I'm so excited to share with you this great news. I have been officially endorsed by Samsung" she said.
Adding" We will soon be unveiling a new product".
In March this year, the singer was also named the brand ambassador for Deez Secret, an organic skincare company.
