Category: Entertainment

Rwandan R&B, Afrobeat and dancehall singer Tom Close has dropped a new single ‘Igikomere’ translated ’’njury’, featuring a local hip hop artist Bull Dog.

The 2011 Primus GumaGuma star who is to release his new album told IGIHE that the video was shot at Gashora in Bugesera district.

“The shooting was done behind the landscape of Gashora because it is the way I wanted it to be done.

The song is said to be on his seventh up-upcoming album in his career.
Tom Close further said that the video produced by Ma-Riva will be among the other new singles like MalayikaMuriniz, Ferrari, UramutseWemeye’ all to come out on his seventh album.

Tom Close has been on the local music scene for seven years. In 2015 he produced ‘Good Time Tonight’ featuring Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer Sean Kingstone.

Rwanda filmmakers Mr. Potential Kabarebe and Jean Baptiste Nyabyenda have been nominated for the 9th edition of ‘Focus on Ability’ Film Festival.

The film festival that started accepting entrances from July 30 and ends on 9th is about telling stories about people living with disabilities.

This year has been biggest, with generous sponsors who donated over $140,000 worth of cash and prizes to encourage film makers and people with disability to tell their stories.

Over 51 films from various countries worldwide have been nominated, and the duo’s films feature in the ‘International Entry’ category.

The Duo’s films have been marked for displaying a poignant and yet hopeful message to people living with disabilities.

“Mr. Potential Kabarebe” is a raw retelling but an ultimately hopeful film about Kabarebe Aphrodice, a visually impaired teacher who doesn’t feel limited by his loss of sight, since his young age, and who is perfectly able to teach children, at a secondary school.
In My Destiny, enters a visually impaired Hagenimana Fabien, a talented guitarist whose passion isn’t restrained by his disability; he even teaches others despite his visual impairment.

In 2016, 194 films were entered from 18 countries. Previous years films have been both educational and inspirational and have been viewed in 168 countries around the world and voted on by over 500,000 people.

“I had no reason to resign but I have a million and one reasons for termination of contract” were the key words that Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredejovic stressed as he bid farewell to Uganda a country he has served since 21st May 2013 when he signed the contract with FUFA.

According toUgandan online sports website Kawowo, Sredojevic confirmed the termination of the employment contract on Saturday, 29th July 2017 during a fully packed press conference held at Pine Hotel, Kabira Country Club in Kampala.

Clad in an all blue jeans attire with a brown pair of shoes and the trade mark brief case, Micho addressed the media personnel for close to two hours.

“It is 50 months today since I was signed to work for Uganda Cranes. I have unreserved love for Uganda.

Unfortunately, the contract was terminated on Friday, 28th July 2017 at 8 p.m after disrespect of my values.”

Privileged to work in Uganda

Micho openly hinted on the golden opportunity in the process of his execution for the work tasks in Uganda.

As always, I felt privileged to work in front of you.

I was always wishing to deliver something. That of making millions of Ugandans happy.
I did everything under full accountability, transparency and confidence. A million apologies to Ugandans

Remorseful

Throughout the press conference, Micho expressed elements of bitterness about the decision taken.

“I would have loved to take the team to the World Cup in Russia. This is not possible unfortunately. I have stretchered human and practical limits with FUFA. I have my values which needed to be respected. I had never even missed any training session with Uganda Cranes.”

Appreciation

The former FC Palic midfielder showered special praise to the current and previous FUFA regimes, players, fans and sponsors.

He appreciated the technical team members he worked with, all the national team captains.

“I thank all the captains I have worked with. Andy Mwesigwa, Geofrey Massa, Dennis Onyango, Tonny Mawejje and many others.

All Uganda Cranes players I have worked with have a presidential suite in my heart.”
Next destiny

Hinting on 8 concrete offers, with Uganda the 9th, Micho, at the moment can not reveal his next destiny although all links indicate a possible move to Orlando Pirates.

Mr. Eazi, a much buzzed-about Nigerian afrobeat artist who has worked with WizKid and has ties to Drake’s OVO crew, is Apple Music’s latest ‘Up Next’ Artist, the music streaming platform’s emerging artist franchise.

The announcement coincides with a new Mr. Eazi documentary, a live performance and a Beats 1 interview with Julie Adenuga, all to be featured exclusively on Apple Music.

As with Apple Music’s previous “Up Next” artists, Mr. Eazi will also appear live on Late Late Show with James Corden scheduled for this evening (July 26). The streaming service will promote Mr. Eazi’s songs on its playlists and on the iTunes store.
In keeping with Up Next’s penchant for artists who are not totally unknown but have something of a track record and social media traction, several of Mr. Eazi’s YouTube tracks have already received multi-million views, including “Leg Over” with 15.6 million streams and “Hollup (Fun Video)” with nearly 10 million. Additionally, Mr. Eazi’s had shout-outs by prominent artists, including Rita Ora and Travis Scott, had writing sessions with Rudimental and Ellie Goulding and worked with several Toronto-based artists and/or producers including Nineteen85, Big Lean, Di Genius and Dre Skull.

Mr Eazi (Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade) was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria before moving to the outskirts of Lagos when he was four years old. He attended university in Kumasi, Ghana, which had a major influence on the evolution of his Banku sound, which fuses elements of music from both Nigeria and Ghana.

Iradukunda will be competing with 130 participates from across the globe in a final scheduled to take place on 18 November 2017, at the Crown of Beauty Theater Sanya, China PR.

“Of course it is something very difficult but when you love what you’re doing it’s an honor to represent your country. I have to be careful in showing how our culture. It is not something to play with or take for granted. I’m proud that Rwanda trusts me enough to send me to represent our country.” Iradukunda said

Meanwhile, the competition will have a new format this year, which will give greater emphasis on social media and interactivity with netizens across the planet through the 28 days leading up to the finals.

Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico will crown her successor at the end of the event.

Kigali comedy fans will once again burst into spasms of laughter when Ugandan comedienne and movie artist, Anne Kansiime returns with her show Seka Live 3 Kigali on August 26th at Serena Hotel.

Originally from Kabale District in Western Uganda, the pint-sized entertainer announced the news on her Instagram saying that she was happy to be returning to her fans in Kigali, adding that her show Seka Live 3 will be lovely, and joyful.

Speaking to IGIHE, Arthur Nkusi the organizer, and one of the humorist expected to partner with Kansiime said that they have just started preparations.

“Already we paid her half of what we agreed, we’ve got the equipment, the venue is reserved, the next step is now to promote the show. Over-all, it will be different compared with the previous.”

“As we continue to organize more shows, we’re at the same time gaining more experience. If anything never went as planned because of certain reasons, we plan to correct the mistakes.” Nkusi added.

Kansiime who came to Kigali on July 24, 2016 has previously performed in: Botswana, Malawi, Rwanda, Nigeria, United Kingdom, Zambia and other countries across the world.

Known for his ripped physique with broad shoulders, incredible back, a chest that turns heads, and legs that could choke horses the “Hot Male Model” has just signed for Joram Model Management, a model management agency based in Uganda.

Ntabanganyimana Jean De Dieu also known as Jay Rwanda made his modeling debut in 2013 and after 4 years in industry he has graced runways in shows like Kigali Fashion Week, Burundi International Fashion Week, Fiesta de Verano, Nigeria Men’s Fashion Week, Collective Rw Fashion Week and participated at the AbryanzStyle&Fashion Awards (ASFA) as a contestant for the “East African Rising Model Of The Year” a title which he didn’t win but caught the eye of JoramMuzira and his company who then offered him the deal to manage his career.

On 27 June, through their Instagram page Joram Model Management confirmed the signing of Jay Rwanda and they urged their followers to keep their eyes glued on his face as he is the “soon to make waves” major face who will be managed by them for the next 3 years.

Joram Model Management which started in 2012 is known to be the biggest model management agency in East Africa and one of the best on the African continent with models like Waiswa Ronald, AamitoLagum, Adam Gashe, TriciaAkello Paul Mwesigwa who already made it to international scenes.

American actor and film producer Harrison Ford visited the Kigali Memorial Center on Monday leaving a strong message in the visitor’s book.

The Hollywood actor wrote in the book “The job that you do will develop the world in the future. We shall partner with you in the liberation, and strongly thank you for the effort put in reconciliation”

Ford gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the Star Wars film series and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.

The 74-year old is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982); John Book in the thriller Witness (1985), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor; and Jack Ryan in the action films Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994).

In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. As of 2016, the U.S. domestic box-office grosses of Ford’s films total over US$4.7 billion, with worldwide grosses surpassing $6 billion, make Ford the highest-grossing U.S. domestic box-office star.

League champions Rayon Sports FC have signed Ally Niyonzima from arch-rival Mukura Victory Sports Club.

Olivier Gakwaya Rayon head of communication has confirmed the news saying the player will assist club during the Caf Champions Tournament. He has signed a two-year contract deal

Ally is now our player without any question about it; we have finalized the deal with Mukura VS. Signing his does not mean any player from the club who wishes to leave is not free transfer to any club of his choice especially Fabrice Mugheni who is alleged to join AS Kigali.

“We want have many players who are capable of performing because we shall feature in several competitive tournaments. We have opened talks with Fabrice. KakuleMugheni,Thierry ManziBakame and others to see that we can renew their contracts.” Gakwaya explained

Niyonzima joins other new signings by the Rayon that include: Eric Rutanga from APR fc, YoussoufHabimana from Mukura, Saddam Nyandwi from Espoir fc and Gilbert Mugisha who is alleged to leave relegated side Pépinière fc.

The club has lost Dominique SavioNshuti who joined AS Kigali last week, Gakwaya has also said that they are not in rush to replace Coach JumaMasudi who surprisingly left the club after leading them to the 8th league title this season.

Clementine Uwase a model has become the first Rwanda female model who will be part of the World Next Top Model scheduled in Beirut, Lebanon, from 14 July to August 5, 2017.

The event is a modeling competition between 44 beauty queens from all parts of the world.

The 21-year vivacious model who has spent four years in this profession told IGIHE that she was happy and thrilled because it is a milestone in her profession and has requested Rwandans to support her.

Uwase has participated in modeling that range from Red Carpet Fashion Awards in Kigali this year, Top Model Africa held in Zimbabwe and was lucky to meet World Net Top Model organizers who invited her for the competition this year.