{"id":2000105592,"date":"2026-03-16T12:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000105592"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:37:39","slug":"doja-cat-arrives-in-kigali-ahead-of-move-afrika-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/doja-cat-arrives-in-kigali-ahead-of-move-afrika-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Doja Cat arrives in Kigali ahead of \u2018Move Afrika\u2019 concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Doja Cat landed in Kigali around 8 p.m. and was escorted through the VIP lounge before heading to her hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American artist, born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, is scheduled to perform at BK Arena on the evening of March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doja Cat becomes the third artist to perform at the \u2018Move Afrika\u2019 concert series, following Kendrick Lamar\u2019s performance in 2024 and John Legend in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 30, Doja Cat has been in the music industry for nearly 15 years. She is widely known for hits such as Say So, Kiss Me More featuring SZA, and Streets, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her Kigali concert, Doja Cat, invited through a partnership with Global Citizen, the organisation behind the Move Afrika concerts, will travel to South Africa, where she is scheduled to perform on March 20, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move Afrika blends world-class live music with social impact programs, aiming to create jobs, support youth entrepreneurship, and provide skills training across Africa. The initiative also engages local artists, production crews, and vendors, boosting capacity in host cities while delivering a world-class entertainment experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doja Cat Expected to Perform at Concert in Kigali<\/strong>.
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Doja Cat arrived in Kigali ahead of her highly anticipated performance at the \u2018Move Afrika\u2019 concert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grammy-winning superstar Doja Cat Doja Cat arrived in Kigali during the night of March 15-16, 2026, in preparation for her highly anticipated performance at the \u2018Move Afrika\u2019 concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":2000105593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000105592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000105593,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":420,"height":265,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","width":150,"height":95},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","width":300,"height":189},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","width":420,"height":265},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","width":420,"height":265},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0111421bcdab2bcbe77fc17798472d.jpg","width":420,"height":265}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000105592"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000105603,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000105592\/revisions\/2000105603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000105593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000105592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000105592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000105592"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000105592"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000105592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}